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All the bone shakers from the 1970s or earlier are no longer in normal service (except on the Isle of Wight). The 'bone shakers' from older days can still be found, but only on heritage railways.

The trains (the normal ones) were always too wide to pass each other in the tunnels (the contractors building the line on the 19th. century cocked up) - that's why for a hundred years they used special rolling stock specifically built for the Hastings line. When they finally electrified the line...