In article ,
Tim Streater wrote:
In article , Dave Plowman (News)
wrote:

In article ,
Tim Streater wrote:

Hmmm, I could just see the train splitting at Ashford *without*
stopping - but they'd have to be bloody nippy switching the points.
Then the second train would need a driver - perhaps pick him up on the
fly too, like they used to do with mail on the expresses.

Not quite sure how slipping off a couple of coaches could work in
practice?

Fine on a very lightly used service - but how are they moved out of the
way? And how are they retrieved? You could hardly slip them back on to
a fast moving train. Would seem to date from the days of steam, rather
than present day local services with usually more than one driven car.

whoosh

No need to tell the world when you've farted, Timmy.

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