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    Silent Witness BBC1 23&24 January 2023

    This week’s Silent Witness is centred on a storyline about a train crash. A blue Peak hauling a short rake of Mk1s meets an accident. Any ideas where it was filmed?
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    Magnet fisher pulls railway track explosives from Long Melford river

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-64202079
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    Hydrogen loco in Canada

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-62619313
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    Diagrams for Castle HSTs and TfW loco hauled.

    Does anyone know where I can find diagrams for Castle HSTs and TfW loco hauled please?
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    Babbacombe Cliff Railway

    BBC is reporting an accident on this. Thoughts to all involved. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-62786759 “ Person seriously injured in Babbacombe cliff railway incident Published Share Image caption, The cliff railway has been closed and the entrance taped off A person...
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    31163 (97205)

    31163, painted in RTC livery and numbered 97205, was aboard a low loader heading north on the M40 this afternoon.
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    Southend Pier Railway

    Visited the Southend Pier Railway today in the hope of riding the new trains. Unfortunately both were parked up at the shore end of the pier with engineers crawling over them. A half hourly service was being maintained by Sir William Heygate whilst the other 'old' train (Sir John Betjeman) is...
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    Excess on Merseytravel Saveaway Ticket

    Planning a weekend in Liverpool and want to use a Saveaway Ticket on the Saturday (£5.65) for all zones. If I decide to visit Warrington will it be fairly easy to buy a day return from the boundary of the Saveaway Ticket to Warrington or will I have to buy a ticket from the last station the...
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    West Ealing, platform 4 closed

    Platform 4 at West Ealing has been closed for the last few days with trains passing non stop. Apparently due to some structural issues, the area around the lift is cordoned off along with a section at the London end. Platform 3 for trains towards Heathrow and Reading is open as normal, as is...
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    Westbury Cement Works (Westbury Tarmac)

    Several trains have recently started serving Westbury Cement Works (Westbury Tarmac on RTT). Given that the cement works is long closed, the chimney demolished, what are these trains carrying?
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    Bromley North Line Suspended After Severe Bridge Strike

    The Bromley North branch is currently shut after a high crane on a lorry struck the bridge, destroyed the parapet and left the structure unsafe for trains to pass over and vehicles to pass under.
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    Great Coastal Rail Journeys

    Michael Portillo is back, minus the Bradshaw, but sporting an orange hat, with a new series on BBC2. This week he is working north from Dunbar to Peterhead. 25 episodes suggests 5 different trips.
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    Tarantula found by passengers on London Bridge train

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-59974159 One of the more memorable journeys these passengers will take.
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    Christmas Day bus services 2021

    With just over a week to go until the 'big day', I've started this thread to create a list of bus / coach services running on Christmas day across the UK, disregarding those which operate in the early hours of the 25th by virtue of being 'last buses' on Christmas Eve. Those I've identified so...
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    Francis the Train Guy

    Scott Mills on BBC Radio 1 currently has this Tik Tok star on his show. He is, apparently, famous for the way he films trains. 73962 at Brighton and the HST power car scrap move have both featured. Presents the hobby from a positive and amusing angle IMHO
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    Andover - Ludgershall branch

    Passing through Andover today noticed that work is taking place on the Ludgershall branch. Is it being upgraded for an increase in trains serving it?
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    Secrets of the Royal Train

    This is on Channel 5 at 19:00. A ‘documentary looking at the most luxurious locomotive in history’. With an accurate write up like that, can’t wait to see this masterpiece :D
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    Man who died after restraint by Metrolink contracted security staff is ruled to have been unlawfully killed.

    Makes sobering reading https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-56203332
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    Tidemills level crossing: Woman lies on tracks for photo

    More stupidity https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-55764693 " A woman has been caught on CCTV lying on a level crossing to pose for a photograph, prompting a warning from rail bosses. Network Rail said it was the 17th incident recorded on the crossing, at Tidemills, East Sussex, in...
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    Van and Metrolink 3085 collide

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-55233111

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