@railnigel@AlexHynes This can sometimes be so that potential for the train borne AWS receiver sit over the track based equipment which will prevent the driver cancelling the it and applying the brakes is mitigated.
@rose_phil@concaveasitwere@JeffFeathersto8@railnigel The Austrians used to attach normal coaches to the ends of push pull train sets. Not so much now though, but still technically possible as all long distance trains have standard hook and shackle coupling.
@gceccles@Captain_Deltic@concaveasitwere@railnigel Doors will operate without need for engines running if there’s sufficient air in the reservoirs, which if maintained properly should last for at least a couple of hours.
“I don’t believe he will. I don’t think he should.”
As Keir Starmer prepares to address Labour MPs in private, government minister Baroness Smith tells @bbcnickrobinson she is 'sure' the PM will not be stepping down following the resignation of his chief of staff.
Do you honestly think America could have liberated Europe without being able to launch D-Day from a UK that had seen off Nazi attempts to invade. Or could have succeeded on D-Day without a British/Commonwealth force bigger than the US contingent. Then there’s the fact the RAF provided the air cover and the Royal Navy most of the invasion armada.
@GordonFielden@ABridgen Firstly Trump has missed the deadline for a suit as he had to do so within twelve months of the broadcast and even if he could say persuade a us court to take the case he has to demonstrate that enough people saw the broadcast to cause him material harm.