Wheatley

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This. I posted earlier that this is not about whether or not CDL is a good idea, or seatbelts, or Mk1 crash worthiness, or speed limits or any of the other irrelevant noise. This is about whether the Statutory Regulator has the authority to regulate that which it is statutorily appointed to regulate, without having to accommodate anyone who thinks they should be exempt because their mate is an MP.

All three pipes are visible in the video at the top of page 2.

The average radius at the bottom of that embankment is about 40 - 50 feet, more than do-able with post and wire following the boundary line at 6 foot intervals or more, with the odd bracing post at right angles. Do it as post and rail if it worries you.

'Croft' apparently. No, me neither. (There's a glossary on the NLS site). With regard to ramps and slopes to/from bridges etc, where it would be awkward to fence them the boundary could be marked by cast iron boundary posts with the continuous railway fence running inside the boundary. There used to be some on an accommodation crossing near Appleby (S&C) where the railway owned the ramp up from the field to the crossing, but the fence line continued parallel to the track and the ramp was for all intents and purposes part of the adjoining field and grazed with it. They were iron 'MR' posts (bullhead rail with the ends forged flat) at the four corners of the ramp and the sort of thing which would do seriously expensive damage to a modern plough which I suspect is why there aren't many left.

I think the gist of m'learned friend's answer was "It depends". It would help if they put the seive sizes on the description. In the meantime "Small samples available upon request."

Tim Farron isn't exactly a stranger to WCRC: https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2018/06/train-services-return-to-the-lake-district-thanks-to-tim-farron-and-west-coast-railways.html Fairly sure i never saw Her Maj open her own door.

The Port Road from Dumfries to Stranraer (coincidence?) was signalled as Michael describes. When the intermediate boxes were open trains used the left hand side of the loop, but when long section working was in use they all used one side with signals for both directions pulled off. There were no bracket signals though, the same signal arm served for both sides of the loop in the 'wrong' direction, the driver being expected to know which side they would be using by which tablet was held. The loops were originally laid out to give trains going uphill the straight road, during the war most (all ?) of the loops were lengthened and long 'Y" points laid to allow higher speed running in both directions.

That sounds like an excellent way of getting his entire operating licence suspended.

Lettering - I have seen (although I have no idea where now ) a home made stamp used for this, made from suitably sized Slaters lettering glued to a backing piece and used with white ink/paint much like potato printing. Not tried it yet although there is now a sizeable pile of Tunnocks Wafer wrappers in the 'to do' pile. Just remember to glue the letters on upside down.

https://ulmysds.com/Admin/ViewDocument.aspx?ID=00a0e090-8cda-4879-910a-9859f8374a4d&primaryReportId=0 6.3. Methods and material for containment and cleaning up Wear necessary protective equipment. Extinguish all ignition sources. Avoid sparks, flames, heat and smoking. Ventilate. Let evaporate. Keep out of confined spaces because of explosion risk. If leakage cannot be stopped, evacuate area.

Picking Halfords Gloss Black at random, the contents (at least the hazardous contents) are: 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzine 1-Methoxy-2-Propanol 2-Butoxyethanol 2-Methoxy-1-Methylethyl Acetate Acetone Butane Isobutane Mesitylene Propane Solvent Naptha(petroleum) Xylene Links to the Safety Data Sheets are on the product descriptions on the Halfords website. I assume the various '-anes' are the propellant, hopefully someone who knows more about paint than I do can fathom out what the rest makes them. Just to confuse things further, the supplier I use describes them as 'cellulose', 'acrylic enamel' or 'synthetic acrylic'. I think that correlates to 'cellulose', 'enamel' and 'acrylic' in hobby terms but I stand to be corrected. https://www.riolettcustomaerosols.co.uk/

Going wildly off topic here but this omnipresent false jeopardy in modern documentaries does my head in. "Will it fit / blow up / fall off the lorry ?" No probably not, just get on and show us the next bit. "Train Truckers" is one of the worst for this, ironically the one episode you'll probably never see is the one where the trip with an LUL battery loco really did go spectacularly wrong. Contrast with "Sailor" from 1976. A couple of lines of introductory commentary then usually an hour of observation and the occasional comment from the subject to the camera.

We were there (Pickering) Easter Sunday. There was only one deisel hauled service, the last one of the day. (I confess I didn't check the first train as it was before we got there).

"Daddy, why is that lady on a lead ?"

Ye olde RAF Kinloss Halfords list - For those colours no longer available from Halfords any auto paint factor should be able to make you up a 400 or 500ml rattle can from the brand and colour name.

Shorter tickets are available (from £13.50 according to the website), but are not bookable online nor are the prices displayed on the website. They aren't doing themselves any favours. "Shall we go for a ride on the train ?" "Cool ... (looks up fares and prices).... How Much ??" "Don't be tight" "No, really, how much ? It doesn't say. Unless we go and actually ask them in person" "Sod that. Sea Life is £16 each." "Booked".

British Aluminium Co. had one at Burntisland - W/N 1376 of 1915, now preserved at Brechin (according to the photo caption I'm reading). More interestingly from my point of view, the G&SWR inherited one from the Ayr Harbour Commissioners which they painted in full lined green livery and eventually passed on to the LMS. Sadly it never made it into BR hands, but it will if I ever find a second hand Hornby one for less than silly money. Ian@Stenochs has done it in O gauge -

There should be a statutory trespass notice at both, in such a position that you have to walk past it to reach the track. If that is in place then from a strict liability point of view the railway has a defence. The fact that it doesn't always work is the reason why platform ends and level crossings are festooned with anti-trespass guards and, increasingly, no platform ramps. If you want to get on the track you will, but you can't (shouldn't be able to) say that you just casually wandered past walking your dog and didn't know any better.

The one time Regional Railways NE Technical Services office had a 'Wheeton' Station nameboard on the wall, hung behind the desk of the person who misspelled it on the order form to Doric Signs. At the same time Chapletown station near Sheffield was spelled three different ways on the actual station (Chapeltown, Chapel-Town and Chapel Town), although in fairness that was their BR(E) predecessor's fault.

I'm reminded of the response in an open letter to the enthusiast press by the owners of the last flying Sea Vixen G-CVIX to the howls of protest when it emerged in Red Bull colours. To paraphrase: "It costs £60,000 to fill up the tank, the Red Bull sponsorship has underwritten our operating costs for the next three years. If those howling in protest would care to send us a check with at least 6 zeros on it in three years time we'll paint it whatever colour they want." Rule 1 applies, it's literally their train (set).

You don't apply the final livery until its finished its post-rebuild trials and you can be reasonably sure you won't have to take it all to bits again. See FS in various black liveries.

"The ORR has a policy (called Regulation 5)..." Describing Regulations made by the Secretary of State under powers conferred by an Act of Parliament as an "ORR policy" is certainly an interesting take on reality. Although I share adb's concerns that Smith will just gas axe the lot if his tantrums don't work, I don't see that as a reason to keep letting him have more sweeties after he's been told no. Quite the opposite in fact. It certainly won't be a concern to ORR, they have no remit to take any operator's threat to take their ball home into account.

The bloke leaning on the wall at 2.02 is the control measure to keep people back, and she stays back. The road on the inland side is a public highway. The beach/saltmarsh may have public access rights or may not, and the landowner (if it isn't the Crown) may or may not be bothered about people trespassing on it. It almost certainly won't belong to Network Rail although the actual embankment will. The Railway Regulation Act 1842 S.14 (alluded to by Jeremy) provides a power for a railway company to enter land adjacent to the railway to undertake repairs following an accident or slippage, or to take action to prevent such an occurrence. If that had been necessary then any work site set up on the adjoining land would fall under the usual H&S legislation and would have to be made secure as appropriate. .

York - Leeman Rd. The different platform wall constructions used to be obvious before they rebuilt pfm 4.