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    What happened at Southampton yesterday evening?

    Thanks, I'll pass that on.
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    What happened at Southampton yesterday evening?

    Only news item remotely related is a suspicious death in a Southampton flat. But that was saturday.
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    What happened at Southampton yesterday evening?

    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...
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    What happened at Southampton yesterday evening?

    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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    8x 66 Convoy!!

    Any chance of sharing the Youtube link if you have it?
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    which is best MK1,MK2,MK3,OR,MK4?

    :roll: 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.
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    Stupid cyclists

    Ever heard of anyone getting passively drunk?
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    which is best MK1,MK2,MK3,OR,MK4?

    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...
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    Where's your local hotspot?

    I'm Bournemouth, used to work in Southammpton which was good for freight. Branksome's always been good for odd workings.
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    Freight in Dorset

    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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    What kind of car do you drive?

    A yellow 1988 Range Rover with a Discovery diesel engine in it.

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