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Sideshoots - associated subjects / The Lighter Side / Re: Advent quiz 2019
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on: December 07, 2018, 17:39:18
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The Hall is presumably on a Weymouth service. The left hand route going to the siding was removed when the siding was extended back behind the down platform, which was done in Sept 1963.
6974 was new in 1947 and allocated to Old Oak Common & Southall until early 1964. Warships took over the Cornish Riviera Express from around 1958.
This would suggest a date between 1947 and 1958
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All across the Great Western territory / Introductions and chat / Re: Network Rail December 2018 Timetable (PDF)
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on: December 05, 2018, 17:19:41
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SWR» have copies of their December tt on their website whereas for GWR▸ it appears you have to download the NR» National tt, all 33mb, and then select the GWR lines. With both companies having the same parent you might have thought that they would have a similar approach.
A similar thing is seen with their respective Journey Check sites, that for SWR is always more detailed that that for GWR.
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All across the Great Western territory / Introductions and chat / Re: Quarter of a million - and growing - the Great Western Coffee Shop
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on: November 26, 2018, 18:34:59
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S&T▸ Engineer’s comment about the dark art of signalling reminds me of a visit to Pontypridd signal box during an week long assignment with BR▸ , as part of a industry work experience required by the school in which I was teaching in the 1980s.
Once the signalling inspector had left I was thrown the cloth and told to set the route and inform the adjacent box. As soon as I had sent the bell code the ‘bus phone rang. It was to enquire as to who was signalling the train.
He had recognised the difference in tapping out the code between the signalman and myself!
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