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I'm going by Facebook posts, here are the two relevant ones.
"Does anyone know what happened at Southampton train station last night? Lots of armed police was a suprising sight, and the news sites are saying nothing!"
"Definitiely not a suicide, they were stopping all the trains...
An ex colleague of mine wants to know why the police were all over Southampton Central last night (20 July). I can't find any news references to anything going off but apparently there were armed response officers everywhere. Train searches and platform evacuations too. Info is second hand so...
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I meant that as a general experience I preferred being in an air conditioned Mk 2 than anything else. Loads of room, windows always lined up and you didn't get a whack from the MBSO powering the train.
A bit limited in my experience but Mk2 as used by Virgin on the last XC workings were my favourite. then comes the Mk1, specificaly the first compartment on a CIG. Then the Mk3 or rather the 442 variant. All rated by general ambience rather than any particular aspect of the ride. Never been on a...
I'm trying to get out to video and photograph the Wool sand trains and the Hamworthy stone trains. So far I've found out that the loaded stone arrives at Hamworthy at around 1300 and runs on a wednesday. Any more timings would be much appreciated.
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