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« Reply #15 on: April 25, 2009, 16:06:14 »
Track cant doesn't help and will always lean a train away from the platform on the outside of a curve and closer to the platform on the inside. I am still hopeful that at Saltash the cant can be reduced further because the linespeed is so slow.
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« Reply #16 on: April 25, 2009, 16:55:05 »
Quote from: kizzers on April 25, 2009, 14:30:19
For a huge drop down, go to Exeter St Thomas. When jumping down from the train, the foot step is at my waist height (im 6 foot!)

I think Newton St Cyres beats all  Grin
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« Reply #17 on: April 25, 2009, 16:56:19 »
If I understand correctly the Maximum cant can be 180mm but that's across 4ft 8 1/2 inches which means across the full width of Stock the differnce in height from one side to the other of a carriage is the best part of 300mm or a Foot.

Ever been on a East Midlands Train stopped in Kettering!
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« Reply #18 on: April 25, 2009, 19:57:31 »
... and with apologies for the slightly belated nature of this post, kizzers - welcome to the Coffee Shop forum!  Wink Cheesy Grin
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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 #19 on: May 01, 2009, 21:24:02 »
Why thank you! You might find im something special here, but not for FGW▸ (First Great Western), but a certain other toc!
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