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@fbschmid Congratulations Felix. Well deserved.

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@MrTimDunn @BIMCAEIcepick This is a good history of Acton Works.

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@miss_mcinerney @RAIL @HuwMerriman I used Arnos Grove car park like that but TfL closed it for property development. Their excuse is that people should use public transport or walk to the station. My last train out of London to Melton Mowbray is 20:03 from St Pancras so I have to drive for an evening in London.

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@bessbbe @RailFreight My word. You get a posh license card nowadays? My certification was, "sign 'ere" on a scrap of paper that was signed by the Divisional Inspector who'd spent most of my 20-minute test drive chatting with the rostered driver while I did the work.

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@cranium84 I hope I've succeeded in my series of articles explaining the development of London Underground signalling. e.g: https://t.co/WrghthGTgU

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@DavidPo22194359 It's great to read of your achievements David. Congratulations on your project.

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@squarewheels_ I thought I recognised it. I've stood in the same place.

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@_brunocunha_ @AKamyshin I'll bet they didn't have any project managers. They just had people who knew what had to be done and they did it.

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@RHummBooks Just to summarise and update, this is Platform 2 at Wimbledon, normally used by the District Line but here it is being used by a pre-war 3-car SUB unit plus a 1946-style trailer added to make four cars. The P Headcode = Waterloo - Wimbledon via East Putney.

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@RAIL @VernonBaseley I've given up travelling by train on weekends. It's just too unreliable.

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If a black hole points to the end of time and there are many black holes, are they all pointing to the same end of time. #horizonslive

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@CrossCountryUK I've noticed that you have started using some 2-car Class 170s on the Birmingham-Stanstead route in place of 3-car units. This led to overcrowding when you did it before. Why have you started using them again?

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@michaeldwoods2 And a true railwayman. My respect and congratulations to you, Sir.

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@Mikeashworth12 @C20Society @mod_in_metro @DrEitanKarol I remember a little investigation around 1980 when I worked in this building. It revolved around the chairs in the CME's office. It was believed that they actually came from the Metropolitan Railway's Pullman cars.

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@Captain_Deltic My Tesla has that too. It shows cars in front and on either side, cones and white lines and it bleeps if I am close to the edge. It brakes if I get too close to the car in front. Trouble is, I still have to steer it.

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@dog_gem @version3point1 Many studies over the years have shown that 95% of ride quality is a result of track condition. Much time and effort has been spent by rolling stock engineers trying to overcome the deficiencies of track condition.

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Congrats to whoever pulled off this master stroke! A pox on all their houses. Superb little vid!!👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

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@pdfguru @networkrail There were several versions but London Underground had an extensive range of compressed air operated semaphore signals from 1903 up to 1952. They still have some points, trainstops and disc shunt signals which use compressed air.

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@AndyBurnhamGM This sort of misleading nonsense is why politicians, regardless of affiliation, are so widely distrusted by the electorate.

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@cranium84 @RateMyBuffers Do they still run those lovely old C10/C11 trains on the route?