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    Is it possible to create a signal box diagram, with LEDs, showing realtime train locations?

    There are known issues with signing up for the National Rail data feeds (which are fixed by an email to RDG); I'm not aware of problems with NROD. Your use case for this is super interesting, but success and accuracy will depend on the area you want to model (and maybe a bit of luck!). I...
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    Trivia: station codes with letters not in the station name

    And that's before we even get started on how many Highbury & Islington seems to have picked up!
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    Trivia: Stations that still use CRTs for the information system

    Don't have photos to hand sorry, but there was definitely no CRT there as of Sept last year. The display did look quite shiny, so maybe a very recent replacement.
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    T Key Locks

    In my experience* an ABS key, inserted at 45° to the lock, is about the right size and has enough strength to open the lock. Definitely won't work on the newer ones with a centre pin though! * the limit of my experience being a need to fold out the baby changing table on a HST
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    West Coast Main Line closed near Wembley (06/04)

    Because typically delays when travelling with work have an impact on my personal time. Work pay for me to travel to do a job, I consider the Delay Repay compensation for *my* time wasted, time I don't get paid for.
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    My idea for Swansea to Brighton service [Replacing Great Malvern to Brighton]

    Well I for one would welcome a Swansea to Romsey service, as I often make that journey for work. Not that it's particularly difficult to change at Cardiff though. I would request a few stop at Pilning though, just because :D
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    LU announcements regarding 'regulating the service'

    If there had been earlier disruption, I think a lot of that will be necessitated to recover the service. Curiously enough, I once planned an afternoon out on the Met, from Aldgate to the ends of all but the Uxbridge branches, using the WTT. Every single train arrived/departed within a couple...
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    Difference between restriction text and JPs

    Brilliant, many thanks. The restriction text itself is a straightforward "Not valid on trains timed to depart" London Terminal after X until Y - and there is nothing else specific which otherwise applies. I am confident I can comply with what the text quite literally says. I'll make sure I've...
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    Difference between restriction text and JPs

    Hi all, I shan't go into explicit details here, unless a mod states it's OK - just in case this is a "loophole"... (but can answer on PM) I am looking to book a weekday off-peak return ticket to a London Terminal. No issues outbound. On the return journey, the restriction text states two...
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    Old school stations from a Virgin Conductor

    Re: bus timetables - it appears inconsistent at best! Hadn't noticed it before (although it's going to annoy me now), but this year's unibus timetable leaflet refers variously to: Railway Station (on service 4) High Street Station (on service 10) Rail Station (on service 14) Service 4 uses a...
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    RailUK Forums Ticket Gallery Project

    Not entirely, but did buy it for a trip there. One guard was astounded that I bought it, the other oddly didn't seem phased! :lol:
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    RailUK Forums Ticket Gallery Project

    I'm sure this is up there as one of the most pointless 7 Day Season tickets you can buy. Possibly more so considering the dates on it.
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    Funny bug with GWR wifi

    Certainly as of the last time I travelled (couple of months ago) it required you to click to agree, but it did seem to go through a period of just saying "connected" for me. I have bigger issues with GWR Wifi though, not least that sometimes you can connect but DHCP doesn't respond (so you...
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    Flying Scotsman @ KGX?

    That was changed manually by Tom, according to his Twitter feed - seemingly at the request of Geoff Marshall / geofftech. https://twitter.com/swlines/status/702422689340911616
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    Flying Scotsman @ KGX?

    That's some horrid interlacing on the full 1080 version :( Don't know if it's the source or Google playing with it, but the 720 manages to look nicer.

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