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    On this day 50 years ago...

    Today marks the Tōkaidō Shinkansen becoming the first high speed railway in the world to achieve 50 years of service since it opened on 1 October 1964. The Tōkaidō Shinkansen was the first high speed railway, and for the whole of those 50 years it has stood head and shoulders above every...
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    British expat couple walled into their home

    This has to be one of the wackiest things I've ever read … French villagers free retired British couple walled into their home. While it's good to see the response of the locals, the fact that it was another expat couple responsible is most astonishing, that's more the kind of thing you can...
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    Transcontinental line blocked…

    …by this derailment of a SCT Logistics mixed freight train… -8aaFOtyh_g The remote location and heavy damage to the infrastructure has made it necessary for ARTC to decide on building a deviation track around the site immediately and then get started on the cleanup and rebuild. So far it...
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    Train Protection & Warning System (TPWS)

    (Split from another topic) The relatives of those killed in the Waterfall crash might have a more balanced view on this matter. When a software system like ERTMS or the older ATP could have prevented seven people dying, you go and install it regardless of whether it makes a handful of drivers...
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    Steam-hauled consists

    Hi all, Can somebody let me know what kind of consist you could expect to see on a major steam-hauled charter on the mainline with a locomotive like Tornado, an A4, a Duchess or a 7MT. Types of coach (i.e. Mk2 TSO, Mk1 BFK etc) and livery would be the most useful info. I'm doing some...

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