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Foxfield Railway - Accident Report

Discussion in 'Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK' started by Christopher125, Feb 16, 2011.

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    This video,
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZ4jdA6vKTU&feature=related

    Shows the extent of the power cut-off and also @ 1:00 it shows a huge sigh saying 'Drive your own train'
     
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    I have purchased a couple of the most recent issues of monthly magazines covering heritage railways and neither seem (admitted from a first glance through) to have anything about this report, which strikes me as rather odd! This could be a major issue for heritage railways - certainly what I have taken as the message that systems and their documentation must be right - yet no coverage? I can't believe their press dates would be after the 16th February, the date this thread started.

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    There's an article on page 7 of the April edition of Railway Magazine.

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    Underlines the relevance of the 'heritage railway press' to those who are actually concerned with running heritage railways?
     
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    Quite!
     
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    [​IMG] Originally Posted by Gav106 [​IMG]
    you should see this one. no hi vis at all.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KT66WAWtpb8

    Great Video and thanks for sharing, Very few young people becoming interested in Railways these days. In my youth, 'train-spotting' was a hobby participated in by a large number of kids. Many of these train- spotters grew up to become the 'mature' railway enthusiasts we have today. During the 70s and 80s train spotting becase *very* unfashionable in this country. Whilst there are still *some* young people becoming interested in railways, the numbers involved are now only a tiny fraction of the 'glory years
     

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