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    1446 Manchester Piccadilly to Crewe service

    Maybe the signalling problem was a failed kettle (for teapot)?
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    Trains on Google Street View

    Barnstaple https://maps.google.co.uk/?ll=51.074135,-4.064051&spn=0.0011,0.002476&t=h&layer=c&cbll=51.074207,-4.063959&panoid=D0VfP_QnXuLfPGQKOwi31Q&cbp=12,151.23,,1,-0.49&z=19
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    Bridge strikes at Stoke

    The photo accompanying the article clearly shows a Mandatory sign, not an advisory one.
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    The end of the Mile and Chain

    I thought they sent men to the moon (Apollo) using feet/sec for speeds and nautical miles for the distances. And I think the reason for the Hubble telescope had the wrong focal length was for similar reasons, mixing units.
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    Balcombe Tunnel report and concerns

    Should this be in the 'Myths' thread too? :wink:
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    Bridge strikes at Stoke

    At least the driver can be prosecuted for contravening the Mandatory height restriction signs, rather than the normal advisory Warning signs. Their presence would suggest the bridge has a history of strikes.
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    Low Adhesion

    Not quite, it passed a YY at 85mph, the Y at 80mph, the first R at 70mph and the second R at 40mph. Still a hairy moment (well, 112 seconds!) .
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    Low Adhesion

    This one, at Esher 25 November 2005? RAIB Report 252006
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    'U' or 'PG' rated films (i.e. suitable for children) featuring railways

    What about "The Railway Children"? Although it's had a complaint recently:-
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    FCC fined £75k over "absolute shambles"

    And who pays for them to be on standby?
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    On the Buses - Where is this ?

    In fact that is incorrectly signed, height restriction signs should be rounded down to a multiple of 3 inches.
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    On the Buses - Where is this ?

    I'm fairly certain it's the access road to Hillingdon Showground just east of Uxbridge, the railway being the LU line about 1/2 mile from the Uxbridge terminus. Edit: Google street view link As it's the (private) access road into the showground, it would be ideal for filming. Also not that...
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    Bridge weight limit Health and Safety

    Indeed, it's not an official sign authorized for use on a public highway, in fact it would be an illegal sign if erected on a public highway and totally unenforceable by the Police and/or the Highway Authority. Weight limits are normally 1 of 3 types: 1) Gross Vehicle Weight restrictions, which...
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    Stafford derailment anniversary 23 years

    Accident report available at http://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/documents/HSE_Stafford1990.pdf
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    Todmorden Problems

    via Baccup?
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    systems inside trains to announce the next stop

    Or not being entered at all, so the previous working is run in reverse?
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    New Listed Signal Boxes

    Woking (1937) has been Grade II listed for some time, and its Westinghouse L frame is intact. See http://www.wbsframe.mste.co.uk/public/Woking.html
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    SWT Under the wires photo

    as per post #17, Drayton Park.
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    WCML unreliability between Warrington & Carlisle

    As I read the post. it implied that the running time between Lancaster and Preston was extended on that section by station stops, hence my confusion. All the stops (Leyland, Euxton, Wigan NW) are between Preston and WBQ?
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    WCML unreliability between Warrington & Carlisle

    So what stations are between Lancaster and Preston to affect the 13-14 minutes between them?

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