Greenhill Junction where is it?
(8 messages)
Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2005 21:50:47 GMT
Ive been asked by a friend where Greenhill junction upper and lower?
Also where is the nearest town or village to it.
All he knows is that it's in Scotland.
Thanks in advance for any replies
Chris
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Railway Movements Forum
(4 messages)
Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2005 22:34:27 +0100
Do you know what has happened to the Railway Movements forum?
I only found it earlier this week, noticed it had lots of info about changes
currently going on at Northern, diagram changes, yet another livery
variation, changes ...
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Caerdydd / Cardiff (OT)
(13 messages)
Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2005 20:10:14 +0100
Can anyone recommend a clean and friendly B&B establishment in Cardiff
somewhere near (or within easy travelling distance of) the station and
Millenium stadium?
This has absolutely everything to do with my local rugby league ...
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Permit To Travel - OK on FGWL NOT on Connect
(30 messages)
Date: 31 Jul 2005 11:45:43 -0700
As usual the booking office at Hayes & Harlington was shut today
(Sunday) at 17.00. So I got a PTT ticket from the machine. The next
train was a Connect. Somehow I KNEW that there'd be a problem. Sure
enough I was asked by ...
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332 Heathrow Express to Heathrow Connect?
(9 messages)
Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2005 19:21:42 +0100
For the last week or two I've been passing OOC and seeing a 332 (Heathrow
Express) vinyled up with orange doors etc., into Heathrow Connect livery.
Any ideas why?
The half hourly Heathrow Connect service only seems to require ...
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Train Class
(24 messages)
Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2005 17:33:24 +0100
Which Class of Train runs on the follwoing routes.
London to Windsor - Eaton (Both FGW and SW)
Victoria to Bromley South
Waterloo to Portsmouth Harbour
Thanks
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May be OT. Educating Rita
(6 messages)
Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2005 15:51:42 +0100
Dear Group,
I've just been watching "Educating Rita" starring Michael Caine and Julie
Walters. Now as you probably all know the majority of this film was shot in
Trinity College Dublin and around the Dublin area but in one ...
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Re: Gerrards Cross update
(1 messages)
Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2005 15:27:47 +0100
"Steve" <stever@cleveland2.demon.co.uk> wrote in message news:...
> Neil
> By 'ill-conceived I meant that I was concerned about the construction work
> involved in tunnelling the cutting and building a store over a very ...
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Litter bins removed from London streets near stations
(2 messages)
Date: 31 Jul 2005 07:27:39 -0700
A follow on to a previous thread regarding the removal of litter bins
on the Underground and National Rail stations.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/4728899.stm
One fact of possible interest to those that didn't ...
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[slightly OT] Perpignan-Figueres HSL
(4 messages)
Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2005 14:00:02 +0000 (UTC)
I was on holiday last week and travelling (by car) from Le Boulou to the
coast. Rather surprised to see apparent works for the high speed line from
Perpignan to Figueres, presumably involving a hefty tunnel. I didn't realise
the ...
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Locomaster Profiles videos
(1 messages)
Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2005 12:48:01 GMT
hi everyone, if anyone is interested, I have some old stock, but brand-new
Locomaster videos that I now need to clear. Roughly 20'ish titles, all at
less than trade price.
Please email me if anyone would like a list of ...
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Virgin Voyager Query
(1 messages)
Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2005 09:04:09 +0000 (UTC)
Does anybody know why a Voyager was sighted heading towards Piccadilly
through Ashburys at about 09:45 yesterday (30/7), where had it come from and
were there any other Virgin services diverted via Ashburys this weekend.
Thanks
Andrew
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New Virgin advert.
(10 messages)
Date: 30 Jul 2005 16:27:31 -0700
I do occasional projection work at the local cinema, the David Lean at
the Croydon Clocktower if anybody knows it, on the site of the old
Central Croydon station. I was there today, and there was an advert
for Virgin towards ...
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Diversion at Derby
(3 messages)
Date: 30 Jul 2005 14:11:09 -0700
Due to a fatality at Spondon this afternoon, my train from Chesterfield
to London (16:40) was diverted from Derby. We went on the Birmingham
line instead of the Midland line south of Derby, then the train
reversed and went ...
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Hitachi A-Trains
(19 messages)
Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 18:01:33 +0100
Spotted this photo while looking for something else and couldn't help notice
how blunt the front end is, especially for something designed to run at
140mph in tunnels.
http://railfoto.fotopic.net/p9602956.html
Is that ...
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Odd level crossing behaviour and signal question (longish)
(4 messages)
Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 16:45:33 GMT
On my way to Nevada Bob's today, so was heading across the Dock St level
crossing (full barrier CCTV) and had a strange show. (all lights are traffic
lights)
- Amber light shows, yodalarms on, red lights start flashing ...
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OT The old GHAN
(9 messages)
Date: 30 Jul 2005 07:54:42 -0700
Anyone here know of any WWW resources on the old GHAN route to Alice
Springs.
I have been looking but have found very little. Mostly what I find is
concerned with using the old track bed nowadays as a route for 4x4s.
Also ...
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Question about Norwood Jn --> E. Croydon --> Victoria
(14 messages)
Date: 30 Jul 2005 05:56:34 -0700
Recently, I wanted to travel from Norwwod Junction into the west end,
so I bought a four-zone One Day Travelcard. I arrived on the platform
at Norwood Junction just in time to see a Victoria train pulling out.
A member ...
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Unmanned station departure screens - how accurate?
(39 messages)
Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 11:10:16 +0100
What is the basis for updating of information on departure screens at
unmanned stations?
Waited at Matlock station (end of single branch, unmanned, but with
departure screen) this morning for 08.59 departure (due in at ...
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Manchester closed this weekend?
(13 messages)
Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 08:46:43 GMT
Yes it's another weekend of closure on the Manchester Piccadilly / Stockport
lines. Some trains (Buxton, Charlie) are routed by some interesting sights
instead of direct.
Well, that was until we had the "Underneath ...
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