| "Mysterious" tunnels at Salisbury Station Posted by Marlburian at 18:29, 10th March 2025 |     |
Just seen this on Meridian TV news:
Engineers make remarkable discovery at Salisbury railway station during routine upgrade
One tunnel was briefly mentioned in the Salisbury & Avon Gazette in September.
| Re: "Mysterious" tunnels at Salisbury Station Posted by Clan Line at 15:56, 11th March 2025 | |
Gosh...............any steam locos down there - the famous Strategic Steam Reserve !
| Re: "Mysterious" tunnels at Salisbury Station Posted by broadgage at 08:29, 12th March 2025 | |
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.
