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    Mystery tunnel mouth - request for help

    I wonder if anyone could identify this location for me. Very few clues, apart from what you can see in the picture. The train is a First North Western service, comprising a pair of Class 175 Coradia units. It's emerging from what looks like a short tunnel or covered way. We're on a double...
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    Any connection between Passenger Information and signalling systems?

    I've just caught the 14.15 Alton to Waterloo service. This was shown on the departure screens as departing from platform 2, which seemed odd as there is only one train an hour running today, and platform 1 doesn't require a trip over the footbridge from the station entrance. Open Train Times...
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    Another mystery location - help needed

    Any ideas where this is, please? Not a lot to go on, I'm afraid. The picture shows a Class 158 in 'early' Central Trains livery (with phone number rather than web address, so probably pre-2003/4), standing at a station with an enclosed footbridge. There appears at one time to have been a...
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    Mystery location - help needed

    Is anyone able to identify the location in this image, please? It shows a pair of Alphaline liveried Class 158 units, headed by 158 746, no destination blind visible. There is housing in the background, and an apparently unused - or little used - line going off to the left behind the train...
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    Historic Thameslink frequencies

    Browsing through a 1991 timetable, I see that at that time, Thameslink only operated hourly from Bedford through to Brighton, trains on the alternate half hours terminating at Gatwick Airport. Can anyone tell me when the service became half-hourly all the way through to Brighton? Grateful for...
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    Thames Trains livery

    A quick question about the original Thames Trains livery. I've seen pictures of the operator's class 166 units - in blue and white livery with green doors - carrying the Thames Trains logo and 'Express' branding. Did the 165s carry this branding as well, or just the logo? I know both were 90...
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    Uckfield Line Gala Weekends

    Quick question - can anyone tell me if there was an Uckfield Line Gala Weekend in May 1998, specifically 23rd and 24th? I remember one in May 1997, but am not sure about 1998. Thanks in advance
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    Great Train Robbery signalling query

    A quick signalling query about this famous (or infamous) incident in 1963. As I understand it, the gang stopped the mail train by tampering with a 2-aspect colour-light signal at Sears Crossing. This entailed lighting the red aspect by connecting it to a battery, and obscuring the (correctly...
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    Voyager vehicle numbering

    A quick question about vehicle numbering in the Class 220/221 Voyager units. Am I right in thinking that the last two digits of each vehicle number are the same as those of the unit number? For example, in unit 220 001, would coach D be 60701, and coach F 60301? Grateful for any info. Colin
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    Cornwall resignalling query

    I've just been reading about this resignalling scheme, due to be commissioned next year. The 'core' of the scheme appears to be the abolition of the existing signal boxes at Lostwithiel, Par and Truro, and transfer of control of the area - including the Falmouth branch - to a new workstation in...
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    Hastings DEMU queries

    I've been pondering the Hastings DEMUs recently (classes 201/2/3), and am puzzled by a couple of their design features, and wondered if any knowledgeable members on here might be able to help. The reasons for their narrow bodies and straight sides are well-documented, as to a lesser extent are...
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    GWR 150 celebrations and Portishead

    I've recently come across a photograph of Class 117 DMU no B430, painted in GW Chocolate and Cream, working a special service to Portishead as part of the GWR 150 celebrations in 1985. What's puzzling me about it is that the track appears to be newly laid on fresh ballast and concrete sleepers...
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    Penzance relief trains 1980s

    I've recently come across a photo, taken at Stapleton Road, Bristol in August 1981, of what is reported to be a Penzance to Paddington service. The consist is a pair of Class 50s hauling eleven Mark 1 coaches - there is no catering vehicle. I was under the impression that all Plymouth/Penzance...
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    Cutting out 4mm scale BR totems

    After a bit of advice. I recently acquired some bespoke station signs from Sankey Scenics, including some BR totems (see picture attached). Of course, most of the signs are easy to cut out from the master sheet because they are rectangular. However, does anyone have any tips on how to accurately...
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    Excessive barrier down time at Liss?

    This afternoon I caught the 16.39 service from Liss to Petersfield. This is the 15.30 Waterloo to Portsmouth Harbour, which calls at all stations south of Guildford. The full barrier crossing at Liss, controlled from Petersfield signal box, was closed at 16.31 - there was no up train anywhere in...
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    'No Smoking' and 'First Class' coach window labels

    I'm trying to find out when the original triangular 'No Smoking' and double sausage 'First Class' coach window labels were replaced by the circular and rectangular versions respectively. I have a feeling the original types lasted well into the BR Corporate era, so could be found on blue/grey...
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    Original Eurostar vehicles arriving in UK

    I had always understood that early Eurostar vehicles arrived in the UK via the train ferry at Dover, and were then moved by rail to Washwood Heath for fitting out. However, I have recently come across an undated picture (see attached) of a Eurostar vehicle on an Allelys heavy-haul vehicle...
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    Redhill to Tonbridge power supply questions

    A few questions about the traction current supply arrangements on the Redhill to Tonbridge line, electrified in 1994. 1 - I'm aware of the location of the seven substations, but where is the grid feed for the route? 2 - What is the grid feed voltage? Is it the same 'budget' 11kv of the earlier...
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    Early Eurostar services - 1994 to 1995

    I'm trying to obtain details of early Eurostar services, from the 'Discovery' timetable which commenced on 14 November 1994, to the full timetable which I believe started on 28 May 1995. From what I have found so far, the Discovery timetable comprised departures from Waterloo to Paris at 08.23...
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    Eurostar routes from Waterloo

    I was always under the impression that Eurostar workings could only use the Windsor reversible line between Waterloo and the Linford Street curve, meaning that up and down services could not operate simultaneously over this stretch. However, I read somewhere recently that they could also use the...

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