Thread: The Royal Train
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Old 26th February 2010, 20:30
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I believe that skids are still in almost daily use on the Blackpool Tramway. Derailments are common because of sand blowing into the rail grooves and causing the wheels to ride up. The Tramway engineers had the re-railing down to a fine art - time is money as they say.
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