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ChiefPlanner's latest activity
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CChiefPlanner replied to the thread (Scrap?) Wagons on the move..One looks like an ex BR Ferrywagon (as mentioned above) - "VJX" on Tops. Once BR had stopped sending it's own ago overseas , they had...
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CChiefPlanner replied to the thread Will East West rail provide any benefit to Wales..For any future for the Amman Valley re-opening , it is absolutely imperative that the connections to and from the HoW at Pantyffynon are...
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CChiefPlanner replied to the thread Will East West rail provide any benefit to Wales..The HOWL has so much untapped potential, 4 trains a day (assuming they actually run) is just poor, and if the C-G-C (Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen)...
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CChiefPlanner replied to the thread Will East West rail provide any benefit to Wales..Since Freightliner have served Cardiff - Pengam in the old days - shunting has always been done by train engines. Often done though with...
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CChiefPlanner replied to the thread Will East West rail provide any benefit to Wales..From my experience with Freightliner a very long time ago , there was very little container traffic from South Wales to Felixstowe /...
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CChiefPlanner replied to the thread Will East West rail provide any benefit to Wales..A very good friend , and a highly competent time served manager , on WCML South who used to dream of an overnight sleeper from Cambridge...
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CChiefPlanner replied to the thread Stations with post boxes on station property..There was an extra charge - even recalling posting a letter onto the "Haughley Mail" at Ipswich ! (that was in the last century)
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CChiefPlanner replied to the thread Sir Bob Reid (former BR chairman) dies..To be fair , all of the three Chairmen I have mentioned were stamped with those attributes IMHO. As were some of the General Managers...
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CChiefPlanner replied to the thread Sir Bob Reid (former BR chairman) dies..Met both Sir Bob's and of course Sir Peter Parker in my "career" - all gentlemen IMHO , Sir Peter especially so. (of course , one had...
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CChiefPlanner replied to the thread Wilson government & rail closures.Kynaston's books are an excellent read to get "the feel" of Britain in those day , very well researched. Reading the few comments on the...
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CChiefPlanner replied to the thread Why didn't industrial cities like Manchester or Birmingham never get metro systems in the 19th or early 20th century?.Not really ! - electric tramways in London certainly caused a massive loss of traffic , on for example , the South London line serving...
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CChiefPlanner replied to the thread Why didn't industrial cities like Manchester or Birmingham never get metro systems in the 19th or early 20th century?.London tram routes in the 19thC were largely prevented from accessing the City by and large , but there were some odd , if not...
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CChiefPlanner replied to the thread Trivia - Shortest train services in the UK.Watford Junction to Croxley Green - before it was withdrawn......... Often empty , apart from pax who got on at Watford High Street...
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CChiefPlanner replied to the thread Jumping Barrier Incident.I am reminded of an occurence many years ago when an "all hands to the pumps" block at certain North London line stations. A rich...
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CChiefPlanner replied to the thread Most unusual/unexpected unit allocation you’ve been on?.Short of 313's a couple of days in 1996 , so I put a 117 DMU on (a) Euston - Watford DC line (b) Camden Road - Stratford peak shuttle...