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  1. bazzoh

    Merseyrail Class 777 introduction updates

    My apologies misread it - long day at work coupled With a touch of dyslexia!
  2. bazzoh

    Merseyrail Class 777 introduction updates

    according to Merseyrails Twitter post, induction will be within the next few weeks
  3. bazzoh

    WWII Bomb on the Ilkley line

    Numerous first hand accounts of members of the public, visiting police or fire stations with live devices in boxes having discovered said items whilst gardening, asking what they should do with it. Even better are the accounts of the responses they got!
  4. bazzoh

    Stations not near their names

    More strange merseyisms I seem to remember from living up there. Leasowe station (I think) sits in the north eastern tip of Moreton, whilst Moreton station is the closest to Leasowe Lighthouse
  5. bazzoh

    Preserved EMU Question

    Surely an early EMU preservation attempt? does anyone know if this was by BR or the local museums?
  6. bazzoh

    Preserved EMU Question

    Out of interest, did I read somewhere that one of the original Mersey railway units (pre 502/503) was preserved but was destroyed in a fire (if I remember correctly, was it at Derby??) I’ve never seen any pictures of the unit in preservation or post fire and am only going off something written...
  7. bazzoh

    Trivia - abandoned railways with intact track

    Birkenhead docks still had quite a bit of track around it despite being severed at several points
  8. bazzoh

    Derailment at Kirkby (Merseyside) - 13/03/2021

    Are they the remains of the stops underneath where the platform edging has come away?
  9. bazzoh

    Derailment at Kirkby (Merseyside) - 13/03/2021

    My apologies - just going off the tweet! so there has now been 3 incidents at the same location?
  10. bazzoh

    Derailment at Kirkby (Merseyside) - 13/03/2021

    Picture taken in the 1990s shows a remarkably similar incident at the same location! glad there are no serious injuries reported.
  11. bazzoh

    Wartime Bomb causing Disruption at Exeter 27 February

    That was one bomb..Imagine the poor souls in ww2 with several of these raining down on them (on both sides)! Glad on this occasion no one was injured and well done to the EOD regiments involved in neutralising what seemingly turned out to be a dangerous potentially unstable device - hope the...
  12. bazzoh

    Merseyrail Not Operating on Friday

    Ominous sign at West Kirby P1! Screenshot taken from traksy
  13. bazzoh

    Merseyrail Class 777 introduction updates

    Ah ok thanks!
  14. bazzoh

    Merseyrail Class 777 introduction updates

    Is the siding in the tunnel (the one next to the stock interchange line) still there and an option?
  15. bazzoh

    Carmont (near Stonehaven) derailment - 12 August 2020

    HM Coastguard are cat 1 under the civil contingency plans. As well as water, mud, line rescue, search and helicopter capability, they can allow other agencies to use their 4x4 off road vehicles for access - useful asset!
  16. bazzoh

    Fire at 'privately held carriage', Carnforth

    And now some Fire & Rescue Services are run by Police and Crime Commissioner’s! One big circle!
  17. bazzoh

    Fire at 'privately held carriage', Carnforth

    Thanks John and apologies!
  18. bazzoh

    Fire at 'privately held carriage', Carnforth

    Absolutely- the PDA is usually adjusted to take this into account (if the incident type is known) though the OIC can of course request further assets if required and I’m sure you know the harder the work or the stress levels, the less the duration of the BA set. I’m not sure what BA sets are on...

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