Preserved Unrebuilt Bulleid Pacifics
Sat, 17 May 2008 14:54:37 +0100
There seem to be many tales about problems with unrebuilt Bulleid
pacifics during their SR.BR service, e.g. problems with chain driven
valve gear, lagging catching fire etc.
Have any of the preserved locos been modified during restoration, using
modern engineering techniques, to deal with some of these issue ...
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Another level crossing accident
Sat, 17 May 2008 14:37:06 +0100
From
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/highlands_and_islands/7406368.stm
"A driver has been cut free from his car after a train smashed into it
at a railway crossing in the Highlands.
"Graham Macmillan, 44, was on his way to a shinty match when the
accident happened at about 1050 BST at Bunchrew, five miles ...
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Should fares be going up on May 18th 2008?
Sat, 17 May 2008 14:15:45 +0100
I know some timetables (NXEC in particular) are changing on May 18th,
but should UK rail fares be going up too? I've seen no announcements to
that effect at stations. I've just been surprised to see that my
Shalford/Peterborough NXEC+connections First Advance 2 ticket is going
up next week from ¡ê25 to ¡ê26.50. ...
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Chunnel, Sealion and Breitspurbahn
Sat, 17 May 2008 04:02:00 -0700 (PDT)
The Chunnel has unusually big loading gauge. Shuttles are said to be
4100 mm wide - wider than Berne gauge or any other railway. How far
does the Shuttle gauge go on either side of Chunnel mouths?
Building of the Chunnel has been imminent long ago. After big rail
tunnels were built in 1870-s and 1880-s - 7 km un ...
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League One Playoff Final trains
Sat, 17 May 2008 12:08:36 +0100
Just a quick question:
Given that Leeds United and Doncaster are set to play each other in the
League One Playoff final at Wembley next Sunday, is anyone aware of any
special arrangements on the railways?
As far as I'm aware, pretty much every London service from Leeds stops at
Doncaster, so there is quite ...
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1920/30's Steam Photos
Fri, 16 May 2008 23:25:40 +0100
Hi All
Just added 3 photos to the then & now section, but i do not have any now
photos for these 3 pics, anyone able to oblige
A couple of photos taken from the goods yard behind the station showing in
platform 8 a Claughton 4-6-0 and a tank engine
http://www.huddersfieldsrailways.photos.gb.com/p50477400.ht ...
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Arup proposes Heathrow high speed rail
Fri, 16 May 2008 14:17:43 -0700 (PDT)
Source: http://www.cnplus.co.uk
Arup has released its proposals for a high speed rail line connecting
Heathrow to the north of the country.
The line would run as far as Edinburgh and Glasgow via Birmingham and
Manchester.
Full Story..
http://www.cnplus.co.uk/News/2008/05/arup_proposes_heathrow_high_speed ...
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2008 Rules of the Route
Fri, 16 May 2008 14:45:09 +0100
Network Rail have withdrawn the Register of Disruptive Possessions
from Rules of the Route for the first time since I started using it
regularly in January 2004. I have just e-mailed them with this
message:
"I see from the latest update that you are no longer publishing a
Section 7 'Register of Disruptive ...
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Re: Buying tickets on the train
Fri, 16 May 2008 06:16:32 -0700 (PDT)
On 16 May, 13:23, Ross <junk.t...@ross-mail.me.uk> wrote:
> On Thu, 15 May 2008 04:02:19 -0700 (PDT), John B wrote in
> <bf5a46dd-fbb0-4ae6-8c3f-be999b16a...@l42g2000hsc.googlegroups.com>,
> seen in uk.railway:
>
> [...]
>
> > Given that all long-distance TOCs check tickets several
> > times during the journey ...
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Stirling & Dunfermline
Fri, 16 May 2008 14:06:17 +0100 (BST)
What are the signalling arrangements?
Are Stirling Middle and Stirling North boxes still working?
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