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I was simply mentioning the bridge geographically located in Keadby which still opens..

The Keadby bridge has a habit of not wanting to close again after it has opened. Can’t say whether this is what happened in this case, but it wouldn’t be particularly unusual.

Class 377 to Barnham

So we’re back to Penistone? Class 158 to Huddersfield (not booked but they appear occasionally vice 150)

Class 43 to Chesterfield

Class 450 to Upwey

Class 377 to Redhill

Walking interchange to Waterloo East Class 466 to Hildenborough

Unsure about route knowledge, but drivers within a possession do not have to obey signals as they would on a line open to traffic. All movements are under the instruction of the PICOP (Person In Charge Of Possesion) or the ES (Engineering Supervisor) outside and inside of worksites, respectively.

Class 155 to Hull

Filling up an occasional charity trackbashing tour utilising in-service units doesn’t necessarily mean that enough work could be found to keep a hypothetical similar preserved unit running on the main line. With this BLS tour there are no route clearance or route/traction knowledge issues, and...

Class 170 to Filey

Class 800 to Stevenage

Class 43 to Carrbridge

AFAIK the converted vehicle(s) were only used on the northern leg of the Thameslink route, under the wires, so the sandite vehicle wouldn’t have been under power. As a matter of record, former class 416 (2-EPB) vehicles were used rather than MLVs. The sandite runs also seem to have not been in...