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There is also the problem of targeted pirate/government broadcasts being transmitted on and disrupting known frequencies. Clips of music or spoken propaganda are often included in other 'secret' broadcasts such as number stations etc. which I suppose may be picked up through interference.

I remember first seeing the DMUs as on the right and thinking how strange they looked! The black surround is, in effect, a rubber gangway and when coupled up to another unit, the entire cab front hinges open to allow passengers through. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:IC-3-coupled2.jpg#mw-jump-to-license

APT power car testing: http://www.traintesting.com/APT-P_power_car_test_train.htm General APT testing page: http://www.traintesting.com/APT introduction.htm

As mentioned, Glasgow Central has Clyde Street going under the station throat area (not really any platforms there though). However there is also Midland Street which goes under the end-of-the-platforms area. Looking west, from Jamaica St. to Oswald St. And famously, 'The Hielandman's Umbrella, where Argyle St. goes under many of the platforms. Each side of the street has small shops.

Looking north on Southfield Place (at eastern end of station/yard area where tracks narrow back down en route to Edinburgh)

A quick look at the 47.co.uk galleries (filtered for GFYE) show a good few TTG 47/3 in 1976/7 but haven't spotted any more dominos - most seem to be '0000'

'Special Delivery' indeed - by Yodel by the looks of things

You did well to get some of those shots Dave - the fact that you can see the light from the destination blind and marker lights shows how dark it was!

What I meant was, the ORR are stating the 'what' but there's no mention of the 'why'. A few lines mentioning exactly what WCRC did to lose their exemption in the first place, and the result of the JR would hopefully let the general public see that this whole situation is entirely of WCRC's own doing. I think it's in everyone's interest that the WCRC 'poor me' defence is shut down and shown exactly for what it is - a complete sham. They are going for every ounce of sympathy and will no doubt mention all the real folk who are going to suffer as a result of this, while carefully failing to mention the serious safety breaches (and further subsequent refusal to comply), by them, that led us to where we are.

Fancy a shiny, new IC225 set but can't be @rsed updating the layout?🙂

Thanks for that Phil. A rather non-committal response from ORR, I'd have expected them to reveal a bit more as to why the exemption failed. After all, a legal Improvement/Prohibition Notice and Judicial Review are pretty significant reasons!

Love the Otterington pictures. The station had been closed for about 18 months by then but can see most of the station is still in place, albeit with some track changes and minus the platforms. http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/o/otterington/index.shtml

Notice too in the BBC article, there is no mention of: a) Why WCRC lost their current exemption. b) WCRC taking the ORR to court and losing. Still peddling the 'innocent victim of unreasonable beaurocracy' line to the media, despite being on the wrong end of about three separate (but connected) legal processes 🙄

D8085/6 had the high-level pipes for hauling the units to/from Works, as part of the route was not wired. (Click on the photo to view the Flickr comments)

These were wagons involved in a derailment on the Scottish ECML, so clearing & repairing the line would be the first priority. Also probably unfit for removal by rail, certainly not without full inspection & repair. © Ian Addison on Flickr

This is going to go round in circles again. WCRC didn't fit CDL on their Mk1 rakes, reached an exemption agreement with ORR based on certain conditions being met, on more than one occasion WCRC breached those conditions, hence ORR's perfectly reasonable response. As far as I can see, ORR are treating all operators equally and fairly - it is WCRC who are causing the ongoing problem for themselves by their pig-headed refusal to follow the rules.

No problem @bradfordbuffer - wasn't sure if was detailed enough but hoped it might help🙂

http://www.barrowmoremrg.co.uk/Prototype.html From PO Wagons Diagram Book: http://www.barrowmoremrg.co.uk/BRBDocuments/BRPOWagons1Issue.pdf (p.63-66 show PCA of varying tare/capacity but identical dimensions)

The Carriage Working Notices specified not only the order of the coaches but which way round certain coaches should be e.g. restaurant coaches noted as 'kitchen north' or brake coaches 'brake van south' etc. The example in the pic maybe more likely to happen in trains with portions and/or reversals en route. Of course, it may be replacement coaches being prepared for formation due to a faulty coach or for maintenance etc.

1L20 would be the 14.20 KX-Leeds. Newcastle trains were usually 1Nxx. (from WTT page at napier-chronicles).

When you're still ripping up your old, large steam layout but want to start your new, smaller '90s layout at the same time!

Probably hardly got wet before it was 'rescued'

On disused-stations.org but there's an entry for Felling: http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/f/felling_third/index.shtml In preparation for the Metro, Felling & Pelaw stations were closed 5/11/79 and Heworth (midway between them) was opened as an interchange between the Metro and BR's Sunderland line services. Felling Metro station (on the site of the NER station) was then (re-)opened on 15/11/81 but with no interchange with BR.

That's just showing off. Especially when it was a Limited Edition of only 250 and this sod bought half of them!😡

There was a thread on this many years and RMWebs ago, inc. a colour pic. From comparison to the characters in the Babar stories, the sticker was of Alexander or Pom (Babar's sons) due to the blue shorts (style of shirt worn would differentiate but it's not visible!)