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I am thinking this AN other must be nuclear waste trains operated by DRS.
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How does Crewe Basford Hall operate?
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Elecman
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I couldn’t possibly confirm or deny or I’d have to kill myself
realaledrinker
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Interesting thread. Will make sure i have a good look next time I'm passing!
ElectroSoldier
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You'll see little from the train except a mound of ballast.
Drive into the Freightliner depot!!! LoL
no not really.
Drive into the Freightliner depot!!! LoL
no not really.
Elecman
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difficult now freightliner have installed a security gate on the access road from Gresty Lane
ElectroSoldier
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I know. That was the point!!!
That was network rail, not freightliner
Elecman
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The gates on the Network Rail site are into the Materials Recovery yard, the main gate across the roadway are Freightliners
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What I find mildly annoying about Basford Hall Yard is the lack of train reporting. Freight trains "disappear into a black hole" on the Independent Lines between Basford Hall Jn and Crewe Coal Yard/Sydney Bridge. Despite the presence of signalboxes the signallers don't seem to bother inputting the timings, even though they presumably compile a manual train register. The exception is Salop Goods Jn but even there reporting is intermittent at best. I wonder if any reader can explain this?
ccityplanner12
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Don't know whether this is on topic or not, but how is Crewe Basford Hall pronounced? Is it pronounced /beɪsfəd/ like in Nottingham, or is it /bæzfəd/ or /bæsfəd/?
I like to call Crewe Basford Hall "the Basement" because the tracks go under the WCML. If it is pronounced as in Nottingham this pun makes even more sense.
I like to call Crewe Basford Hall "the Basement" because the tracks go under the WCML. If it is pronounced as in Nottingham this pun makes even more sense.
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