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[url= http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-23857210 ]More enjoyable than it should be[/url]


 
Posted : 28/08/2013 1:40 pm
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Interesting how the embankments/trackside vegetation has changed too - either it's now being managed for wildlife rather than kept barren, or they've stopped spending as much on maintenance.


 
Posted : 28/08/2013 1:46 pm
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I was quite surprised how many of the stations were still there, it's the junctions that have gone.

Thepurist - from the accompanying article:

But by 1983 and 2013 there was far more trackside vegetation - in the steam era trees were cut back to reduce the risk of fires from hot ash.

On similar lines, it's quite hazy in the 1958 film, I wonder how much of that is due to smoke from the trains.


 
Posted : 28/08/2013 2:56 pm