Re: What went wrong with the Routemaster rebuild idea?
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:29:16 -0700 (PDT)
On 28 Jun, 20:42, Bill Hayles <gro...@billnot.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:27:27 -0700 (PDT), MIG
>
> <googles...@doreenbird.co.uk> wrote:
>
> >Not very accessible single-deckers though. ?Effectively a double-
> >decker without a bottom deck.
>
> You say that, but some of our less agile passengers pref ...
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Glastonbury - 2nd try
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:16:28 +0100
I posted this at about 1900 but it hasn't appeared when I look. Apologies
if this is a duplicate.
Having made a number of enquiries I wasn't expecting any special trains at
Castle Cary. Well, maybe not strictly true; I was expecting things like
extra stop. Then last Thursday I came across a poster at Bath ...
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Re: BBC: Is this the new age of the train?
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:20:30 +0100
On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:09:20 -0700 (PDT), Chris
<chrisjbates@btinternet.com> wrote:
>If you are legally entitled to be there, they'll pay.
>
>If you willingly break the law by using a footpath, or cause an
>accident on a private road (unless the law has changed), they can
>refuse.
>But as stated elsewhere, th ...
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No Bahn train videos tonight
30 Jun 2008 19:10:16 GMT
Just checked the tv shedule for Bahn.tv on Astra1 and it appears that the
last show at 23:30CET is "Lexikon der Mobilit?¡èt, Mobil in der Stadt 3",
no train videos. They must be going off-air at midnight European time.
Oh well, it was great to watch the Bahn tv channel for these years. It
certainly won't be th ...
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Manchester Metrolink Derailment
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:23:56 +0100
BBC news item below:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/7480690.stm
Manchester Evening news claims there were 'up to 300' people
aboard the single vehicle"
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1056061_more_tram_chaos_expected
Charlie
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Glastonbury
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:15:44 +0100
Having made a number of enquiries I wasn't expecting any special trains at
Castle Cary. Well, maybe not strictly true; I was expecting things like
extra stop. Then last Thursday I came across a poster at Bath Spa advising
that certain S Wales services (among others) would be cancelled to provide
stock to G ...
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Re: BBC: Is this the new age of the train?
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:13:23 +0100
Charlie Hulme <info@davenportstation.org.uk> wrote:
>Chris wrote:
>> On 30 Jun, 10:46, Charlie Hulme <i...@davenportstation.org.uk> wrote:
>>>> Same as your car insurance. Try making a claim, saying you knocked
>>>> someone over on the footpath!
>>>> They'll laugh you into court......
>>> Surely your insurance ...
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Re: BBC: Is this the new age of the train?
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:11:37 +0100
Charlie Hulme <info@davenportstation.org.uk> wrote:
>Tony Polson wrote:
>
>>
>> The people we are talking about don't commit one single
>> offence, they regularly flout the law.
>>
>
>But of course they would always scrupulously pay their
>registration fees, and never dream of using a false number
>p ...
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Re: What went wrong with the Routemaster rebuild idea?
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:09:53 +0100
In message <4epc64h77nfiiu5uh91rkosd5ac1ehnv28@4ax.com>
Bill Hayles <groups@billnot.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 27 Jun 2008 19:08:13 +0100, Graeme Wall
> <Rail@greywall.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >The RT limits were neatly marked in gold, shaded black, lettering on the
> >bulkhead to the left of th ...
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Re: BBC: Is this the new age of the train?
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:15:41 +0100
In message <0001HW.C48D1B2B07161918F0407648@news.eclipse.co.uk>
Stimpy <stimpy1997uk@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 10:29:10 +0100, David Hansen wrote
> >
> >>>> Bollocks.
> >>
> >>> Ah, proof by assertion.
> >>
> >> Grow up.
> >
> > Excellent, a personal attack. Do keep it up.
>
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