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I have been told that on the One Show this evening (on now) there will be a piece about the history of signalling and will be based around East Midlands signalling centre (IECC I think) with interviews including a signaller.
May be of interest to some! The piece hasn't started yet although...
I do think he meant removed, he clearly is very anti-level crossing.
There are for example no LC's on the WCML and that works ok, as there are other ways to get across a railway line i.e. bridges.
Expensive though!
From what I have heard the driver didn't even know it had happened until they were contacted some distance away, so I guess they are probably not feeling very good about it but thankful for not having witnessed it.
You can put the worms back in the can ;)
I am sure full safety regs were followed... NR are not 'that' stupid! I have often walked around looking like an out of place bottle of irn bru and you don't need PTS, just TVP.
The narrator stated that he was told he would have 2 minute window to retrieve the dog, so I would imagine that the signaller would have been informing him of approaching trains and guiding him to the location. I wouldn't think he would have been in any real danger.
The nearest access point was...
This episode was great, really enjoyed it.
I met Ben today (the lad who went out to the dog and fatality), and he is a great character and very enthusiastic!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-21292873
Some people's intelligence is beyond me sometimes, but well done to the Contractor's!
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Fair enough... I even typed Edinburgh into the search facility for all the forums, which is...
Well I should hope that this tragic incident will speed up the construction of the proposed bridge! It shouldn't take someone losing their life though :(
To answer your question, complete loss of power supply in the Foley Level Crossing area... It appears quite a few location cabinets were completely dead.
The issue seems to have been resolved this afternoon with the cause being down to rodent damaged cables.
I believe it is more the impact the railways have on those living nearby.
In response to musicking, I haven't heard anything about electrification as part of it. Lot's of project stuff though so may get a mention!
The episodes cover a very broad range of things, I am really looking forward...
Keeping Britain on track will be 6 episodes (hour long I think)
The six episodes are based around the following:
1. Kings Cross
2. Leeds
3. Reading
4. West Coast Main Line
5. Railways and communities
6. Scotland
Don't want to give away too much detail!
As previously mention...
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