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    AWC Derailment at Shap Summit 03/11/25

    It seems the derailment was caused by debris washed out from the cutting slope, but here's been no movement of the underlying ground to trigger the sensors (tilt sensors AIUI). More likely to be a drainage issue of water running over the crest of the cutting?
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    Thoughts on the Trump presidency

    Not nonsense.Not everyone. I Don't Have a mobile phone, this forum is probably the nearest to social media foe me.
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    General Knowledge Quiz

    Fred Truman?
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    The "And in other news..." thread

    Nah, just going through the motions. :rolleyes:
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    Collision of cargo ship with, and collapse of, Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore (26/03)

    Loose wire on ship may have led to Baltimore bridge collapse, report says BBC News - US & Canada
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    General Knowledge Quiz

    Took me back a few years though! As I'm about to go out,will set a Green Light for Open Floor
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    General Knowledge Quiz

    Was, not sure if still, a computer program used to set/control road traffic signal timings. (least was back in 1970/80s)
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    AWC Derailment at Shap Summit 03/11/25

    Thing is, this looks like more of a wash-out rather than a earth slip. Most of the cutting hasn;t moved, just a lot of earth washed down onto the track. (Drainage issue methinks)
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    General Knowledge Quiz

    and me in pub quiz...HDD write head works,but not the read head!
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    General Knowledge Quiz

    Surtsey, volcanic island in/off Iceland?
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    General Knowledge Quiz

    Surtsey, volcanic island in/off Iceland?
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    Do trains using electric traction ever get mistakenly routed to or stop at short track which has no supply?

    I understand that the signal (at Wokingham) for the straight route is approach controlled, whereas the divergent route is a free aspect. On asking the question, I was told it was specifically to avoid that scenario.
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    Trivia : Railway questions you were afraid of asking

    AIUI:- Q is a path 'runs as required'; X can be used for trains that have special route restrictions eg specific line to follow (out of gauge etc), and/or specific requirements the signaller needs to be aware of; Z One off specials, eg defective train out of service, train proceeding to an...
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    General Knowledge Quiz

    Believe he died fairly recently.
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    General Knowledge Quiz

    Doh, I knew one surname was Fagg :s
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    General Knowledge Quiz

    Shaking hands at the Channel Tunnel break through?
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    Trivia: Unusual or Amusing Messages to Passengers

    Heard at Weymouth a few years back:- "Please stand back from the platform edge, the next train is not stopping here." (ECS actually)
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    Facing Point Locks - interlocking & its potrayal in games

    IIRC in Exeter West SB (at Crewe) the blue FPL levers are reverse to lock the points and free the signal lever.
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    Bo’ness model railway torched in deliberate fire

    BBC News -Scotland {I thought there was a thread on this at the time, but dammed if I could find it :s }
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    Lisbons funicular suffers catastrophic runaway (03/09)

    (my bolding) Edit: also

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