This headline from the Railway Gazette...
Lombardia regional operator Trenord launched with €250m train tender
€250m for a tender. Eye dreads to think how much the loco will cost.
Perhaps Trenord has been taking lessons in value for money procurement from DafT's IEP team?
This from Fellrunner...
As the Settle-Carlisle line enters Carlisle, in splendid isolation among the former Durran Hill yard's tree growth, there is a fence made of wooden sleepers.
Some years ago a sentimentalist applied the prosaic word 'Bollox', which neatly sums up the scene.
Our On-Train Guides (we aim to have a volunteer guide on six trains a day) regularly point this out to visiting groups and there is shared amusement and regret about this lazy text-speak abbreviation.
Trouble is, the white paint is fading and this small detail of S&C history is now at risk.
I wonder if the new caring Network Rail could be persuaded to freshen up this significant piece of historic railway graffito?
This from the Archer...
RMT announce the following strike dates over the alleged unfair dismissal of two of its members by London Underground:
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