Dr Yellow schedules.
Fri, 12 Sep 2008 13:30:17 +0100
The New Measurement Train has been using its' Friday only Q path
London/Plymouth/London today. There has also been a class 150 based yellow
unit making it's way north from Bristol.
Is there any discernable pattern to when such services run? I suspect not
which is why the NMT gets a Q path. It was last d ...
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Bath Spat
Fri, 12 Sep 2008 05:23:32 -0700 (PDT)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/somerset/7612215.stm
Row erupts over city rail work
A row has broken out between a rail operator and a city council over
engineering work starting in October.
The work in the centre of Bath will mean up to 35 replacement buses
per hour entering the city in run up to Christ ...
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British rail line among ten fastest of the world
Fri, 12 Sep 2008 10:13:26 +0200
The British railways are'nt as bad as many think: the rail link from
London King's Cross to York with 105 minutes over 303 kilometer, i.e.
an average speed of 173.3 km/h is no. 9 among the fastest rail links
in this world, a survey published in "Railway Gazette International"
revealed, reporting a "World Spe ...
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Tramp steals train's food and booze
Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:21:21 -0400
Taken from:
http://www.lep.co.uk/news/Tramp-steals-train39s-food-and.4473954.jp
A cheeky tramp sneaked on to a train and cooked himself breakfast and stole 24 miniature bottles of booze.
Mark Armstrong, 34, crept on to a London-bound Virgin Express while it was stopped at Preston's railway station overnight, and ...
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No Deltic for Wensleydale Railway Gala
Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:56:02 -0700 (PDT)
From the DPS website
Wensleydale Railway Gala
Thursday, September 11 2008 @ 21:32 BST
Contributed by: Webmaster Unfortunately due to logistical problems we
have decided not to send 55019 'Royal Highland Fusilier' to the
forthcoming Wensleydale Gala on September 20th/21st. This decision was
made with regret and w ...
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Sending the Cabinet to Birmingham
Thu, 11 Sep 2008 22:47:19 +0200 (CEST)
On Monday, Gordon Brown held his Cabinet meeting in Birmingham.
This begs the question of what class of travel the Ministers and their entorage chose to travel, at the taxpayer's expense. In uncertain economic times, did they save the taxpayer by slumming it in Standard?
According to:-
http://www.guardian.co ...
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New track marking
Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:31:27 +0100
Can someone explain what this sign indicates please, found on the down slow
at Grove Park: http://www.thebattens.me.uk/track.jpg. The '50' is one of a
series of numbers at intervals before and after the main sign.
MaxB
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Sending the Cabinet to Birmingham
Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:46:20 +0200 (CEST)
On Monday, Gordon Brown held his Cabinet meeting in Birmingham.
This begs the question of what class of travel the Ministers and their entorage chose to travel, at the taxpayer's expense. In uncertain economic times, did they save the taxpayer by slumming it in Standard?
According to:-
http://www.guardian.co ...
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IEP from Express Rail Alliance
Thu, 11 Sep 2008 11:33:19 -0700 (PDT)
Don't think this has been in uk.railway yet.
Notwithstanding suggestions that IEP may be already dead, here goes,
as RGI is a serious source I assume its a serious product:
http://www.railwaygazette.com/news_view/article/2008/09/8841/intercity_express_design_unveiled.html
<<<<
Intercity Express design unvei ...
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"Hislop goes of the rails" BBC4 2nd Oct
Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:52:05 +0100
Haven't seen this posted yet, apologies if it has :
http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/proginfo/tv/wk40/feature_ihislop.shtml
Rather naff title for a programme....
Quote from BBC Press Office website :-
"The notorious Beeching Report of 1963 led to the closure of many of
Britain's railway lines and station ...
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