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Old March 10th 05, 10:28 AM posted to uk.transport.london
Boltar Boltar is offline
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Default News Flash: Epping and Ongar line Easter Opening dates!!!


EorJames wrote:
So when did you work on the line? Boltar the only person i can see

you
being is part of ORPS. I like working down there and i soppose i take


Oh I'm sorry , because I think that the current operation is a bit
hopeless I must be in a rival group? How paranoid is that?

Hmm lets see. All the conductor rail has been ripped up so any chance
of running preserved tube stock (which the line would have been ideal
for) like the cravens train immediately went out the window (and its
not like conductor rails would have precluded diesel or steam operation
too for gods sake, even if the HSE whinged they could still have been
left in place unpowered until an agreement was reached), the current
operational stock is one rather tired DMU (oh very exciting) and theres
some old foreign stock sitting around that A) has bugger all to do with
anything in britain and B) can't even run anyway because its the wrong
gauge! Wtf??

B2003