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Damn close call

Posted by Dave on Fri Apr 29 18:02:36 2016

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About 2/3 of the way back to London from York the engine driver puts the train in the Big Hole. We stop just before reaching a station and a couple of minutes later the conductor comes over the PA and and tells us that a pedestrian crossed over the tracks at the station just before our train got there. The driver needed "a few moments to compose himself and then we'll continue our journey to London."

Damn! Here's our train when it arrived at York this afternoon, a Virgin Trains DVT (Driving Van Trailer). No. 227 is being pushed and used as a cab car. Many more pictures to come after I get back home and process the photos.



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Re: Damn close call

Posted by TransitChuckG on Fri Apr 29 19:01:58 2016, in response to Damn close call, posted by Dave on Fri Apr 29 18:02:36 2016.

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Geez..

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Re: Damn close call

Posted by milantram on Fri Apr 29 19:34:44 2016, in response to Damn close call, posted by Dave on Fri Apr 29 18:02:36 2016.

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I hope you enjoy the rest of yor time in England, Dave…


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Re: Damn close call

Posted by Allan on Fri Apr 29 19:44:43 2016, in response to Damn close call, posted by Dave on Fri Apr 29 18:02:36 2016.

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Missed 'im by thatmuch.

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Re: Damn close call

Posted by 3-9 on Fri Apr 29 20:32:10 2016, in response to Damn close call, posted by Dave on Fri Apr 29 18:02:36 2016.

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Would you happen to know if anything filled that empty space between the tracks?

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Re: Damn close call

Posted by Peter Rosa on Fri Apr 29 22:14:22 2016, in response to Re: Damn close call, posted by 3-9 on Fri Apr 29 20:32:10 2016.

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Looks like there is enough room for a set of tracks.

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Re: Damn close call

Posted by Dave on Fri Apr 29 22:44:55 2016, in response to Re: Damn close call, posted by milantram on Fri Apr 29 19:34:44 2016.

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Thanks!

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Re: Damn close call

Posted by Dave on Fri Apr 29 22:51:41 2016, in response to Re: Damn close call, posted by 3-9 on Fri Apr 29 20:32:10 2016.

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Since I took the picture yesterday so, No, nothing has filled that space. There was a track there until 1988 when it was removed during a track layout and resignalling remodeling.

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Re: Damn close call

Posted by Jersey Mike on Sat Apr 30 02:33:59 2016, in response to Damn close call, posted by Dave on Fri Apr 29 18:02:36 2016.

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The British have a problem with anything that even resembles people near the tracks. Decades have health and safety have crippled them as a culture.

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Re: Damn close call

Posted by Express Rider on Sat Apr 30 03:07:03 2016, in response to Re: Damn close call, posted by Dave on Fri Apr 29 22:44:55 2016.

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Liked your photo.

What is the rest of your itinerary for your stay in England?


I was in London for three days years back.

If/Whenever I can get back there, on my list, would be to walk whats left of the uncompleted Northern Line extension routes.
- tours are organized of these areas

http://www.abandonedstations.org.uk/Northern_Heights_1.html


Further northwest there's remains of the old Metropolitan Line beyond Quainton Road out to Brill and Verney Junction.

http://www.abandonedstations.org.uk/Brill_branch.html

http://www.abandonedstations.org.uk/Verney_Junction_line_1.html

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Re: Damn close call

Posted by Dave on Sat Apr 30 15:07:48 2016, in response to Re: Damn close call, posted by Express Rider on Sat Apr 30 03:07:03 2016.

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For the rest of the schedule, you'll find out as I post pictures! (LOL!)

I'll be going to Shildon, the London Transport Museum (I was there two years ago) and the Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway (15" gauge).

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Re: Damn close call

Posted by 3-9 on Sat Apr 30 15:08:34 2016, in response to Re: Damn close call, posted by Dave on Fri Apr 29 22:51:41 2016.

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Ah, thanks! Yeah, I meant to say "used to fill", since it seemed unusual to have such a large empty space in the station. Was it a track with a platform?

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Re: Damn close call

Posted by chud1 on Sat Apr 30 15:34:33 2016, in response to Damn close call, posted by Dave on Fri Apr 29 18:02:36 2016.

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5 drooling stars out of 5 droolin
g stars.
chud1.
:).....

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Re: Damn close call

Posted by Dave on Sat Apr 30 16:43:00 2016, in response to Re: Damn close call, posted by chud1 on Sat Apr 30 15:34:33 2016.

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Thanks!

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Re: Damn close call

Posted by chud1 on Sat Apr 30 18:37:26 2016, in response to Re: Damn close call, posted by Dave on Sat Apr 30 16:43:00 2016.

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ur welcome Dave.
chud1.
:).....

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Re: Damn close call

Posted by Express Rider on Sat Apr 30 19:59:32 2016, in response to Re: Damn close call, posted by Dave on Sat Apr 30 15:07:48 2016.

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Thanks!
I'm going to google Shildon and the Romny Hyde ... to find out more about them.

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