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  1. russ p
    Excellent, having D0226 on a preserved railway in 1966 is age wise like having a class 70 on a preserved railway today
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    Not the safest thing to do bearing in mind the starter is on! I hope he knew there was nowt coming on the down
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    Hi Mark, I'm pretty sure the track was actually installed. There was a plan in the early 90s to relay it but I can't remember what that was in connection with. Something tells me it was about ici getting coal from Redcar mineral
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    Think we may be getting confused here, I thought you were talking about the grids (yards) whereas I think you're talking about the blast furnaces
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    With reference to my earlier post. Gosberton was replaced by a new 'modular building' box about two years ago, this has now gone and control transferred to Lincoln which itself will be a short lived box when it's functions are passed to the York ROC
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    Mr blue sky... Elo
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    Wasn't Lea box for the Nottingham blockade? I went past it on a charter from skegness when it was open. I was also going to mention Higham, it finally dissapeaed a couple of years ago.
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    That's interesting Arthur, I didn't realise they were built separately. 5 grid was actually built with access off the Wilton branch but I don't think it was ever used by BR traffic
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    Did the clay lane furnaces open in 57? I may be wrong here but thought the lackenby grids opened late 50s
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    Fascinating map. Take it its from the early 50s ,pre Lackenby grids?
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    Is that the tunnel at the east end of Southbank coke ovens or the filled in one at the other end. I once was told that the electrics were used on a gantry somewhere after their work to the warfe was finished. Those pictures are the only ones I ever seen of those locos. They are not far off the look of the old triang 0-4-0 electric loco
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    Year of the cat... All Stewart
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    Just found this, absolutely stunning! When did the electrics start and finish? There was one dumped near clay lane into the early 80s but the catenery had long gone, did the wires extend south of the mainline? Anymore pictures of DL electrics would be greatly appreciated
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    I use a lot of wills too. The shop is opposite the tourist information, sells a lot of building materials rather than stock. It's owned by a top lad called dave who was on the pway down your old area
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    Looks excellent, take you know about the new model should in Cromer? He sells wills stuff
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    Home by the sea... Genesis
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    Here is a very rough trackplan as promised, not the greatest but you can get the general idea
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    Thanks Derek
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    Thanks for that, yes the van is at Norwich sometimes
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    The way to remember it is BR the lower of the signals is bottom is for the right hand route As regards the main signal been mistakenly taken instead of the disc an identical arrangement albeit colour light exists at Norwich to this day
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    I can't really get nostalgic about much of the privatisation era,too much of the equipment and infrastructure that I knew and loved were dispensed with sometimes for no reason by the 'new brooms' brought in by some companies to sweep us old dinosaurs away!!
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    I would say that 20 lever operated which ever signal the route is set for. It's not that common for junction signals to be stacked on passenger lines but certainly within the rules. There was a similar signal at Battersby
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    The dmu is departing platform 2 normally. The middle road is controlled by the disc. Platform 1 the top signal is for the left hand route and the lower on for the right hand route meaning using the crossover further up
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    The 03 picture does appear to be a freight working. There are pictures and a film of the last ever train in 1967 with 03 D2051which was a special for demolition contrators ,the actual demolition of the line was done without trains
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    Shame that's stone pete. Its hard to find buildings for our area . Mind to put the mill on would need the board extended
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