Re: Loco hauled train of Arriva coaches at Oxford
Fri, 26 Sep 2008 23:38:44 +0100
Charlie Hulme <info@davenportstation.org.uk> wrote:
>Tony Polson wrote:
>
>>
>> Agreed. It isn't as if use of the train will be restricted to MWAs
>
>'AM' is the normal abbreviation.
Sorry. Thanks, I will try to remember that. ;-)
>> and their officials.
>
>Who else from North Wales wants to g ...
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Re: St Pancras is the new Terminal Six
Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:26:47 -0700 (PDT)
On 26 Sep, 13:01, Tony Polson <docnews2...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> v.meld...@i.do.not.believe.it wrote:
> >Tony Polson <docnews2...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> >> v.meld...@i.do.not.believe.it wrote:
>
> >> >Why not elevated runways ? ?The terminal buildings and surface transport could
> >> >be underneath.
>
> > ...
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Amington Junction Pictures (In The Sunshine).
Fri, 26 Sep 2008 22:25:53 +0100
I went for a little five mile amble through the Staffordshire
countryside this afternoon and took a few photos at the new Amington
Junction on the way.
It still seems to be a work in progress with only about half of the new
crossovers in use and still some OLE work needed. All the new LED
signals are up and r ...
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Marble arch stop and search FRIDAY
Fri, 26 Sep 2008 11:40:45 -0700 (PDT)
coming off the tube at MA at 9am, approx five P.C's were stopping
some passengers with carriers bags in thier possesion
I spoke to one of the P.C's who said it was a "terrorist excercise"
Well I don't have a problem with that,considering things that have
occurred in Koln(Germany) today ...
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Re: Greater Manchester PTA Congestion Charge Consultation
Fri, 26 Sep 2008 16:43:47 +0100
The message
<8bd15433-6824-4a95-a3a8-f393a65107a0@c58g2000hsc.googlegroups.com>
from TBirdFrank <frankie@t-bird.freeserve.co.uk> contains these words:
> Seriously Charlie - there was such a thing as a horse and trap even
> then.
And they cost money, Frank. Even a donkey and cart cost money, although
not quit ...
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Britain can expect long-term power cuts in five years, warns new report
Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:25:13 +0100
from the Institution of Civil Engineers:
Britain can expect long-term power cuts in five years, warns new
report
22 Sep 2008
Britain will face long-term power cuts in five years time unless
urgent measures are taken now to replace ageing infrastructure, says a
new report.
The report ? A Pragmatic Energy ...
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Dancing at Crewe
Fri, 26 Sep 2008 07:07:21 -0700 (PDT)
If you go to
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7636751.stm
you will see people doing silly things at Crewe
The question is raised: why weren't these people arrested by BTP for
taking pictures?
David ...
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ECML Steam servicing near Huntingdon
Fri, 26 Sep 2008 03:57:01 -0700 (PDT)
Does anyone have local knowledge of how steam engines are serviced
just north of Huntingdon? For instance the steam trip tomorrow is
shown with arrival and departure times for Holme LC, but I assume it
doesn't water blocking the ECML for half an hour. On the southbound
up, it is shown as stopping in the Connington ...
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Re: Greater Manchester PTA Congestion Charge Consultation
Fri, 26 Sep 2008 03:16:46 -0700 (PDT)
> My great-grandmother would walk 8 miles to Macclesfield
> each week to sell the product of her hand-loom weaving,
> visit the market and buy a new supply of silk, then
> walk the 8 miles back. Those were the days (or were they?)
>
> Charlie
Luxury! - We used to live in 't shoe box in 't middle o 't road!
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National Rail disruptions geographical confusion
Fri, 26 Sep 2008 10:36:05 +0100
We had a number of threads in the past about passengers at Stansted Airport
being confused between trains to London Liverpool Street and those that used
to run through to Liverpool Lime Street.
But the Disruptions page seems to think that a bridge bash at Romford will
delay trains into Liverpool.
"Delays betw ...
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