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    Railway General Knowledge.

    Limerick Junction
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    Answering a telephone in interview

    I was an interviewer several times so can see the situation from both sides of the table. I sometimes used to ask difficult questions or put those being interviewed into situations and see how they would react. Usually if the candidate was calm and did not react then he got the job.....!
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    Airport Expansion in South East England

    Lydd and Brighton (Shoreham-by-sea) airports are both under used. Do Southend, London City and Southampton airports have spare capacity..?
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    Closed Stations Journey quiz

    Macclesfield Hibel Road
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    Closed Stations Journey quiz

    Heaton Norris
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    Railway General Knowledge.

    We have a winner:D He purchased it in 1959... (As a footnote I was expecting some one to say 60103 or better known as 4472 Flying Scotsman purchased by Alan Pegler in 1963)
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    Railway General Knowledge.

    Sorry incorrect..:(
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    Railway General Knowledge.

    Sorry incorrect:( --- old post above --- --- new post below --- Sorry incorrect:(
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    Railway General Knowledge.

    Open floor has been declared by AndyPJG so I shall set one... What was the BR number of the first standard gauge steam locomotive purchased for preservation from BR by a private individual...? You can add further gen such as who bought it and what year..?
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    Closed Stations Journey quiz

    Welford Road
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    Closed Stations Journey quiz

    Croft
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    Closed Stations Journey quiz

    ...snap..!
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    May 2015 Timetable

    A look at the new timetable for South Eastern trains and I have found- Charing Cross and Waterloo Eastern are reopened on Sundays. Some late night trains from Charing Cross are running via Cannon Street thus providing a regular passenger service over the spur between Metropolitan Jn and...
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    Closed Stations Journey quiz

    New Hadley Halt
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    Reduced Speed at Closed Stations

    If the work is on the platform close to the open line then a speed restriction will be imposed. I presume the timetable is not altered (apart from obviously trains not stopping at the temporarily closed station) then if trains whizzed through at line speed then they would only then sit and...
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    Gated Level Crossings on UK mainlines - any left?

    There are many gated crossings on preserved lines and one of the most could be Kent & East Sussex Railway which has hand operated gates at each of its stations- Tenterden Town, Rolvenden, Wittersham Road, Northiam and Bodiam. When the line is extended to Robertsbridge there could be several...
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    Gated Level Crossings on UK mainlines - any left?

    I presume you mean those crossings that swing across the track as well as the road. Between Ashford and Canterbury West there are two at.. Wye Station and Chartham Station
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    Closed Stations Journey quiz

    Killingworth
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    Closed Stations Journey quiz

    Letterston..? unsure ?? Possibly of another station before this..??
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    Closed Stations Journey quiz

    Rosebush

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