Forum: Railway Stations
9th February 2012, 09:44
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Replies: 35
Views: 29,980
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Forum: Railway News from around the World
7th February 2012, 12:24
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Replies: 2
Views: 4,028
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Forum: Railway Stations
26th January 2012, 11:19
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Replies: 35
Views: 29,980
No view of the trains, unfortunately, but the...
No view of the trains, unfortunately, but the Falcon just outside Clapham Junction is one of the best pubs in the area - and literally a half a minute's walk from the exit.
The Home Cottage out...
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Forum: Railway News from around the World
10th January 2012, 13:33
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Replies: 0
Views: 3,601
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Forum: Passenger Operations and Observations
9th January 2012, 12:51
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Replies: 15
Views: 10,366
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Forum: Passenger Operations and Observations
9th January 2012, 12:50
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Replies: 15
Views: 10,366
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Forum: Railway News from around the World
16th November 2011, 08:11
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Replies: 26
Views: 21,540
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Forum: Say Hello
3rd November 2011, 20:04
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Replies: 4
Views: 4,030
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Forum: On-track Machinery
24th October 2011, 13:00
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Replies: 4
Views: 9,049
Cylindrical objects - what are they?
Does anyone know what are those cylindrical objects you see from time to time alongside rail tracks. I can best describe them (sorry don't have a photo) as a flanged cylinder about a foot diameter...
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Forum: Railway News from around the World
21st October 2011, 13:29
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Replies: 4
Views: 4,746
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Forum: Railway News from around the World
18th October 2011, 17:31
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Replies: 4
Views: 5,062
Is the steel wheel on rail under threat?
Interesting piece on the BBC website though they seem to muddling up a lot of different concepts and technologies.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/click_online/9617577.stm
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Forum: Railway News from around the World
13th October 2011, 15:56
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Replies: 0
Views: 5,458
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Forum: Railway News from around the World
11th October 2011, 10:45
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Replies: 7
Views: 7,029
Amlwch branch and Wylfa
I take it you mean the old Shell site rather than the Octel site (which was actually in Amlwch town and served by an extension to the branch itself built in the early 1950s).
There was a tank...
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Forum: Railway News from around the World
10th October 2011, 08:55
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Replies: 7
Views: 7,029
Amlwch branch restoration
I would have thought it unlikely. Wylfa is about five miles from the nearest point on the Amlwch branch and even if construction materials were to be moved in by train, I would have though the main...
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Forum: Railway News from around the World
5th October 2011, 14:51
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Replies: 7
Views: 7,029
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Forum: Railway News from around the World
19th August 2011, 20:53
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Replies: 7
Views: 6,174
Sparrers
Well they are in decline in pretty much every other part of the country. Can't think when I last saw one here down south - probably about six years ago. What's the secret in Belper?
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Forum: Railway News from around the World
19th August 2011, 15:19
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Replies: 7
Views: 6,174
Rail lines as wildlife corridors
http://www.london.gov.uk/media/press_releases_london_assembly/how-are-wildlife-corridors-along-london%E2%80%99s-railways-being-looked
Several years ago, I saw a leopard in a cutting near...
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Forum: Railway News from around the World
19th August 2011, 08:22
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Replies: 15
Views: 11,381
Rural lines booming, says BBC report
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14580224
Makes you wonder whether other lines like Keswick-Penrith, Blaenau-Bala etc wouldn't be equally prosperous if Beeching hadn't got them...
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Forum: Light Rail and Metros
15th August 2011, 18:31
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Replies: 1
Views: 6,588
Croydon trams restored
http://www.london.gov.uk/media/press_releases_mayoral/tramlink-start-helps-croydon-bounce-back-and-mayor-calls-londoners-supp
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Forum: Railway News from around the World
15th July 2011, 16:47
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Replies: 20
Views: 14,848
Yes, I was interested in the NR guy's comments...
Yes, I was interested in the NR guy's comments about 80mph being the effective top whack on the third rail. Trains coming through Purley seem to be doing a good 90mph in the up direction, so I'm not...
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Forum: Railway News from around the World
15th July 2011, 16:42
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Replies: 20
Views: 14,848
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Forum: Railway News from around the World
14th July 2011, 23:25
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Replies: 20
Views: 14,848
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Forum: Railway News from around the World
22nd June 2011, 21:58
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Replies: 2
Views: 4,394
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Forum: Railway News from around the World
22nd June 2011, 12:20
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Replies: 2
Views: 4,394
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Forum: Railway News from around the World
19th May 2011, 13:37
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Replies: 19
Views: 11,201
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