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Broithe
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United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was in Tipperary yesterday, expressing similar sentiments - http://www.un.org/sg/statements/index.asp?nid=8664 .
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Mmm, the pallet may or may not be related to the sleepers, maybe it was just an attempt to avoid them being in direct contact with the soil without the benefit of ballast drainage - the "StreetView" pictures would suggest that they may have arrived in the last few years - possibly together, possibly not.
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Excellent! A small 'deposit' at the rear of the horse might amuse the crowds...?
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It's a museum full of interesting junk - not necessarily related in any close manner.
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The crane looked standard gauge.
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They were here, so they presumably arrived fairly recently.
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Indeed, I wouldn't expect it to go down the hole.
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There was a lot of mining in that area in the 19th and early 20th centuries - it just be some 'special' gauge that was used internally somewhere locally.
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Most, but not all. It certainly looked more modern than a hundred years old, but the rails would have been well over six feet apart, I would say.
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They weren't very accessible.... I couldn't see any ID on the castings. Some seven foot track that was unconnected, survived into modern times.
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I found a stack of sleepers today in Shropshire.... ...I had no means of measuring them, but they were way over even 5' 3" - I presume they were Mr Brunel's 7' ¼". There can't be too many of them left lying around - or too much call for them, I suppose. How fast would trains be running now, if only people had listened to him?
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I'm not sure weeing would be a good idea... A flange lubricator, perhaps..?
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The plastic tank arrangement is a home-brewed automatic flange lubricator - the track has numerous tight bends and the squeal could get rather annoying. The apparatus is zeroed at the start of each trip and it then counts the axle revolutions during each trip. Water is then automatically sprayed on the bend sections. It actually seems to work quite well in terms of reducing the squeal.
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And the last four..
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Still more...
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And more...
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Some friends were involved in a book launch at Amerton Railway today, so I took the opportunity to take a few snaps. http://amertonrailway.co.uk/
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Bloke here plays with it from about eight minutes in...
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Short delays after a bridge strike between Limerick and Limerick junction - .
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This one - http://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/documents/HSE_Rickerscote1996.pdf - happened in the early stages of privatisation, not far from me - the complications of ownerships and responsibilities took years to unravel.
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It's all about presentation - apparently.
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There's a link to the full report - https://assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk/media/555c9d0640f0b669c4000004/150521_R042015_Loughborough_Central.pdf - in the BBC article, but it's in black for some reason and people don't always notice those links.
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Indeed - "news" because the report has been issued.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-32827426 Loco and one coach ran away, unmanned, for 1.8 miles before striking some coaches.
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Best not to bring religion into it at this stage....
