Bloody Trainspotters!
(1 messages)
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 18:58:37 GMT
Did any of you get delayed because of this dickhead train spotter down Sway
way on Saturday afternoon?
Apparently he was in the Cess near a bridge taking photos of trains when one
stopped and asked him to leg it.
The man ...
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Why so hot?
(30 messages)
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 19:42:12 +0100
Hi, not being from London I wondered this today...
On the news, they said that recovery efforts were being hampered by
temperatures of over 60 C.
Why is it so hot down there?
Sorry if the answer is blindingly obvious...
Simon
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Apex/Super Advance Tickets
(2 messages)
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 18:27:03 GMT
Are there any acceptable reasons for not travelling on the specified
outward/return trains with these tickets?
Presumably, it would be OK to take an alternative train if the journey
involved 2 legs and a late connecting ...
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Pendolino AirCon off!
(32 messages)
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 17:17:32 GMT
I have travelled the WCML a few times this last week and I have noticed the
Air Con in the Pendolino trains switches off about 0.5 mile north of Penrith
station and returns around about 0.5 miles further along the track. This ...
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Now problems - Manchester
(1 messages)
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 16:44:16 GMT
Someone has jumped in front of Virgins Glas - Man Picc service 1M94 at
platform 13 Piccadilly. An exterely busy place at this time of day.
KW
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Oxford Station cleared
(4 messages)
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 16:20:51 GMT
Services at a stand in the Oxford area due to suspicious package found on
Virgin service 1S89. Station evacuated.
KW
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Cl.507 on fire
(6 messages)
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 16:14:42 GMT
Cl.507 reported at Leasowe with underside fire. West Kirby services being
turned at birkenhead North.
KW
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Central Line clarification sought
(9 messages)
Date: 11 Jul 2005 07:36:43 -0700
According to http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/central.html LU doesn't
own the actual double track to single track junction at Epping. How are
trains crossed from one track to the other one to reverse? Or is there
a minor error ...
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East Lancs July Gala - Pictures
(13 messages)
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 09:48:25 +0000 (UTC)
Hi All,
Pictures from the East Lancs. July Diesel Event can be found at:
http://rorylushman.fotopic.net/
Cheers
Rory
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GX Date
(15 messages)
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 09:31:43 GMT
Sorry for a new thread but the thread drift elsewhere makes finding details
tricky.
Natrail has for a few of days or so stated, "Due to further developments
there is currently no estimate for a normal train service to resume"
I ...
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BBC LIVE from Liverpool Street station
(1 messages)
Date: 11 Jul 2005 00:14:47 -0700
for info only
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BBC LIVE from Kings Cross
(2 messages)
Date: 11 Jul 2005 00:13:36 -0700
for info only
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Sunday Times - Olympics could be bad news for Crossrail
(17 messages)
Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2005 22:25:21 +0100
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/printFriendly/0,,1-528-1687762,00.html
"Conversely, some transport experts think the games could be bad news for
Crossrail, the ambitious 10 billion east-west London rail project. As
currently ...
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Another Fatal RHDR Collision
(205 messages)
Date: 10 Jul 2005 14:08:03 -0700
Sadly, the BBC News site is reporting another collision at a level
crossing on the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch railway. See
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4670335.stm
This follows last year's smash when they let the car driver ...
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Re: IEA
(17 messages)
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 08:44:53 +1200
I have read that the Institue of Economic Affairs are advocating the
closure of rail lines and converting them to truck and bus lanes, thus
saving a few bob in rail subsidies. I would like to ask these
obviously uninursery ...
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Another minature railway death
(7 messages)
Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2005 21:31:00 +0100
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4670335.stm
Gareth.
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Copyright on British Rail Photographs
(4 messages)
Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2005 19:52:32 +0100
Does anyone know who now holds the copyright on official BR photographs. I'm
after some of the many official station photographs for use on my Fotopic
site. Would it be BRB (Residual) or have they perhaps gone to the NRM? Any
help ...
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Police appeal for London bombing footage - BBC report
(3 messages)
Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2005 18:34:42 +0100
Police are appealing to the public to hand over mobile phone images,
video footage or photographs taken after Thursday's bomb attacks on
London.
They believe the footage could provide vital clues as the search for
bodies ...
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Dundee to Aberdeen
(5 messages)
Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2005 18:38:57 +0100
I'm thinking of getting the cheap GNER tickets up to Scotland as I've
never done the ECML north of Newcastle.
I'll do the Newcastle-Berwick-Edinburgh stretch and the Forth and Tay
bridges, but is there anything interesting/picturesque ...
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Silver FGW Coach
(7 messages)
Date: 10 Jul 2005 09:06:49 -0700
Just in case anyone was wondering, the silver liveried coach seen last
week in the formation of an FGW HST is the trial vehicle for seatback
TV's. I only mention it because I was taken by surprise not realising
the work involved ...
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