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    SS Fleswick 29/01/1902 Hayle Estuary, Kernow. Search - fleswick + ship
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    Maybe the crews could be centralised in 'Regional Operating Centers' (ROCs)? Wait, I've heard of that somewhere else....
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    Anyone have any info on how the energy will be recovered to be stored in the batteries? Anything to do with those doors?...
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    It took me a while of living nearby to realise that the memorial in Southampton is for the Engineer officers. There's also one for the musicians. The Ocean Railway does an excellent job of detailing the rivalry between Cunard and White Star. Some might say that being sunk has proven better in terms of longevity for Olympic class liners...
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    If the radio operators had not been able to fix their equipment on the day of the incident...
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    A dreaded "Mindermast" strikes again....
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    Anyone know where the 86s are headed? Hoping not Booths...
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    "Catenary - Scenery, with cats" - Uxbridge English Dictionary. Clacton 12/04/93 from here.
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    The phrase "Normalisation of Deviance" always make me chuckle...
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    TBF the PLAN putting a couple of Type 055s in the strait would cause a geopolitical earthquake...
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    Are the Chinese pushing automation much further/faster eg. self-driving straddle carriers etc. ? Given the issues with ILWU on the other side of the garbage patch...
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    Which was why Jim was driving the empties (4Z23). The loads came in as 6Z23. There was mention of a Colas spoil train which got me speculating.
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    (Ex-) Aggregates? for HS2?
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    Interesting wired.com article about the salvage operation. In recent times there has been a couple of "loss of stability" incidents in the Solent involving car carriers. Ironically, Brambles Bank proved to be of some use in at least one instance.
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    Top'n'tail shunting on a limited layout, within the last 35 years (just)? Drinnick Mill, Cornwall, UK 1987, photo credit Colin Underhill (archive link) - Several other photos if you scroll down in the link...
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    00, H0, EM or P4? ;)
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    Mich Des - Le Professeur. Almost as good as the time Yves Parlier (materials engineer by training) improvised a curing oven to fix his broken mast on Stewart Island .
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    @big jimwatching the Postal Special whistle by...
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    I wouldn't call Drachinifel 'amateur', just sayin'...
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    Some say that if you read old 'spotters notebooks backwards, hidden messages will reveal themselves... ;)
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    Looks like the square may still be where it was 70 years ago. Also, turns out there is a Prototype for everything...
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    It's only a flush if they are all the same suit livery...
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    N.B. No Co-pilot 'cos he's run them all out.... of runway... Boycott, Bird and Parkinson: Reunited at Barnsley Cricket Club - 60 years on
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