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« Reply #30 on: April 23, 2013, 19:57:01 »

Have they taken to roof off then!

Eh? It's only ever been part-roofed hasn't it? Open to the elements at one end to allow for smoke and steam egress in days of yore.

I've obviously never looked up! Always assumed it was roofed throughout.
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« Reply #31 on: April 23, 2013, 20:12:23 »

Just number 8 left to guess....
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« Reply #32 on: April 23, 2013, 20:40:59 »

Melksham. Grin  Oh, if only ...  Roll Eyes
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William Huskisson MP (Member of Parliament, or Mile Post - a method of measuring the railway in miles and chains from a starting point - usually London, depending on context) was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830.  Many more have died in the same way since then.  Don't take a chance: Stop, Look, Listen.

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« Reply #33 on: April 23, 2013, 20:42:46 »

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Sorry. Most definitely, no.
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« Reply #34 on: April 23, 2013, 20:44:54 »

Oh. I thought it was number 9 that we were still trying to guess?  Roll Eyes
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« Reply #35 on: April 23, 2013, 20:47:55 »

Typo on my part. I did say number 9 initially. Definitely number 8 that remains to be answered.

And it isn't Taunton either.  Tongue
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« Reply #36 on: April 23, 2013, 20:50:39 »

And it isn't Taunton either.  Tongue

Even I know that!  Grin
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« Reply #37 on: April 23, 2013, 20:54:53 »

No 8 how about Hastings
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« Reply #38 on: April 23, 2013, 20:55:52 »

No 8 how about Hastings

Sorry, no.
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« Reply #39 on: April 23, 2013, 21:29:04 »

Apologies for jumping the gun thought you'd posted it earlier yesterday.
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« Reply #40 on: April 23, 2013, 22:24:44 »

Researching Dungeness lead me to Lydd which lead me to the Hastings demu site ....

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There are two issues which are occupying us at present:

The funding and fitting of GSM-R (Global System for Mobile communications - Railway. A simple mobile phone that has been fitted to the turbos to allow them to operate on lines that are not covered by the cab secure radio (CSR). This allows the Network Rail control centre to send simple STOP messages to the driver or the driver to contact the controller in emergency only. When this system is in operation a guard must be provided when in passenger operation.) radio which is becoming mandated throughout the UK (United Kingdom)^s main-line railway network, and is almost unbelievably expensive;

The apparent ORR» (Office of Rail and Road, formerly Office of Rail Regulation - about) Insurance Cap Regulation Change Proposal which, if enacted, would greatly increase our risk in terms of business liability when running railtours, and could require us to raise fares by perhaps ^30 per head just to cover the additional insurance costs.

http://www.hastingsdiesels.co.uk/railtours/

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« Reply #41 on: April 23, 2013, 23:07:50 »

8 Dover Priory

....and I think that 9 is technically called Ashford Domestic?
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« Reply #42 on: April 24, 2013, 00:05:59 »

8 Dover Priory

....and I think that 9 is technically called Ashford Domestic?

Correctly correctington for the final picture. well done all.  Cheesy

Don't know about technically. The station is referred to as Ashford International by all operators who serve it. National Rail Enquiries makes no distinction between Domestic and International and I can't find a three letter code for Ashford Domestic. The sign above the entrance on the 'town side' says Ashford International.
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« Reply #43 on: April 24, 2013, 00:32:46 »

On the subject of three letter codes, Ashford must have one of the more obscure codes nowadays. AFK ('away from keyboard') I believe derives from Ashford (Kent), but the station is now called Ashford International so doesn't have a K anywhere in its name.
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« Reply #44 on: April 24, 2013, 10:45:54 »

8 Dover Priory

....and I think that 9 is technically called Ashford Domestic?

Correctly correctington for the final picture. well done all.  Cheesy

Don't know about technically. The station is referred to as Ashford International by all operators who serve it. National Rail Enquiries makes no distinction between Domestic and International and I can't find a three letter code for Ashford Domestic. The sign above the entrance on the 'town side' says Ashford International.

OK.  But when I was Railtrack Engineering Manager for the railway works back in 1995 we always referenced the Eurostar station as International (the big empty one) and Domestic (the little full one) Cheesy Cheesy Grin
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