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    Trivia: Rare and unusual bus and coach types

    would that include RT1 because it entered service as ST1140 with a second hand body, then rebodied and reclassified as RT1? the Bournemouth open top trolleybuses would be disqualified as they were rebuilds of existing buses suggest Hastings 1A to 8A, open top double deck trolleybuses
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    Closed Passenger Stations still retaining B.R. Regional Signage after Passenger Closure?

    The concrete station signs at least Egloskerry, Treesmer, and Delabole on the North Cornwall line were still in place in the early 70s. Delabole's sign has now been restored and moved to a place of safety
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    Trivia: Rare and unusual bus and coach types

    London trolleybuses had 754 with front entrance, 1379, the prototype for the Kingsway subway, and 1671, which had two axles at the front, both part of the steering, and a single rear axle Bournemouth had "Queenie", the Thorneycroft/Brush single deck prototype trolleybus, and the three open top...
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    Running round at Cowes

    The Talyllyn used to use gravity shunting at Tywyn Warf. In pre preservation days, any carriages would be left at Pendre, and the wagons would be propelled into the various sidings at Warf. On one occasion, the driver got it wrong, and the wagons ended up on the Cambrian tracks. For the first...
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    Pre-nationalisation schemes that never happened

    There was the Bristol, London and South Western Junction Railway, which got as far as a Parliamentary bill. It did have the backing of the LSWR. The proposed route would have begun at Grateley, through Amesbury and Imber, to join the Bristol and North Somerset Railway at Radstock, then about 1...
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    Pre-nationalisation schemes that never happened

    something similar was previously discussed on this forum https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/trivia-lines-proposed-but-never-built-or-where-a-line-should-have-been-built.153074/ Cornwall's first railway, apart from the Portreath plateway, the Redruth and Chasewater, never operated to...
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    Swanage Railway - trains to Wareham 2024

    In steam days, the Lymington branch was not separate, and trains ran over the mainline between Lymington Junction and Brockenhurst. As Worgret is in a cutting, and there is the bridge as well, having the Swanage branch line train run on the mainline and into one of the bay platforms was the easy...
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    Pre-nationalisation schemes that never happened

    Also, the upgrading of the Freshwater - Newport line which had many sharp curves and steep gradients, given the size of the locomotive in the illustration
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    Pre-nationalisation schemes that never happened

    Story has been published, I believe there is a copy in the reference section of the Lymington Library. Screenshot below of a copy of the book for sale From another forum https://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=38181
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    Pre-nationalisation schemes that never happened

    The LSWR proposed a Dorchester - Exeter route, which never got any further than the terminal platform at Dorchester Yes, the idea was to be completely separate from the GWR.having a new station at Riverside, then rejoining the existing LSWR tracks west of Cowley Bridge. The line to Chessington...
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    Go South Coast

    The Bournemouth Echo has reported a trial of an existing electric bus for routes 40 and 50. Presumably, it will be based at Swanage, any dates? https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/24160386.morebus-tests-new-electric-double-deck-bus-around-dorset/ The other news story is that there are...
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    London Buses Discussion

    Incident on route 109 yesterday https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/croydon-bus-met-police-acid-threat-b2494624.html
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    Go South Coast

    I am basing my comment following a discussion with a Morebus driver who stated that it was their policy to try and keep branded buses to the appropriate routes, but would rather run anything available rather than have no bus at all and let passengers down.
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    Go South Coast

    I mean Beach Breezers 1404 - 1408, all out today currently working 8, 16, 5/a, 1b
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    Go South Coast

    There was a London Red on route 14 31/01/24, today route 19 appears to 100% worked by them. I believe the Go Northeast Volvos were transferred from Morebus, who still has four, but none of these have been used this year

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