BBC NEWS | England | North Yorkshire | Church blessing for rail landmark
(6 messages)
Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 11:52:27 +0100
A steam engine is to be blessed with holy water to mark the 175th anniversary
of commercial rail travel.
The Duke of Gloucester locomotive will be blessed by Canon Glyn Webster,
Chancellor of York Minster, after it pulls ...
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Another Level Crossing Incident.
(10 messages)
Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 11:11:05 +0100
Another motorist killed on a crossing, near Malton see
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/north_yorkshire/4255446.stm
Paul
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Legitimate travellers
(14 messages)
Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 10:05:37 GMT
Observed whilst catching an 05.30am out of Birmingham New Street to Glasgow-
Ticket checks took place on the sparse passengers between Wolverhampton and
Stafford. In front of me at the opposite end of the carriage, were three ...
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Another ticket anomally
(16 messages)
Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 08:47:13 GMT
Noted yesterday by observing a passenger in front of me, trying to buy a
ticket on board a Virgin Train, where no discounts are allowed...
Passenger was traveling from Wigan Wallgate on the 21.13pm and asked for
Stafford ...
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Rail company excuses reach new heights
(4 messages)
Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 08:19:28 GMT
<http://news.scotsman.com/glasgow.cfm?id=1950532005>
SHAN ROSS
RAIL passengers have heard every excuse in the book for late trains,
from leaves on the line to the wrong kind of snow, but commuters in
Glasgow were given ...
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Southern Railway Artifacts
(3 messages)
Date: 15 Sep 2005 13:16:45 -0700
Hi Group,
I've prepared a page of Southern Artifacts I found on an abandoned
railway today, and I wondered if some of you "in the know" might be
able to identify some of them.
Some of the text below the pictures may be ...
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Anyone know what this clip is for?
(7 messages)
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 20:56:18 +0100
I noticed at Marks Tey yesterday a piece of metal clipped to the side of
the Rail, shown here:
http://photos.sudbury-branchline.co.uk/displayimage.php?album=lastup&cat=0&pos=0
(or http://makeashorterlink.com/?I28356ECB if ...
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Charge for No Railcard?
(73 messages)
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 19:38:14 GMT
If I travel with a ticket that requires a railcard but do not have a
railcard with me, how much will I be charged (assuming that tickets
are actually checked). Will it be the difference beteen the
discounted and non-discounted ...
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TV Alert - BBC4 NOW
(1 messages)
Date: 15 Sep 2005 11:06:22 -0700
Great Railway Journeys - Victoria Wood going from Crewe to Crewe via
somewhere....
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Rusty Rails
(11 messages)
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 14:32:33 +0100
Hi all.
Here's one of those things that has puzzled me recently. At the point
on my regular commute where the train invariably stops at a signal,
some new rail has been left in the 4-foot, presumably waiting to be
installed ...
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Watford-Clapham Jn - 31st August
(1 messages)
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 10:39:47 +0100
I was relying on the "Southern" Watford Junction to Clapham Junction train
to arrive at Harrow & Wealdstone at 23:24 on Wednesday August 31st to get us
to Clapham Junction for a connection to Gatwick for an early flight. A
gentleman ...
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East Main Line Coast RUS
(4 messages)
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 12:14:58 +0100
I see that this is reported on in latest edition of LIAR
Does anyone know if it is on-line anywhere?
SRA site has, I thought, been 'frozen' at 22 August, I can't see
anything on DfT site, and Google doesn't throw up anything ...
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Invalid Tickets - or are they?
(4 messages)
Date: 15 Sep 2005 03:47:14 -0700
For my sins I have spent the last few days commuting to London from
Trowbridge, out via Bath and the "Bristolian" back on the 16:35
Adelante service via Westbury - and therein lies the question.
The 16:35 shows on the departure ...
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Watford Junction: when built? what railway?
(15 messages)
Date: 15 Sep 2005 02:29:55 -0700
I wonder if I could apeal for information from ths group?
In the spring next year I plan to sell my house in Watford. It is said
to be the house that was built for the manager of the the 'newly
arrived' railway at Watford ...
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FA: Railway Images
(2 messages)
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 10:23:12 +0100
Hi all,
I have a further selection of photographs for auction on ebay. If you are
interested take a look at http://search.ebay.co.uk/_W0QQsassZpdsteveoQQhtZ-1
Sole street 1938
Swindon Town MSWJR
Bath Green Park Midland ...
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Stuff at Crewe: what was it?
(9 messages)
Date: 15 Sep 2005 00:34:54 -0700
At Crewe Works last Saturday, I saw two locos that I cannot identify.
Can anyone here help?
Firstly, a steam loco. I noted it as 6880, but that's not in any of my
listings at home, so I suspect I mis-wrote it.
The second ...
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Voyager Operations
(16 messages)
Date: 14 Sep 2005 16:46:13 -0700
Is there much "science" in the allocation of Voyagers to services (or
journeys) to try to ensure that the extra capacity of 5-car sets is
used to advantage and that 4-car sets are not consistently being
fielded on notoriously ...
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Re: Crewe works :- why no DRS,GBrF & EWS
(1 messages)
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 22:35:09 GMT
Oh Dear ...
A thousand apologies!!!
I am well aware that uk.railway is a non-binary group.
That was meant for alt.binaries pictures.rail, and was the wrong
image anyway.
I was trying to read & post to 3 e-groups and ...
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Hope Works Open Day
(9 messages)
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 21:38:20 GMT
Hi,
Does anyone have any details on this event apart from it seemingly being a
hush hush event ?
I am aware that it is being held this weekend 17/18th and that 8F 48151,
Olton Hall in its HP guise are apparently attending ...
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New Generation Railcar visits Wensleydale
(64 messages)
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 21:05:11 +0100
A new generation light railcar from Parry People Movers (PPM) will provide
the first passenger service for half a century between Leeming Bar and
Northallerton from September 15th to 23rd, with an integrated bus link to
town ...
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