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And, of course, many rural dwellers were poor enough before the cities started to grow and drew even more wealth away. Then the rich from the cities started to buy their 'rural retreats'. I once lived in a stone cottage in the Cotswolds that would have been a slum a hundred years ago, but would cost you seven figures to buy today...

A lot of the Northern cities in England used to be the richest, in the days of wool, steel, coal, shipbuilding, etc. Now that's largely all gone and the wealth they created is still around, but it's mostly in the South, where people get paid for counting it. Same sort of thing as JHB says, but on a larger scale.

Also, these were often former industrial areas, with rail access being important at one time - but, the industries have largely gone, and the wealth with them...

Economics - cheap land and housing for workers built around it - management lived away in the 'better' areas...

Do remember not to include this sample of your work, if you send your CV to the Tourist Board....

I note that Heirflick hasn't made any input - I suspect that he doesn't get a good signal at his new place.....

A lot can depend upon how confident you are of the permanence of your location - my intention is to move twice more - and I'll be in the box on the second of those moves.... Plywood can be noisy and foam is quieter, if that matters to you. There's a lot of issues - personal preferences can be important factors.

We are still talking trains here...?

I wonder if, sometimes, it can be better to tell 'her' that you paid twice the actual amount - and then reveal the truth? A sort of "drawing fire" technique. Could somebody actually try this and let us know (if they still can) what happened...

A lot can depend upon the permanence / portability properties required.

In the part where Germans own half the water, railways, power stations, postal services and the Bentley factory.... .. but the natives still think it's the Mainland..

That's a fair-sized dog kennel, if you can fit a sofa in it....

Over here, on the "Mainland", with Voyagers and Pendelinos, you can book seats with an A or W code - A for Aisle and they like you to believe that the W will be for Window, but it's as likely to mean Wall, and the only window you can see out of is the one diagonally opposite you on the other side of the carriage. And the smell...!

There was some talk of that earlier - http://irishrailwaymodeller.com/showthread.php/1416-New-Recruit!!?p=21672#post21672 .

More pictures have appeared here - .

I was merely thinking of the many 'innocent' members that may have supervision that could access this....... ...they could find themselves with restricted rights...

I wonder if the Mods could restrict access to this thread? There's some fairly incriminating stuff on here....

Something like that. The Japanese have raised internal guides in places, to cope with what might happen in an earthquake situation. If you derail on a bridge or on a high, steep bank, then it would be nice to stay close to the line, rather than fall off. Modern bridges are intended to keep the train on, but older ones may not be designed to do so. If you can stay close to the track-line, then the possibility for damage and injury is lessened - usually. Keeping things close to the line can also help to avoid pulling down loads of overhead structures. http://www.rtri.or.jp/eng/rd/seika/2009/01/safety_E03.html It's nice to keep stuff in line - this reduces jack-knifing and the loads on the occupants.

Photo opportunity for modern emergency vehicles on the N22 currently. Nice weather and a useful overbridge...

It does depend upon how weathered 'she' is, of course...

The 'centre-rails' often appear in places where it would be nice to 'contain' a derailment - on bridges and on embankments, hillsides, etc. - where a derailment could have consequences which are amplified by the potential aftermath.

Are you getting your Forums confused..?

You may need to do some work on the pick-ups....

Depends on condition and market value.....