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« Reply #30 on: August 23, 2010, 22:37:41 »
Quote from: eightf48544 on August 23, 2010, 22:03:29
OK so that makes it Cornwall or Kent?

Almost - that sort of drift ....

If I caught the 8 a.m. from Barrow-in-Furness tomorrow morning, I would only get to the nearest station on the National Network to this track just before 3 p.m!  An off Peak Single is over 110 pounds (and that applies to the 08:00); an anytime single is over 165 pounds.   The AA tells me that it'll take me over 6 hours to drive.
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« Reply #31 on: August 23, 2010, 22:46:48 »
Dover?
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« Reply #32 on: August 23, 2010, 23:05:40 »
Quote from: FallenAngel on August 23, 2010, 22:46:48
Dover?

Nah - I would get to Dover at twenty past two.

Penzance turns out to be a much longer journey ... but it's not that neck of the woods.  I hadn't realised how far "down there" is down there  Cheesy
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« Reply #33 on: August 23, 2010, 23:13:07 »
Felixstowe?
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« Reply #34 on: August 24, 2010, 06:29:44 »
Quote from: FallenAngel on August 23, 2010, 23:13:07
Felixstowe?

Indeed ...

http://www.portoffelixstowe.co.uk/pressreleases/frmPress.aspx?pid=314

A freight only line - no passenger service  Wink
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« Reply #35 on: August 24, 2010, 09:07:38 »
Can anybody guess the 260mm guage line that has a class 37 running around it?
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« Reply #36 on: August 24, 2010, 12:12:18 »
Quote from: devon_metro on August 24, 2010, 09:07:38
Can anybody guess the 260mm guage line that has a class 37 running around it?

Does it haul the "Jungle Express" by any chance?
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« Reply #37 on: August 24, 2010, 12:41:25 »
Quote from: grahame on August 24, 2010, 06:29:44
Quote from: FallenAngel on August 23, 2010, 23:13:07
Felixstowe?

Indeed ...

http://www.portoffelixstowe.co.uk/pressreleases/frmPress.aspx?pid=314

A freight only line - no passenger service  Wink
Apparently there's another 35000 installation in Southampton Docks.
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« Reply #38 on: August 24, 2010, 19:42:05 »
Quote from: grahame on August 24, 2010, 12:12:18
Quote from: devon_metro on August 24, 2010, 09:07:38
Can anybody guess the 260mm guage line that has a class 37 running around it?

Does it haul the "Jungle Express" by any chance?

Perhaps  Smiley
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« Reply #39 on: October 27, 2023, 12:53:10 »
Quote from: grahame on August 22, 2010, 20:53:48
Quote from: bignosemac on August 22, 2010, 20:29:36
1500mm - East Hill Cliff Railway, Hastings

Yes - that's the one I had.  Seems quite a rare gauge!

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The steepest funicular railway in the country has reopened to the public and "restored to its former glory" after refurbishment works have been completed.

The East Hill Lift in Hastings Old Town, closed in October 2022 following an examination of the track, which showed repairs were required.
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