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    Nottingham Tram Derails

    From the Nottingham Evening Post today….. Interestingly, this is a plain section of track, with no points etc, but I seem to recall there’s always been a bit of a hump where the track passes over the River Leen. *this is by no means meant as a reason, just a statement of fact!!*...
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    Train Driver in hospital after yobs hurl brick through windscreen (04/02)

    From the Manchester Evening News…. https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/train-driver-rushed-hospital-after-23021519 What is wrong with these people?? M
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    No service on Nottingham Trams

    I can’t show a link to this as it’s not appeared in the local rag yet, but Nottingham Trams have tonight (9th) announced this….. “We’re really sorry… Due to staff shortages brought about by sickness in our key safety-critical control team we’ve had to suspend operations across the network for...
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    Northwich Station Roof Collapse - 18/05/2021

    This from the MEN….. Major disruption affecting Manchester trains after station roof collapses https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/major-disruption-affecting-manchester-trains-20621919 “There are major disruptions to trains running between Manchester and...
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    First Train into East Midlands Gateway

    From the Nottingham Evening Post.... 'First ever' freight train pulls into East Mids Gateway ahead of launch https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/local-news/first-ever-freight-train-pulls-3657970 A trial ahead of a full freight operation launch has seen the first ever train pull into the East...
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    Plans submitted to repair Holyhead Breakwater

    From BBC News.... Perhaps they should have retained the 01s....
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    Matthew Horne struck by train in Burton Joyce

    Ive just come across this in the local rag.... Source.... https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/nottingham-news/gavin-stacey-star-mathew-horne-2374029 Sad to hear this, and I’m surprised he’s not been on tour with Catherine Tate.... certainly he featured in the show (Nan’s Grandson) when I saw it.
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    Poorly researched piece in the Express ("Europe is profiting from our rail misery")

    Is this a badly written piece or what? http://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/841373/Rail-fares-Britain-UK-train-ticket-profits-funnelled-European-rail-network
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    Casualty 01/07

    Anyone watching Casualty? Do they do no research?? Central Locking? Train despatch??? Don't watch it unless you want to shout at the TV!!!
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    Upper Broughton Station House

    Anyone out there fancy an old Station House? A slightly ill fitting 1970s extension on the back of the house, but the roadside station building sounds very original..... http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-60700840.html
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    Thomson's Stockton to cease processing scrap

    A number of railway items have met their end here over the years..... http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/business/business-news/end-era-stockton-scrap-yard-12586661#ICID=sharebar_facebook
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    S Stock Update

    As it's been a while since there was a post about S Stock deliveries etc, I thought I'd post an update. Currently at Melton RIDC are:- Train 68 (21319/320) for re-commissioning as a 7 car train (was a 7+1) Train 99 (21381/382) now contains car 25382 which was part of T68, the car will...
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    Greenpeace Protesters Occupy Coal Train

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-29334128
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    Class 47 Fuel Capacity

    Can anyone help with this? What is the capacity of the No.2 end fuel tank on a class 47? The reason for this question is that a 47 I am involved with is a long range converted one, i.e. 5887 litres (1295 Gallons) It has the No. 2 tank isolated, and i would like to know what the total...
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    [FANTASY] What if the Great Central hadn't closed?

    Consider this....... Had there been more foresight in the 1960s the Great Central route would have been retained as a freight only route, given its continental loading gauge etc. This would remove freight from the East and West coast routes, and mean that HS2 would not be needed to provide...
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    Class 24/25 renumbering

    Perhaps this has been asked before..... Why when the Class 24 and 25 locos were renumbered into TOPS were they not allocated numbers according to subtype like all other locos? e.g. 47/4 started from 47401 but the first 25/1 just followed on from the last 25/0...... MainFrame
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    Brackmills line sold (Northampton)

    From the BBC News Website:- http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-24609060 I believe the track was recently lifted, this would explain why!! MF
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    A different house.....

    I think this fits under rolling stock..... As found on the BBC news website. Anyone have any other information? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-18079322
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    class 31/0 cab

    Does anyone have a picture of the controls on a class 31/0? I know that these were nicknamed "toffee apples" due to the shape of the master controller (which was taken from cab to cab, i believe), but I was curious what the controls actually looked like!! MainFrame

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