johnofwessex

Where did the photo come from If so has it been passed to the Police?

Hium, Certainly illegal

Many years ago when Waverley was (mostly) run by single men who remembered paddle steamers as they were the Lavvies could have done with some improvement. It wasnt until the Chiefs wife refused to spend more than two hours on the ship that the message got over loud and clear and the situation was improved. So yes thats the sort of problem that you can get if you done have someone with an outside view

If its Big ladies perhaps Evans?

I wonder if either an extra 156 on the Scotrail services between FW & Mallaig or an extra daily service could be organised

In case anyone cant see it the email to contact NP is natpres@mail.com

PM me and I will contact the Mods, it has happened before. Let me know your username & email address

Crewkerne was given a set of signs spelt Crewekerne. No prizes as to where the signs were made!

Fascinating figures. Interesting to see how much safer the UK is compared with Western Europe never mind anywhere else.

Scotrail seem 'on the ball' about the 'tourist' potential of their routes and have opertated steam in the past. Clearly its not impossible for some sort of 'Tourist Train' to be operated by them either directly or on their behalf. In the long term I do wonder if it might be possible to produce some sort of 'Tourist Stock' compatable with both historic and modern traction but I suspect it wont be cheap

AFAIK if thetre is a diversion, certainly on A Roads it has to be over A Roads hence some very long diversions for relativley minor road closures

Its a pity that there isnt a rear daylight running light' because that would indicate if a vehicle was 'l;ive' not parked

There are other things that could be siezed and crushed...............

While there would be oportunities to shoot at moving vehicles, the Cambridge example being a case to point I suggest that the main use of guns would be to persuade the driver to turn the engine off and get out nicely rather than attempt to ram Police Officers/the public/vehicles in an attempt to get away

My suggestion is to attempt to reduce the number of chases because of the risk they pose to the public

There are a lot of difficulties but lets put it in some sort of context In 2023 there were 590 homicides and 1633 traffic fatalities so you are about 2.75 times more likley to die in a Traffic Incident than be murdered. The risks posed by 'unlicensec/untaxed etc' drivers are several orders of magnitude greater than 'average' May I suggest 1. A concerted push to get untaxed/insured/MOT'd vehicles off the road. 2. AS far as is possible to do this by removing vehicles when they are 'parked' in the way the DVLA do now, I would suggest that this should include powers to do this 'off road' and tow rather than clamp vehicles. 3. To do vehicle stops in a way that makes it more difficult for drivers to attempt to fail to stop, eg Road Blocks, Police Cars patrolling in groups. 4. If a driver does attempt to 'escape' chase fewer vehicles BUT deploy more resources to stop them eg Air Support, more vehicles etc, and 5. Treat 'failed to stop' as armed which they are. That means use of armed officers both to stop moving vehicles and control stopped ones, so if you dont stop or attempt to drive off when you have been stopped you will be shot at. I realise that it wont always be possible either to get armed officers into place OR fire and the effect it has on officers who may have to open fire on vehicles. 6. Treat offenders when arrested in the same was as armed offenders so no bail, longer jail sentences etc

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-norfolk-68661837 I wonder if more 'force' was used to deal with 'fail to stops' it might both reduce the numbers and save lives?

Yes, we know all about you!

How about a protest rally? Drive our engines into London, block the roads good and proper!

Not on this site but Red Diesel, Care Homes & Ukrainian Women on the same day

Didnt that happen with The Shakespeare Express as WCRC was at one stage the TOC?

Seriously you could do a lot worse than Midford, small goods yard, single to double track and the potential to run a bloody great pacific hauled 12 coach express if you feel the mood

Penhelig anyone?

Am I right in saying that the through platforms are offset and that at some stage a new station was built?

What about these built for the Guinness Brewery in Dublin https://narrowgaugerailwaymuseum.co.uk/modes-images/GS001.jpg They could be loaded onto special wagons which they then drove via gears and used to shunt broad gauge wagons