containers blown off liner train going over Shap

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60041
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Yeh that would be great - not only a container in the garden, but an irate guard as well!
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hq1hitchin
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Yes, all clouds of blue smoke and mucho noise into the night, but the Conflats might never reach Gushetfaulds, wherever that was! The CIE cousins of the Metrovicks were so unreliable (and they were saddled ha ha with a great number of them) that drivers took to carrying bicycles in the back cab so they could obtain assisance quicker when they failed LOL
A topper is proper if the train's a non-stopper!
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hq1hitchin wrote:Where is Gushetfaulds?
It's in the south side of Glasgow, between the Gorbals and Govanhill. In railway terms, it's between Polmadie and Larkfield Junction. The former Freightliner terminal was cleared a couple of years ago and the site will soon disappear under the M74 extension (sorry, "completion").
So - did anyone dare tell Stephenson, "It's not Rocket science"?
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