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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?
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1 hour ago, The Johnster said:
Sounds like a reasonable night out to me...
Yes, we know all about you!
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How about a protest rally? Drive our engines into London, block the roads good and proper!
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Not on this site but Red Diesel, Care Homes & Ukrainian Women on the same day
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20 minutes ago, stewartingram said:
Don't forget that WCR "own" the train paths for the Jacobite. They would have to hand back their rights to NR before they could be transferred to another operator.
Didnt that happen with The Shakespeare Express as WCRC was at one stage the TOC?
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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
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On 18/03/2024 at 11:33, KeithMacdonald said:
Am I right in saying that the through platforms are offset and that at some stage a new station was built?
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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
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16 hours ago, Sidecar Racer said:
This is going to be hard to explain away .
Interesting further report on the incident here
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clkmld8zwmeo
The force said two people were in the car, and that the driver, a man in his 40s, was arrested on suspicion of breaching court-imposed bail conditions which related to a separate case.
He was taken into custody for questioning.
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Just now, 30801 said:
A stomp on the throttle and away the back end goes…If you look on YouTube for things like ‘supercar fails’ you’ll come across people binning Ferraris pulling away from traffic lights. All the gear and no idea etc.
In which case should they be road legal?
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6 hours ago, PhilJ W said:
Again I suggest a strong argument in favour of some sort of 'fit and proper' test for drivers, in this case having to demonstrate that you have dealt with your 'anger' issues before you get your licence back.
Also of course someone who might well benefit from a spell in a NHS secure unit rather than prison
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7 hours ago, Sidecar Racer said:
This is going to be hard to explain away .
What I never understand is how do you 'lose control' in a 30mph limit?
I can see that there might be some external factors eg oil on the road - yes I have had that, it was 'interesting' but I got through it fine but seriously?
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40 minutes ago, Dunsignalling said:
After the "Olympic Tat" debacle, I heard it from more than one trade contact that Hatton's reduced Hornby's unsold inventory mountain to the tune of £8m to restore cashflow where there was none, but had politely declined an invitation to take over the business.
Hornby's announcement on the end of tiering was made public almost simultaneously with Hatton's one of their closure. Almost certainly too late to engender a change of plans.
Hatton's had certainly lost all their Hornby pre-orders when Tiering began, because nobody in their right mind would take the gamble on being in line for one of the token box of six that Hatton's would get on release. The days of "more than 10" were well-and-truly gone until something failed to sell.
To help compensate, I began placing all other pre-orders with Hatton's (except Bachmann obviously). I also started raiding their pre-owned pages regularly. Five (Hornby) Bulleid Pacifics for not much more than the price of two new ones, in the past two years. 😊😊😊😊😊
Sorry, I know thousands of you think Hornby can do no wrong, despite (commercially) seldom getting much right over the past two decades. The repeats of the soap opera have just become a terminal bore and I've ceased to give a toss what happens to them.
I once averaged a minimum spend of two grand a year on Hornby products. I've currently one coach and one loco pre-order still outstanding, that I'll be honouring. After that, I'll be avoiding anything in red boxes that's not indispensable to my plans.
If the latest management re-earn Hornby's right to be the biggest name in the hobby, I will reconsider, but I'm not holding my breath. As things stand, we've lost the less dispensable "H", IMHO.
Grumpy old git mode "off".
John
Interesting to see how big Hattons was
Clearly it might have been possible to build relationships to their mutual advantage but sadly wasnt to be
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How exactly did this work?
Was there a standard design used by private builders and mainline companies or was it just a set of standards
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36 minutes ago, montyburns56 said:
Bersham Colliery by John Stein
'Interesting' looking loco
What happened to the cab & chimney?
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1 hour ago, jbqfc said:
boy of 11 arrested on the A1 in a BMW towing a stolen caravan
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-68513071
John
I hope that Social Services have been round to protect other children in the household
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2 hours ago, Nick C said:
I think in this case I'm going to agree with @johnofwessex...
https://www.basingstokegazette.co.uk/news/24172263.bmw-driver-rammed-cars-m3-improve-driving/
Seriously someone like this should be a candidate for a secure hospital
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1 hour ago, kevinlms said:
Do you still have Boltcropper Gangs?
Not for the fingers and toes either
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11 hours ago, KeithMacdonald said:
One might assume so, but consider for a moment the state that SS Great Britain was in.
But different times. Who can tell whether there's the same sense of pride and willingness to preserve in the USA in 2024?
Funnily enough I visited the Great Britain on Tuesday and saw her coming back in 1970.
But she's a fraction of the size and no Asbestos on board
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In Railway Adventure Tom Rolt describes the lights in the Dolgoch Hotel dimming as the reservoir that supplied its turbine emptied.
Pre 'National Grid' there were all manner of local systems, in one case a car engine driving a generator in a garage that supplied a few houses in a South Wales village
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Where is the Inspector of Lunatics?
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Here are her engines
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Driving standards
in Wheeltappers
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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