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Title: "Mysterious" tunnels at Salisbury Station Post by: Marlburian on March 10, 2025, 18:29:26 Just seen this on Meridian TV news:
Engineers make remarkable discovery at Salisbury railway station during routine upgrade (https://www.itv.com/watch/news/engineers-make-remarkable-discovery-at-salisbury-railway-station-during-routine-upgrade/kz96mp3) One tunnel was briefly mentioned (https://salisburyandavon.co.uk/mysterious-undiscovered-tunnel-revealed-as-salisbury-train-station-work-continues/) in the Salisbury & Avon Gazette in September. Title: Re: "Mysterious" tunnels at Salisbury Station Post by: Clan Line on March 11, 2025, 15:56:57 Gosh...............any steam locos down there - the famous Strategic Steam Reserve !
Title: Re: "Mysterious" tunnels at Salisbury Station Post by: broadgage on March 12, 2025, 08:29:27 Gosh...............any steam locos down there - the famous Strategic Steam Reserve ! The strategic steam reserve has been largely abolished, limitations on water supply, coal stocks, and train crew knowledge mean that steam is no longer a sensible choice for a significant reserve fleet. The strategic reserve now contains a mixture of HSTs, Thames Turbos, class 158/159s and similar diesel traction. Trains from the reserve fleet are run regularly in normal service, this is achieved by having TWO trains, each bearing the same number, one in use and the other stored. Swapped over regularly. 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 |