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    In-cab bugbears

    Ah. Never considered guards also use the cabs. D'oh!
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    In-cab bugbears

    Footprints on the windscreen?
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    Class 43 disposals

    Would have probably had an escort vehicle behind it too
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    Maintaining historic structures

    I wonder if they use ground penetrating radar to look at what is underground?
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    Curved Track

    Something else I have learned. I know that points/S&C are premade, but didn't know that track sections were done too!
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    Curved Track

    You learn something every day. Thanks swt_passenger!
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    Curved Track

    Was watching one of the many cab ride videos and wondered. Does replacement rail for curved track get shaped to the curve as it's laid, or does it come to site pre-curved?
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    Abandoned wagons and rolling stock on the network

    I see tank wagons mentioned upthread. I wonder if any still have contents, and what harm they could do if they leaked
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    Abandoned wagons and rolling stock on the network

    Sorry, I was wondering more about all the other wagons that are not easy to pin back to RES
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    Abandoned wagons and rolling stock on the network

    It brings up an interesting question. Who does own all these wagons? I bet no one knows now
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    Abandoned wagons and rolling stock on the network

    It was there back in the late 80s when I started commuting. Think it was there when my father worked in London in the late 70s. 1649871528 I wonder if the post office owns those?
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    Abandoned wagons and rolling stock on the network

    There used to be what I believe was a Motorail wagon on the left as you came out of Euston, just before you enter Primrose Hill Tunnel. It was there all the years I commuted into London. It even survived Railtrack's remodel of the Euston throat. Maybe HS2 works has finally gotten rid? Not sure...
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    Stations not near their names

    Thirsk Station is in Carlton Miniott. About a mile from Thirsk town centre
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    What train encapulates your childhood?

    310s on the WCML to Euston. Either travelling on them with my parents or waiting for my father at Berkhamsted and watching stop and start Also the 86/87 hauled "fast" trains whistling through
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    Trivia: Station names that do not reflect where they are

    While we're in Scotland, how about Forres Station. It's actually on the A96 and quite a walk from the town. It's also on the opposite side of the A96, but there is no controlled crossing.
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    Trivia: Station names that do not reflect where they are

    Rumour has it that this is because when the railway was built the Lord of the Manor didn't want this new-fangled railway near his land! As a Thirsk resident, I agree, although it's a nice walk!
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    Should CCTV on the railways be kept for longer?

    I wonder if our good friend GDPR plays a part in this "rule"?
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    Stations you would rename.

    How about Tring Station. It's at least a mile outside of Tring! Not sure what you'd call it though!
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    Stations you would rename.

    Thirsk should really be called Carlton Miniott, as that is where it is!!
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    Multiple working locomotives.

    For electric locos, I think power supply load in also a factor, but I could be talking rubbish

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