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Old 11th May 2008, 05:12 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Default Strategic Reserve never existed - official!

On May 10, 10:54 pm, Daytona <junk721...@m> wrote:

> The presenter stated that the Emergency Control Trains were stationed
> at Craven Arms and Clifton Sidings, York, which differs from the
> account on the Bluebell line website. [2]



Well there was definitely one at Craven Arms.

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Old 11th May 2008, 07:43 PM   #2 (permalink)
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On 10 May, 22:54, Daytona <junk721...@m> wrote:
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> Stephen Burgess recalls the following happened on October 2, 1975:
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> <snip> I am completely ignorant of steam locomotives, <snip>
> The connecting rods were also removed


How did someone completely ignorant of steam loco's recognise that?

> Further details than this escape me, as the more I think
> about the experience, the more the facts become blurred.


Typical of dreams.

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> I got out of the train and began to walk along the sidings, where I
> was discovered by a railway worker, who led me back to the station,
> which was nearby. It was Shrewsbury.


I presume that the presence of lines of steam locos in an area used
for DMU stabling and within walking distance of Shrewsbury station
would be quite hard to conceal.

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