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I remember my one and only time watching trains at Euston as a kid - my Dad took me up there for a look, stationing ourselves on the parcel deck entry road off Barnby St. Must have been about 1981, evening peak. I think he was more interested in the trains than me to be honest. However what I do remember is a never ending procession of locos following departing trains off the blocks, hanging about in the throat and then dropping back onto the front of other services for departure. It remains the only time I have seen that type of loco release operation in a major terminus, and thinking about the logistics of it still fascinates me now.
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This is a really fascinating thread to read, thanks to everyone who is contributing to it. London Euston must have been a fascinating place to watch the morning and evening operations, considering all the loco-release, shunting and Motorail ops that will have been going on pretty continuously for several hours twice each day.
I remember my one and only time watching trains at Euston as a kid - my Dad took me up there for a look, stationing ourselves on the parcel deck entry road off Barnby St. Must have been about 1981, evening peak. I think he was more interested in the trains than me to be honest. However what I do remember is a never ending procession of locos following departing trains off the blocks, hanging about in the throat and then dropping back onto the front of other services for departure. It remains the only time I have seen that type of loco release operation in a major terminus, and thinking about the logistics of it still fascinates me now.
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