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Michael Ashworth posted an update 3 weeks ago
The Final Bitumen Freight Tanker Train Service 6M43 running from Haverton Total Colas to Colas Ribble Rail Preston was operated by Colas Class 56 Heritage Diesel Locomotive Number 56105.
This had failed due to poor track conditions at Copy Pit and by the time it reached Accrington it was running 211 minutes late.
#final #bitumen #freight…
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clive BRretired posted an update 3 weeks ago
(Are there no cleaners, Passed cleaners or fireman on here)? Where’s Dave? Ex BR members tipped into 3 score years n 20! (80yrs plus) for steam? Maybe 70 odd now for diesel advent! Western Hymek or warship? Earth calling Aberdare Fishguard N Devon or Plymouth? Is anybody there? Maybe Armstrong Aldrin n Collins took all related Railway men to…
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clive BRretired posted an update 3 weeks ago
3 weeks ago (edited)
(Driver signalman problem)! Moving from shed, Or Yard, The signalman would adopt such strange postures! My driver being chairman of the Railway club was rather austere! In fact folk warned me of this on my appointment to him! You didn’t have to get on? But eight hours a day it was better if you did! The spot where the signalman would pass me…
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clive BRretired posted an update 3 weeks ago
44871 goes through with great gusto, Once paired with ex Bristol Galatea it is one of last 5s to enter the new station on its Plymouth run! Plenty of track spacing for 1840s Brunel 7ft broad gauge lines for the new Marsh Barton station! 4-81/2 from 1892? I chose this shot for the Galatea / St Philips connection. Think this sort on my Temple…
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Janine Booth posted a new post. 3 weeks ago
New mosaics unveiled at London Underground stationTransport for London (TfL) has unveiled new mosaics at St. James’s Park station as part of its Art on the Underground programme.
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I’m surprised that it isn’t installed at Tate Modern museum or any museum in London that would have had those pictures. But it does look impressive.
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Janine Booth posted a new post. 3 weeks ago
Rail income growing slower than passenger numbers, report findsThe Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has released figures showing that train fare revenue rose more slowly that passenger journey numbers between April 2023 and March 2024, that government funding to the industry…
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This saga of passengers ticketing income declining, with shareholders dividends rising seems familiar to myself. Was it not George Hudson ?
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alf posted an update 3 weeks ago
Felixstowe to Tinsley GBRF passes Sleaford South Junction today, 28th November, just ahead of the Christmas White Rose to York, headed by ‘Braunton’ replacing ‘Britannia.’
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Michael Ashworth posted an update 3 weeks ago
The Final Bitumen Freight Tanker Train Service 6M43 running from Haverton Total Colas to Colas Ribble Rail Preston was operated by Colas Class 56 Heritage Diesel Locomotive Number 56105.
This had failed due to poor track conditions at Copy Pit and by the time it reached Accrington it was running 211 minutes late.
#final #bitumen #freight…
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Michael Ashworth posted an update 3 weeks ago
Castle Cement Tank Train & Northern DMU’S Cause A Busy Few Minutes At Blackburn Station 26/11/2024
I spent a few minutes just outside Blackburn Railway Station on The East Lancashire Line and observed the following service s in a short while.
The 2J22 passenger service running from Blackburn to Rochdale was operated by Northern Class 150 Diesel…
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alf posted an update 3 weeks ago
Wolverhampton Steel Terminal to Boston Docks empties, and leaf train, pass through Heckington today, 27th November.
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