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  • Re: New Rail Map

    From AnthonyL@3:633/10 to All on Monday, June 01, 2026 20:21:47
    On Mon, 1 Jun 2026 08:03:01 +0100, JMB99 <mb@nospam.net> wrote:

    On 31/05/2026 08:39, Tweed wrote:
    Someone has put a lot of effort into to this:

    https://trainmap.co.uk/

    Data sources:https://trainmap.co.uk/attribution.html



    I like the way they have included the short section of track at Invergarry.



    There's the short loop of rail at now defunct Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power
    station. (between Derby and Loughborough). I wonder whether it will
    be used when parts of the power station are dismantled.

    As an aside there's going to be fun and games if the cooling towers,
    which are quite close to the tracks, are blown up, and I'm sure air
    traffic control won't be too happy either.


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  • From Scott@3:633/10 to All on Monday, June 01, 2026 21:42:09
    On Mon, 01 Jun 2026 20:21:47 GMT, nospam@please.invalid (AnthonyL)
    wrote:

    On Mon, 1 Jun 2026 08:03:01 +0100, JMB99 <mb@nospam.net> wrote:

    On 31/05/2026 08:39, Tweed wrote:
    Someone has put a lot of effort into to this:

    https://trainmap.co.uk/

    Data sources:https://trainmap.co.uk/attribution.html

    I like the way they have included the short section of track at Invergarry. >>
    There's the short loop of rail at now defunct Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power >station. (between Derby and Loughborough). I wonder whether it will
    be used when parts of the power station are dismantled.

    As an aside there's going to be fun and games if the cooling towers,
    which are quite close to the tracks, are blown up, and I'm sure air
    traffic control won't be too happy either.

    If you hear anything, will you let us all know as I would like to
    visit. In England, generally, do they try to keep the blowdown date
    secret?

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  • From Tweed@3:633/10 to All on Tuesday, June 02, 2026 05:28:41
    Scott <newsgroups@gefion.myzen.co.uk> wrote:
    On Mon, 01 Jun 2026 20:21:47 GMT, nospam@please.invalid (AnthonyL)
    wrote:

    On Mon, 1 Jun 2026 08:03:01 +0100, JMB99 <mb@nospam.net> wrote:

    On 31/05/2026 08:39, Tweed wrote:
    Someone has put a lot of effort into to this:

    https://trainmap.co.uk/

    Data sources:https://trainmap.co.uk/attribution.html

    I like the way they have included the short section of track at Invergarry. >>>
    There's the short loop of rail at now defunct Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power
    station. (between Derby and Loughborough). I wonder whether it will
    be used when parts of the power station are dismantled.

    As an aside there's going to be fun and games if the cooling towers,
    which are quite close to the tracks, are blown up, and I'm sure air
    traffic control won't be too happy either.

    If you hear anything, will you let us all know as I would like to
    visit. In England, generally, do they try to keep the blowdown date
    secret?


    You will have to be patient. The cooling tower demolition isn?t planned
    until around 2029/2030. The planning already involves the airport. It?s not unknown for the airport to shutdown for a couple of days for things like
    runway heavy maintenance, so I imagine that the demolition will fit in with something like that.


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  • From Alan Jones@3:633/10 to All on Tuesday, June 02, 2026 08:48:26
    On 01/06/2026 21:21, AnthonyL wrote:
    On Mon, 1 Jun 2026 08:03:01 +0100, JMB99 <mb@nospam.net> wrote:

    On 31/05/2026 08:39, Tweed wrote:
    Someone has put a lot of effort into to this:

    https://trainmap.co.uk/

    Data sources:https://trainmap.co.uk/attribution.html

    I like the way they have included the short section of track at Invergarry.

    There's the short loop of rail at now defunct Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power station. (between Derby and Loughborough). I wonder whether it will
    be used when parts of the power station are dismantled.
    I like that https://trainmap.co.uk/ and https://www.openrailwaymap.org/ have the tracks at the Old North Road railway station, which had been lifted, but restored (between 2008 and 2012) by the owner:

    https://earth.google.com/web/@52.1741578,-0.075799,-7761.7901299a,8150.6724167d,35y

    It is tempting to add the missing spur to OpenStreetMap.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04qmyrx

    And perhaps the 3ft tracks at the Southwold Railway Steamworks?

    https://www.southwoldrailway.co.uk/first-southwold-steam-departure-in-97-years/

    Cheers.

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