In 1964, as part of his railway cuts, Dr Beeching ordered the closure of Duncraig, a small, little-used station in the Scottish Highlands. The train drivers working the line simply ignored him. They continued to stop there, and the station remains open to this day.
A world where nothing ever changes, or indeed happens — this is just the sort of world that appeals to Dixe Wills.
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