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Good morning one and all, the weather is "snow joke" is it ???
Anyway, I wonder if someone who knows the modern railway set up can answer me a question please ?

On todays railway where are the "Tappers" ? What happens if a train gets a "hot box" and who checks defects in sidings and depots before the trains are marshalled ?

We used have a "C&W man on duty around the clock, he did not only deal with anything in one of the two yards at Nuneaton but anything that was stopped on the main line as well.
So if I take a train today from say, Willesden to Crewe and go via Northampton and get stopped at Northampton with a hot box or some other defect in the train....who checks it ?

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