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« on: June 29, 2020, 09:32:31 »
No sure where to put this - interesting video about slip coaches (sorry about the adverts!)
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« Reply #1 on: June 29, 2020, 09:41:18 »
Good to see trials of a rapid reaction social distancing solution are progressing well.
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« Reply #2 on: June 29, 2020, 11:27:29 »
Very interesting video find, thank you  Grin
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« Reply #3 on: June 29, 2020, 11:29:22 »
Yes, and I somehow doubt we'll ever see slip coaches again in the UK▸ (United Kingdom) for several thousand safety reasons!  Cheesy
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« Reply #4 on: July 24, 2021, 13:19:50 »
Quote from: IndustryInsider on June 29, 2020, 11:29:22
Yes, and I somehow doubt we'll ever see slip coaches again in the UK▸ (United Kingdom) for several thousand safety reasons!  Cheesy

Here's one of those reasons (at the time, anyway) I just came across while looking for something else. The attached clipping comes, for no obvious reason, from the Diss Express, and Norfolk and Suffolk Journal of Friday 26 November 1880.
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