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  1. androdas

    Snow and obstacle detection level crossings

    Lots of delays and cancellations on the Northumberland line today due to snow affecting the Mk2 OD level crossings. Trains being talked past signals at danger. From my casual observation of the Northumberland Line since opening this does seem to happen quite often during snow or heavy rain...
  2. androdas

    Northumberland place names and pronunciations

    Moderator note: split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/northumberland-line-to-be-re-opened-to-passengers.204414/ Its a good job they didn't go Blyth Cowpen (The much larger settlement the other side of the A189, linked by the new bridge) that would have made some interesting debate...
  3. androdas

    Route learning on rarely used lines

    Just been watching the string of engineers trains going into the possession at Ashington on the Blyth and Tyne and it has got me thinking. How does route learning work for rarely used lines? There is a lot of engineering going on around the Blyth and Tyne with the reopening works and there are...
  4. androdas

    Blyth & Tyne to Ashington

    Been told by someone who works at Lynemouth power station that their licence for burning coal has expired so there will be no more coal trains to the power station (and this has been the case for about six months). They have to burn their stockpile then the power station will close for 2 years...

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