Presumably because the yard lights were deemed to be sufficient illumination. I think that I can remember the headlights being knocked off when passing through stations.
This is an interesting project - http://www.networkrail.co.uk/VirtualArchive/
Pointed out to me by my friend - historian Paul O'brien - http://paulobrienauthor.com/
Irish Rail tweet from yesterday - A Truck has hit Custom House Quay Bridge. Services stopped between Connolly & Tara St. Update to follow - It all seemed to get sorted fairly quickly..
The preliminary Board of Inquiry says that it was down to the predictive text in their sat-nav putting in Port Lairge when the navigator thought he was putting in Portland - simple error, any of us could have done it..
Irish Rail on Twitter said -- To the opportunist surfers, boaters, canoeists, divers, fishermen etc tweeting, we will not be hosting watersports in Waterford Stn
No mention of equestrians..
I watched this all the way through live yesterday. Always been impressed by Joe Kittinger and it was good to see him so involved in the effort to break his own 52 year-old record - and nice that his record for the longest free-fall time still seems to be standing, too.