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    55003/55022

    Sorry if this is on elsewhere but is there a thread about 55022 being renumbered 55003 I have searched and cant find anything
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    ECML Disruption - Saturday 27th December

    I wont pretend i know the layout down there so dont shoot me but would it not be possible to slip a couple of 125 sets into Liverpool Street
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    NHS Boob Job Model

    Didnt she want this work to be a model as well They should have spent it on her face first
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    Aviation Discussion

    A bit late for anyone interested but at about 7 10 i saw a 747 doubledeck freighter (i know thats not the proper name)flying over the north east coast Reg number N780BA Even at about 10 miles away with the sun on it i could see it was a biggy I had a look on flight radar 24 to see what it was...
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    Low Flying planes

    I saw what i think was a low flying Lancaster at about 1 30 flying SE over Middlesbrough on Friday any ideas anyone?
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    Class 68 Progress, what's the latest?

    Tomorrow an 0Z28 is running Carlisle to Carlisle I think it goes to Battersby Junction then Low Gates Northallerton then back to Carlisle via Stockton both ways
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    BR Merrymakers

    i remember on one return trip to Darlington in the late 70s early 80s we had a ex works peak 45/46 put on at York and we clocked it at over a 100 on York straights. I know mile posts and second hands on watches are a bit primitive but we were all amazed at the speed and acceleration bearing in...
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    Speeding Offences

    The 2 lads were actually racing on the A19 in North Yorkshire unless theres been 3 serious speeding cases this week.The other which no one has mentioned was one of Her Majestys Finest taking a prisoner up the A1 in a BMW X5. The prisoner asked him how fast the X5 could go so he showed him.140...
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    James Cook University Hospital station, Middlesbrough

    Probably optimistic but parking is a nightmare.I think the other problem is patients/staff living near the stations on that line Stockton Thornaby Billingham and Middlesbrough aren't particually near the main housing areas so until the tram network that keeps getting mentioned actually happens i...
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    London - Shildon

    Ive just had a quick look at Grandcentral to Eaglescliffe on the 22nd. You can go first class both ways for £43 Roughly 7 30 off the Cross and 6 10 back. if you return standard it was £32 obviously you have to get from Eaglescliffe to Shildon but if you were lucky you could get to travel on a...
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    HST door-opening incident from 1990s

    wrong side of the bed again 455driver:D
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    FGW looking at loco hauled for the Cardiff - Taunton route

    Would it be worth running as a Penzance to Cardiff and return on a Saturday. I dont know how long this would take but i do know a lot of Welsh people holiday in this area. Is there any spare coaches to lengthen the train or are any HSTs spare on a Saturday
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    Port Clarence branch

    just read this i may pop out in an hour to see it return --- old post above --- --- new post below --- No sign of it coming back So if someone can answer the mystery of what RTT says i would be grateful
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    Carriages with compartments between Hartlepool and Stockton

    Those were the days. If the wind was in the right direction i often heard a Deltic About half eleven into Stockton if i remember correctly
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    Boro Taxis 'will not take disabled people' in fares row

    On our local news over the weekend it showed a Boro taxis driver collecting a wheelchair user The driver had to go to the house collect the passenger pull the ramp out push the passenger on put the ramp back then repeat it all at the other end. In fairness they have to make a living.
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