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    Railways in the Shetland Isles?

    On a recent visit to Lerwick harbour I noticed what appeared to an old concrete stop block and reference to a station on the building across the road from this block; however I could find no references on the web to any form of railway infrastructure on the Shetlands. I can therefore only...
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    Train cancelled due to 'unusually large passenger flow'

    As the headline says, but a surprising reason for cancellation; unless of course no-one volunteered to get off to reduce the numbers to an acceptable level. I'm guessing the train formation wasn't the one in the EDP photograph...
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    Greater Anglia plans to store rolling stock on Mid Norfolk Railway

    BR sold off much of the goods yard and siding space at Norwich Thorpe in the 80's and 90's including the then traction depot, replacing this with the rail-locked Crown Point depot. (This has very limited road access) This has benefited the MNR considerably ever since in that any TOC stock which...
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    Compulsory purchase order may be made to extend RVR

    This was of interest to me as I didn't realise that a heritage railway had the power to compulsorily purchase land once it obtained a TWO; if so there are implications for others who may wish to extend their running lines. From...
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    Another level crossing collision between car and train near Cambridge (29/03)

    Fortunately for the driver this AHBC level crossing is adjacent to a station, just before the platform, so the train was already almost at a stop. Very little damage to the train and minor injuries to the driver. As the crossing was reopened fairly quickly, presumably it was determined that it...
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    Trivia: Permanent 'Bustitution'

    The bus service displayed on the departure boards at Peterborough has come up before on the forum (but those threads were closed so couldn't add this post to them) but it was interesting to apparently see two destinations yesterday but it is of course the same service. The 15.44 departure...
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    Use of barrier wagons on railtours?

    Many years ago I committed the dual sins of using a c****y camera and not labelling my photos. These views of a railtour to Norfolk (probably taken in the late 80's) are fairly unremarkable except for the use of the flat wagons between the 47 and the coaches. I've not seen this before and didn't...
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    Coach at Gt Malvern Station

    I visit Gt Malvern station occasionally and consider it to be one of the most interesting both architecturally and picturescally (other stations are also available :D ) but have always wondered how the coach located on the downside to the south of the station got there. The layout of the...

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