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DelW
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Michael Portillo's railway programme Geat British Railway journeys.
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In last night's episode he visited a business extracting salt from seawater on Anglesey, and it was mentioned that he'd visited it in an...
10 minutes ago
DelW
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trivia oldest and newest together
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Well, the ETCS on the Cambrian line means nothing newer than 158s (or 37s for locos). Still quite a good gap though.
Today at 08:02
DelW
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Calculating Railway Height
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AFAIK links (and chains) were only ever used for horizontal measurements, not vertical. For reference, 1 chain = 22 yards = 66 feet =...
Yesterday at 21:34
DelW
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Class 701 'Aventra' trains for South Western Railway
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Well, they *are* useless to passengers because SWR is unwilling or unable to use more than one of them at a time! There's been much...
Yesterday at 17:21
DelW
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Class 701 'Aventra' trains for South Western Railway
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A vast amount of someone's money has been squandered on building this large fleet of apparently useless trains, and parking and moving...
Yesterday at 17:02
DelW
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Birmingham to Edinburgh
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Avanti trains are longer, meaning they're less likely to be overcrowded. On those routes, Avanti trains will be 9 or 11 coaches, Cross...
Yesterday at 09:38
DelW
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‘OP’ meaning
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Just to be Overly Pedantic (ref post #4), that should be "Old Peculier". https://www.theakstons.co.uk/pages/theakstons-old-peculier
Wednesday at 18:28
DelW
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TFW 2024 Timetable consultation.
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The post you quoted referred to driving "from Aberdyfi" ;)
Wednesday at 07:49
DelW
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WCRC loses judicial review in High Court
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I doubt whether authenticity is too important to much of that market. The previously used standard class mk1s were open saloons not...
Sunday at 11:59
DelW
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Euston overcrowding at TfL/LU entrance caused by new Network Rail departure boards
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Might it be related to the fact that every recent change at Euston seems to be intended to make passengers' experience of the station as...
Sunday at 10:27
DelW
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Is green electricity subsidising rail freight?
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One major difference is that AIUI railway locos run on untaxed red diesel. HGVs are required to use taxed white diesel (aka DERV) which...
Sunday at 10:01
DelW
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[Trivia] Largest UK railway station to have a subway and/or footbridge but no lifts?
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That NR statement is contradictory. There is level access from the main entrance only to platforms 1 and 2. To get from there to...
12 Apr 2024
DelW
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What is the point of Old Oak Common?
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Westkreuz, Ostkreuz (and Sudkreuz) are the main western, eastern and southern interchanges between Berlin's radial lines and the outer...
11 Apr 2024
DelW
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What is the point of Old Oak Common?
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I could see merit in Old Oak becoming "London West Cross" and also renaming Stratford to "London East Cross", following (e.g.) the...
11 Apr 2024
DelW
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SWR to withdraw public access to Guildford Station Footbridge
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There is step-free access to all platforms via the subway, although of course only to & from the main entrance, not the back route.
11 Apr 2024
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