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[Lizzie_Zoom]

What a wonderful clip Mark!

Brilliant, and reminds me of the fact that many steam engines that had been destined for the scrap lines at the time were given a reprieve and pushed back into service due to the poor availability / reliability of the diesels.

The freeze of course came to an end though, and then the scrapping recommenced at full speed

However, steam can be still far superior to modern traction in freezing conditiions!!:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8428097.stm

 

Thats scalextric country,.......nothing works properly south of Watford gap 

    Yep Mark, the third rail system is not at it's best in the snow.....er, rain, er.........wind - leaves on line......

They used to blat around in 73's running light loco on the diesel engine with the shoe down to clear the frost......but now nobody wants to pay to do that.

Network Rail do have a track cleaning machine running along the lines, but it seems useless in the current conditions at least!