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trivia oldest and newest together
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I think they were taken from V2s, though their history could be varied. I read somewhere they were taken from scrap line V2s at Swindon...
Today at 12:06
Spartacus
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Trivia: Rarest BR locos to survive into preservation
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Despite being reliable they were non-standard and the work they were designed for was all but dead anyway, so they were sold into...
Today at 11:40
Spartacus
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Leeds Station Improvement
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Pretty standard these days. Apparently it means there's usually nowhere to hang yourself either.....
Today at 08:24
Spartacus
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Trivia: Rarest BR locos to survive into preservation
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Original 5484 which it had until 1948.
Today at 08:09
Spartacus
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Non-Urgent TOPS Requests
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Yeah, 66606 is on Avonmouth, and 7A80 was 66618 & 59004.
Today at 08:04
Spartacus
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Non-Urgent TOPS Requests
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Minor derailment involving buffer lock at Peak Forest.
Yesterday at 17:54
Spartacus
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Trivia: Rarest BR locos to survive into preservation
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It's tender did though.
Yesterday at 15:58
Spartacus
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trivia oldest and newest together
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They look like Gresleys so would be before. Some buffets survived into the mid 70s, long enough to receive blue/grey.
Yesterday at 15:48
Spartacus
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trivia oldest and newest together
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It's a shame there was so much antipathy towards the newer locos towards the end of the steam era otherwise we'd no doubt have more...
Tuesday at 18:28
Spartacus
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Non-Urgent TOPS Requests
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43357 & 43013.
Tuesday at 18:23
Spartacus
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Pacers on Long Distance Routes
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I must have just been unlucky, I remember doing at least two Merseyrail 142s, and seeing them on other occasions. I was just doing it as...
Tuesday at 10:26
Spartacus
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Pacers on Long Distance Routes
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In Northern Spirit days there was a Leeds - Lincoln via Huddersfield all stations that was regularly a Merseyrail 142! A 'mere' 102...
Sunday at 13:40
Spartacus
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Transpennine Route Upgrade and Electrification updates
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According to the application the plan is to restore the original lantern to an modified design, removed around nationalisation (probably...
Sunday at 07:44
Spartacus
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Non-Urgent TOPS Requests
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60046
Saturday at 15:25
Spartacus
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Transpennine Route Upgrade and Electrification updates
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It's just a reflection of it's low priority, as a piece of electrification on it's own it's practically useless, it's only useful as...
7 Apr 2024
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