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« on: July 12, 2010, 13:24:08 »
Here's a puzzle for you.

I'm seated in a room that's near to a railway line.  I've been here before (last year), and never heard the railway, but I'm now hearing a train about - what - every 30 minutes or so.  There has been no major change in the timetable on the line since my previous visit.   So why can I hear it now, when I couldn't before?
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« Reply #1 on: July 12, 2010, 13:26:43 »
Vandals have smashed the double glazing.
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« Reply #2 on: July 12, 2010, 14:30:39 »
Quote from: Phil on July 12, 2010, 13:26:43
Vandals have smashed the double glazing.

Good thought, but - no - that's not it!
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« Reply #3 on: July 12, 2010, 15:03:34 »
Are you sitting near the Lymington branch, where the old slam-door electrics are now replaced by a 158 DMU▸ (Diesel Multiple Unit) on weekdays...?  Undecided
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« Reply #4 on: July 12, 2010, 15:14:09 »
Yes, that's correct.   I'm just north of Lymington Town station, so I'm hearing it as it blasts out northwards twice an hour, but not hearing it as it coasts in southwards - thus "2 times" not "4 times" per hour.
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« Reply #5 on: July 12, 2010, 15:58:45 »
That makes sense! I was wondering why it was only twice an hour not four times...  Smiley
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