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    Elizabeth line timetable

    The plan was never a from everywhere to everywhere service, it was for a set of individual services with interchanges of a few minutes at any station in the central section.
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    XC Voyager Refurbishment

    It's reported elsewhere that the short lease on the 221s is to allow the 180s to receive a good going over. Some of the mis-formed units have already been put back into correct formation. Once this is overhaul procedure is completed they won't need the 221s.
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    Which single-span footbridge crosses the most tracks?

    That's not a footbridge, it's a road bridge.
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    Bristol - Manchester service

    Manchesters were mostly Camp Hill, except in the early morning when they went t'other way.
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    Bristol - Manchester service

    Having aroused my curiousity, I looked up my recent haulage log entries. In recent years I've gone via Selly Oak 16 times and Camp Hill 14 times, so pretty much an even split.
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    Bristol - Manchester service

    Back in the 1980s, all Bristol - New St trains went via Selly Oak. The only exception was 1S19 which went via Camp Hill in order to access a long enough platform to accommodate the train. (1S19 was a long sleeper running up to 15 coaches). In more recent times, Camp Hill has seen much more...
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    [Trivia] Unstaffed stations - busiest and largest?

    Away from London, Filton Abbey Wood must be in with a shout. 4 Platforms and just a little booth that only sees occasional use, most of the time it's unstaffed.
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    Night Riviera

    The 'extra train' is just the light engine 57 being attached to the rear so that it can haul the empties back to Reading from Pad.
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    TPE Nova 3 (Class 68 + Mk5s) updates and withdrawal from service

    That must be what it is. The difference in the level of comfort caused by the collapsing is very stark, I wouldn't have believed they were the same seat if not told.
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    TPE Nova 3 (Class 68 + Mk5s) updates and withdrawal from service

    I was up there shortly before the stand down and I must say that I found the MK5a ride OK, but the draught on my elbows from those bloody grilles below the windows was most annoying. However I also rode on 802s a couple of times and these are considerably superior in comfort and ride, they...
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    Landslips

    Come to Bristol and have a look around - trees near the railway have been drastically removed around here. Filton bank and the descent to the Severn tunnel have had loads removed and guess what? Yes - 2 tracks on Filton bank were recently OOU because of a landslip.
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    "Please avoid using any third party applications"

    If you know the headcode of your train then finding out where it is going from is a doddle at many of the larger stations (including KGX). All you have to do is find the little box on the wall that displays all the services in the station. At KGX, if you're in the circulating area for P1-8...
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    Freightliner 70012

    The loco in grey is in mint condition, there's no gap behind the cab that is clearly visible in the video. If it is 012, then it's before it left the factory.
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    Landslips

    Someone has done it for me.... I was about to start a thread on this very subject as it seems that barely a week goes by without news of another one. The high levels of railfall are undoubtedly partly responsible, but I too think that the sometimes excessive deforestation of railway property is...
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    New Clapham Junction Departure Boards

    Only 5 services at a time? That's woefully inadequate at a station as busy as CJN. A couple of late running services will result in a right time service not appearing until it's almost due at peak times.
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    1Z83 1218 London Paddington-Swansea via Newbury line/Berks&Hants 8/3/24

    I used to know someone who got married on a railtour. Somewhere on humberside IIRC.
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    4472 but where?

    Not Dinting - the shed there didn't have a blank end.
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    What is the difference between the class 350 subclasses?

    Thanks for that. Next time I'm at Stafford I'll take a good look at one.
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    What is the difference between the class 350 subclasses?

    I've been searching for recent photos of 350/1s and it looks like they still have the beams for 3rd rail shoes, but the actual pickup shoes are now absent.
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    What is the difference between the class 350 subclasses?

    Am I right in thinking that the 350/1s have had their 3rd rail pickup shoes removed, so that they can only currently work on 25kV overhead?

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