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    Midland 'Blue' Pullman- failed at Crianlarrich

    Hello A friend of mine was really looking forward to his booked trip on the Midland Pullman -joining at Lockerbie - to Fort William. He heard this morning the new destination was Oban after a landslide closed the FW line. However at about lunchtime he texted to say the servcie had failed at...
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    Derailment near Carlisle - 19/10/2022 - 1715 Clitheroe Castle Cement Gb to Carlisle N.Y. (6C00)

    Which of the wagons did the wheelset that has the major flats (as seen in a previous location) belong to?
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    Derailment near Carlisle - 19/10/2022 - 1715 Clitheroe Castle Cement Gb to Carlisle N.Y. (6C00)

    I think the link is fairly well established and such a conclusion can be drawn, looking at clause 68. The circumstances which put air in the cylinders were very different from a fairly common dragging brake. The ability to apply significant brake cylinder pressure just by 'wiggling' a...
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    Derailment near Carlisle - 19/10/2022 - 1715 Clitheroe Castle Cement Gb to Carlisle N.Y. (6C00)

    Which images are they? Do any photos show the Brake Distributor on the vehicle with the flats? 1666304114 Yes, the fault was that the brakes were being applied by an insufficiently attached Distributor 1666304419 I think that line runs very close to houses. In the south Wales RAIB report...
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    Great Ticket Sale courtesy of Grant Shapps

    Reading various articles that Grant Shapps has launched a rail ticket sale from Tuesday 19th April - for off peak travel. When exactly will the prices become available on the system? Is there a list of the specific journeys? Are they just 'headline routes' or are all tickets discounted?
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    Locomotive brake valves / handles

    Eric. As highlighted beofre there are 2 main manufacturers - Davies & Metcalfe (now part of Wabtec Faiveley) and Westinghouse (now part of Knorr Bremse). When a loco was designed and built (almost) all of the brake components for it would be from either D&M or Westinghouse. The systems...
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    6A11 (Robeston Sidings - Theale Murco) on fire near Llanelli (27/08)

    From what I understand the RAIB inspectors were pretty shocked to learn that there are detectors that don't report live data, but can be interegated at a later date. It seems there is plenty of dismay about what the maintenance of wagons on the UK rail network boils down to. A man sat in his...
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    Publication of Integrated Rail Plan for the North and Midlands

    Not sure how East Midlands Parkway would count as either Central Derby or Central Nottingham. Yes, services from both of those locations pass through EMP but provision of transport from EMP to the city centres is poor. Shuttle train services would need to be set up. Nottingham trams could be...
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    Orion high speed logistics letting the train take the strain.

    I think that Tesco has proved that the Scottish route is the best suited to moving from road to rail. All of the express parcel operators have hubs in the midlands each with multiple linehaul trucks travelling to each of their scottish depots. TNT for example will probably have 2 or 3 trucks...
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    Is MK1 carriage stock on mainline excursions going to need central door locks and retention tanks after march 2023

    I think I heard that the existing design which is being implemented for central locking and Retention tanks (as a joint mod)has a flaw that in certain circumstances can mean the doors unlock when a toilet is flushed!
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    Replica French/German/Swiss/British (delete as appropriate) locomotive produced and destroyed for new Mission Impossible film.

    Yes it would, but the studio apparently didn't want that, I imagine the level of detail and realism was specifically requested. I am not usre Tom Cruise has to do his own stunts, really fly helicopters or have a fight on top of a moving train (does that happen in every one of his movies?) - all...
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    Replica French/German/Swiss/British (delete as appropriate) locomotive produced and destroyed for new Mission Impossible film.

    Previous photos of the loco at Loughborough had vans belonging to a certain Mr I Riley in the forground. I think he knows his way around building a steam loco or two. I understand it is (was) powered by a Scania truck chassis/engine in the tender. I know for certain that the special effects...
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    Britrail Pass

    Thanks for your replies. I think they were actually trying through the 'visitbritain' website which has the booking facility. It asks all sorts of questions about arrival and departure dates and flight numbers etc. I actually found the ATOC britrail site and that directs to 'ACPRail' website...
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    Britrail Pass

    Hello. I have friends who live in Cameroon. They are coming to UK to cycle Lands End to John ogroats and were hoping to use a 3 day Britrail pass to get them to the start point and back from the finish (they will be based in Derby). However Cameroon isn't listed in the country of residence...
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    Sourcing 90 x train seats

    We've tried getting items off vehicles before scrapping from Newport and they are pretty much a closed shop. Once rail vehicles are inside their gates there aint no rail vehicles (or components from them) getting out!
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    Unusual locomotive at Newport Pagnell services, 23/08/2020

    I have seen some video of stunts being performed on top of a carriage. Steam loco leading, 2 coaches, wagon full of crew in hi-viz, Class 66 trailing. There was 'smoke' coming out of the leading steam loco chimney. there was only a brief glimpse of the steam loco in the video. Is it the...
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    Unusual locomotive at Newport Pagnell services, 23/08/2020

    It was always intended to be ending up being destroyed. It was actually designed wihtout brakes but then they realised it might be handy so that they could ensure they were able to stop on the practice runs- they would only get one chance of filming it going over the edge
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    Unusual locomotive at Newport Pagnell services, 23/08/2020

    Did the made-up loco ever come to its fiery death falling off a bridge in Poland or somewhere else? Or is it still alive and well?
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    5x Class 153 conversion to bike and baggage vans for Scotrail

    Apparently the first move from Kilmarnock to Corkerhill was due in previoius weeks but kept getting shelved as Network Rail were really nervous about gauging issues. This despite the fact that everything has had 20mm spacers in to lift the body up a little bit higher

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