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Title: Steam Train Britain Post by: rogerw on October 17, 2019, 19:20:25 New TV series 'Steam Train Britain' starts tonight at 8pm on Yesterday.
Behind the scenes of three preserved steam railways - the South Devon Railway, the Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland Railway and the Great Central Railway. 10 progammes in total Title: Re: Steam Train Britain Post by: MVR S&T on October 18, 2019, 00:35:07 Thanks for the tip, lots of signalling bits, which is unusal.
seems to put the heritage railways in a good light too. Title: Re: Steam Train Britain Post by: AMLAG on October 18, 2019, 09:43:30 Certainly appeared well balanced, informative and interesting, without having dramatically engineered 'shock horror gasp' entertainment for the masses.
Dave Bridges a now retired career railwayman (latterly a Signalling Manager for Devon & Cornwall) gave a very professional and easy to understand description in Buckfastleigh SB of how single line safety is provided by the Token system and also the part interlocking of levers plays in safety. This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |