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    Highland Spring siding Blackford

    Will the Highland Spring facility be open to other, potential rail freight users?
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    Far North & Kyle lines get new passing loop

    Feels like history reinventing itself in that, despite the singling of the line in 1966, there was always a need for some kind of passing place in that area?
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    Far North & Kyle lines get new passing loop

    These were my initial thoughts, i.e. a slow drag out of/into Inverness, presume the next passing place is at Muir of Ord station, 13 miles 2 ch west of Inverness? So, taking Railsigns' info above, we have (approx): Inverness to Delmore 2.3 miles, then Delmore to Muir of Ord 10.75 miles Will...
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    Restoring your Railway Fund Update

    Update re the Fleetwood reinstatement
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    Trivia: Zoological Stations

    Clitheroe aka fish eggs
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    Trivia: most expensive pint at a station pub

    I was at the Boat Hotel in January for a soup and sandwich lunch, good quality but eye-wateringly expensive
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    How many turntables are there on the UK rail network?

    There's one at Heaton Traction Maintenance Depot, Newcastle and I presume the (privately run?) one at Aviemore could be accessed from NR with a bit of shunting.
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    Aberdeen - Inverness £170m Upgrade

    There doesn't seem any getting away from the fact that the new airport railway station is being planned to be built in fundamentally the wrong place. Maybe semi-ok for catching the train from/to easterly destinations but from Inverness you may as well jump into a taxi (if there's 2 or more of...
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    Aberdeen - Inverness £170m Upgrade

    Drawing 150005-BNU-DRG-EMF-001031 REV P01 from Stathern Jc's link depicts "PROPOSED NORBORD TURNOUT AND HEADSHUNT"
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    Aberdeen - Inverness £170m Upgrade

    Might have been mentioned previously but looks like Norbord might get a rail connection as part of the overall scheme.
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    Buying house backing onto train tracks...

    Did Persimmon ever resolve their leasehold issue?
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    Disused lines with cycle paths

    Cycle this route on a regular basis and the formation always strikes me that it was built to a very wide standard. I wonder if this typical of CLC or did the line originally carry 3-4 tracks?
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    Highland Spring siding Blackford

    As far as I tell, Highland’s facility seems to entail the recommissioning an existing siding facility: https://www.tgp.uk.com/case_studies/375/#jp-carousel-3090
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    Halton Curve upgrade is on

    A bit OT but: Yesterday's 10:52 Chester to Manchester Piccadilly was cancelled due to "driver sickness". Unfortunate, as I had just sat down on the train when the announcement was made. A bit of a blessing in disguise though, as I was directed to the new(ish) 11:24 Chester to Leeds service...
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    Low Blood Pressure

    BP is an interesting subject, since retirement (much less stress plus better diet, weight loss and fitness), mine has dropped from borderline hypertension to 110/63 (at the last measurement). ...and that alone could add +10 years of productive life.

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