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PhilEakins

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  1. It's raining!!!!

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    2. Hroth

      Hroth

      Dampness from overnight drizzle. It rained yesterday, and evaporated almost immediately.

    3. PhilEakins

      PhilEakins

      Didn't last long ...

    4. MickD

      MickD

      Lucky you!!

  2. What really worries me is that I had one of the 'train enthusiasts' model of camera ...
  3. Good episode of Endeavour last night - what railway was used though?

  4. Good episode of Endeavour last night - what railway was used though?

  5. The expert on this subject is Mike Walshaw, the builder of the Lulworth Camp layout (some pictures here). I'll email him and see if he is happy to help. Phil
  6. Not quite so - the signalman is able to accept an assurance from a guard or shunter that the train is complete in circumstances where the whole train has not passed the box when leaving the block section. A good example is when passing trains at a station on a single line railway. The bobby will likely only see the back of one of the trains, relying on the assurance for the completeness of the other before asking the road for its advance section. Another is where a train is shunted clear of the line without passing the box.
  7. I've got that mag - PM me with how you want me to send the scans? Phil
  8. The Friends of the NRM started to publish a series of comprehensive books on the 'History and Development of Railway Signalling in the British Isles'. The first volume, 'Broad Survey' by Stanley Hall (ISBN 1 872 826 12 1), was published in 2000. The second volume, containing essays on Absolute Block and Single Line working, followed in 2001. Unfortunately the leading author then died and so the series progressed no further. Volume two would probably not be of much interest Simon - but it might be worth you looking at the structure adopted by Hall in volume one.
  9. Is off to hear Colin Divall give a talk on the political implications of the Beeching Report tonight.

    1. nickwood

      nickwood

      Bit late for a report published in the 60's isn't it?

    2. Phil Copleston

      Phil Copleston

      Never too late for a bit of 'reshaping' ;-)

  10. Is off to hear Colin Divall give a talk on the political implications of the Beeching Report tonight.

  11. There is an IT saying - "the co-operation to be expected from a computer is in inverse proportion to the desperation of the user!"
  12. Two essays submitted - Beer o'clock

  13. Two essays submitted - Beer o'clock!

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