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    Great Western goes electric http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view/great-western-goes-electric.html
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    I had thought about conversion to AC, but why would anybody go to that expense when there will be 317s surplus soon? I know they are older but no conversion is required. Although Angel Trains seems prepared to spend money on them (e.g. AC traction motors). Cheers David
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    If it was possible to work them push-pull with a locomotive, surely a better proposition would be to wire them for Blue Star/AAR/whatever the new CAF stock is getting, removing the slidey rail/traction equipment and actually use them in revenue service elsewhere in the country. Cheers David
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    Didn't the 387s break the 108mph record? DfT actually offered the 442 as part of the TransPennine franchise with the idea they could be converted to LHCS with cabs but First didn't want them. Unless an overseas buyer could be found for at least some of them (New Zealand?) then it's probably scrap. Cheers David
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    I mentioned that a few pages back. All those dirty diesels when the prevailing "wisdom" at the time was P4 had to be pre-grouping with immaculate locomotives. Cheers David
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    Indiana Jones and the Letter of Protest from the Egyptian Antiquities Minister.
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    Reblogged on tumblr so many times I don't know where the original is. Realistic Indiana Jones movies Indiana Jones and the Tomb That Had Already Been Looted in the 19th Century Indiana Jones and Pottery Fragment #1478 Indiana Jones and the Site Under Somebody's House So There Was No Way To Excavate It Indiana Jones and the Thing That Turned Out To Be A Low Status Cooking Pot Indiana Jones and the Temple of Three Damaged Columns And Some Demolition Rubble Indiana Jones and the Just Got A Pass For Intro To Archaeology
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    Not sure what type they are but old boilers were kept at various places along the line to shore up the banks of the Waimakariri River if heavy snow melt caused erosion. There are (or at least were) some at Cass too. They were cut open to salvage the copper. Cheers David
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    Steam Update: Big Boy No. 4014 Restoration Begins http://www.up.com/aboutup/community/inside_track/august-steam-8-11-2016.htm
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    Very nice! I noticed the playing cards. Are they part of the operation? Cheers David
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    GWR and Eversholt have confirmed an order for an additional seven sets. http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/traction-rolling-stock/single-view/view/great-western-railway-orders-more-hitachi-trainsets.html
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    Canberra jail inmates used poster to hide hole in wall during attempted escape http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/canberra-jail-inmates-used-poster-to-hide-hole-in-wall-during-attempted-escape-20160804-gqkrdv.html Was it a poster of Rita Hayworth?
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    Actually yes. He experimented a lot with mic placement before finding the mechanical sound he wanted. IIRC at one stage he had the mic diaphragm hard up against the Marshall case. Cheers David
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    I dispute that this is a fail! The late Jon Lord used to do just that before having the Marshall and Leslie hard wired. Cheers David
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    Train manufacture/assembly is just catching up to how aircraft have been built for decades. Even Boeing has components made in Australia and shipped to Seattle for final assembly. Cheers David
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    Spanish rolling stock manufacturer CAF confirmed to Railway Gazette on July 14 that it is preparing to open a UK assembly plant to support the contracts it has won in recent months. http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/business/single-view/view/caf-confirms-uk-assembly-plant.html
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    Some of these cow puns are really well done.
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