Forum: Railway News from around the World
26th July 2010, 11:14
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Replies: 3
Views: 3,122
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Forum: Freight Operations and Observations
24th July 2010, 16:27
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Replies: 20
Views: 13,639
I remember hearing a story about EWS losing a...
I remember hearing a story about EWS losing a loco for a month once and it turned up on Healey Mills shed where it had been all along. It was shortly after that episode that EWS fitted GPS to all its...
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Forum: Railway News from around the World
4th July 2010, 13:40
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Replies: 27
Views: 17,134
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Forum: Railway News from around the World
2nd July 2010, 01:42
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Replies: 27
Views: 17,134
I've seen sparks come out of 37's, 31's, 20's,...
I've seen sparks come out of 37's, 31's, 20's, 47's, 56's and I've even seen flames come out of a 40's exhausts, but I've never known any of them set fire to track sides. You have to remember that...
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Forum: Freight Operations and Observations
1st July 2010, 18:58
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Replies: 19
Views: 15,966
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Forum: Railway News from around the World
1st July 2010, 11:41
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Replies: 27
Views: 17,134
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Forum: Freight Operations and Observations
1st July 2010, 10:15
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Replies: 1
Views: 2,946
Hopefully the supermarkets are beginning to...
Hopefully the supermarkets are beginning to believe that the way foreward is to use rail. I understand that some trains from and to main supermarket distribution points are already running, and...
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Forum: Freight Operations and Observations
1st July 2010, 10:01
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Replies: 19
Views: 15,966
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Forum: Freight Operations and Observations
21st June 2010, 08:32
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Replies: 19
Views: 15,966
I find it rather ironic that you often tell us...
I find it rather ironic that you often tell us you are against privatisation and would prefer for the railways to be re-nationalised, yet two of your biggest gripes, namely Driver Only Operation and...
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Forum: Freight Operations and Observations
20th June 2010, 17:11
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Replies: 19
Views: 15,966
I don't know what depot you are or were at, but...
I don't know what depot you are or were at, but its obviously a lot worse than at Thornaby. The lads there are all pretty happy with the job and have very few gripes with their current management.
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Forum: Freight Operations and Observations
19th June 2010, 22:02
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Replies: 19
Views: 15,966
I was wrong about one of the sectors. Its not...
I was wrong about one of the sectors. Its not going to be called Network. Its going to be Construction. Maybe Network will now be Logistics. It hasn't been made very clear just yet. It will all come...
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Forum: Freight Operations and Observations
17th June 2010, 14:56
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Replies: 19
Views: 15,966
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Forum: Freight Operations and Observations
17th June 2010, 11:55
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Replies: 19
Views: 15,966
DB Schenker restructuring
I've just heard there are going to be some changes at DB Schenker. Industrial and Energy are going to be merged and become Industrial, and Network and Construction will be merged to become possibly...
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Forum: Railway News from around the World
26th May 2010, 19:44
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Replies: 4
Views: 2,961
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Forum: Freight Operations and Observations
21st May 2010, 22:59
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Replies: 119
Views: 98,368
I hope you don't blame EWS completely for the...
I hope you don't blame EWS completely for the problems that they had with the RfD section. I think the guy in charge of that company prior to privatisation was Ian Brown and if I remember correctly,...
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Forum: Freight Operations and Observations
3rd May 2009, 22:40
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Replies: 2
Views: 5,121
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Forum: Railway News from around the World
30th March 2009, 23:43
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Replies: 3
Views: 2,702
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Forum: Freight Operations and Observations
26th March 2009, 16:16
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Replies: 2
Views: 5,121
Lime for Teessides Steelworks
When I first worked at Thornaby about 30 years ago, we had three regular trains a day that delivered lime to the steelworks at Lackenby and Redcar.
There were two trains that went to Redcar...
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Forum: Freight Operations and Observations
14th January 2009, 11:39
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Replies: 2
Views: 4,479
We at Thornaby were told that 26 out of the 48...
We at Thornaby were told that 26 out of the 48 drivers jobs were at risk, and lots of other depots were in the same predicament. We were also told that Healey Mills and Aberdeen were going to close...
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Forum: Freight Operations and Observations
11th January 2009, 23:34
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Replies: 11
Views: 7,984
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Forum: Freight Operations and Observations
26th December 2008, 23:27
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Replies: 119
Views: 98,368
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Forum: Freight Operations and Observations
24th December 2008, 15:08
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Replies: 119
Views: 98,368
Well folks. Its actually going to happen. EWS...
Well folks. Its actually going to happen. EWS will cease to be at midnight on the 31st of December 2008 and will in future be known as DB Schenker. At present there are no plans to dismantle the...
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Forum: Freight Operations and Observations
26th October 2008, 13:16
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Replies: 4
Views: 5,982
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Forum: On-track Machinery
22nd August 2008, 19:12
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Replies: 16
Views: 28,037
I've seen de-railers similar to that on sheds...
I've seen de-railers similar to that on sheds like Thornaby.
They used to have a different type of de-railer at Darlington station before electrification but that type are a thing of past these...
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Forum: On-track Machinery
16th July 2008, 13:57
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Replies: 16
Views: 28,037
I recognised that sand drag in that picture on...
I recognised that sand drag in that picture on Wiki straight away. Its from the down platform at Goathland station.
I've only ever known 3 occasions where people have put trains into sand drags....
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