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https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2023/08/police-statement-released-after-attempted-royal-mail-train-robbery.html This is rather amazing. As in the the 1963 robbery, they interfered with signals to get the train to stop. There was an excerpt from an incident log on the birdsite which I’ve shamelessly lifted here but I have no idea of its provenance. I’d be fascinated to read more.
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geekylou :transgender_flag:
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Kind of curious why the didn't just short out the track rather than removing the bulb that should of been enough to change the signal to red if it was somewhere with track circuits.
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Alexandra Lanes
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@geekylou :transgender_flag: Probably not quite that well informed? Most people kind of understand signals by analogy with traffic lights (though they probably don’t understand yellow) but are probably entirely unaware of track circuits.
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