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  1. Fat Controller
    The ironic thing being that many of the 'private' operators are owned by companies that are state-owned in their own countries.
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    ICI used a narrow-gauge system to link their plant at Gatshurst to the main-line; it lasted into the 1970s, at least.
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    I hadn't realised there were non-ventilated vans; all the ones I'd seen had either sliding or hinged covers
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    Is that a dirty Interfrgo on the track behind the NBL Type 2?
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    'Red Dwarf's' opening and end credit sequences demonstrate suggest 'repurposing' has survived into fairly recent times.'
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    Could it be that the passenger services are being cancelled or replaced by buses to allow extra paths for single-line working around the landslide?
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    I thought the 'Ingot Mould' conversions were from 27t Oron Ore tipplers? .
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    They were intended to be used to effect a temporary replacement of the cables that were used to lift the cages, in the event of a problem. I remember seeing one at the Area Workshops in Fenton (the former Berry Hii colliery .) I've no idea how much work they did; whether they routine replacement of cables etc.
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    I'd say a Metro- Cammell Class 101 would be very likely It would be worth looking at 'Irish-Swiss Ernie's web pages:-https://www.flickr.com/photos/irishswissernie/albums and David Ford's :- https://www.flickr.com/photos/davidwf2009/
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    I think the wagons that carried the beams were largely former Armour Plate wagons. Between these were different types of flats, according to the needs of particular loads. These included Hymac and Rectanks, alongside the more mundane Lowmacs.
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    Thanks for that, Gordon. I wonder which worked on the line from Lozanne to Paray le Monial? I remember some trains on this line were very noisy; my friends have vineyards nearby, around Letra.
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    In the 1980s, there was a service that ran from Crewe Works to Derby, thence Doncaster and Newcastle. It was composed of a mixture of flat and Well wagons, including Lowmacs, and conveyed items such as diesel engines and loco bogies. The upper parts were normally sheeted, but with tantalising gaps....
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    I travelled on them a couple of times; from Paris to Caen and GdN to Boulogne Aeroglisseurs. They were certainly comfortable, especially after a week's grape-picking.. Am I correct in thinking there were two-car units, possibly with a diesel and a gas turbine
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    They ran as ME120 from Dolland's Moor southward. Within the UK. they ran at 45 mph on their normal routes, but any deviation brought very heavy speed restrictions In recent years, they have conveyed ISO and Hi-Cube boxes, so are obliged to run via HS1 The wagons were converted from Transfesa ferry vans, of both the ventilated and insulated typed.
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    Saddened to hear this. Condolences to his family.
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    Is this the design that was used for the 'Conflat ISO' conversions ?
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    It does look like smoke, but the first wagon is unfitted, and the lever is in the 'Off' position
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    I spent my formative years within sight of Worm's Head. The area has a fast tide, with a range of more than 30 feet. Even experienced mariners can be taken by surprise, as the number of wrecks shows. I would certainly be very wary of going out on the head without some provisions; you might be stranded for some time.
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    Is this because the dock at Dunkerque had lock gates at its entrance, , unlike the later Dover one, which was subject to the full tidal range?
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    You'll often find views of LIFT in the background of these Wagon Information Sheets that BR used to do. There were similar set-ups at Birmingham (Landor St), Manchester (Trafford Park) and Glasgow (Salkend); as well as cargo-handling facilities, they were equipped for Customs clearance, and had Bonded Warehousing.
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    The platforms on the Col;wich line at Stone went years ago; certainly by the time I moved to Stoke in 1977.
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    There are a couple of people who post on here who were involved in the clear-up. There had been another incident at Maidstone East which involved wagons carrying coil; I'm not sure what type.
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    There should be some spaces in the number sequence, being vehicles destroyed in the Staplehurst derailment (1996 ?)
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