Railway Eye - the railway blog
Saturday, 14 June 2008

Rail celebrities don't sell

›
A report from Railway Eye's independent Auction Expert: A nameplate bearing the moniker of eminent train snapper Brian Morrison failed ...
Friday, 13 June 2008

Frying pan fire

›
***An interesting piece in tomorrow's (yep - tomorrow's) Sydney Morning Herald on Angel's new owners.*** Railway Eye readers wil...

We Char Railway Company

›
Do you know this man? He and his associates were seen in the vicinity of the Cumbrian Coast line on 26th May 2008. After they had passed thr...

Pith and wind

›
Rail editor Nigel Harris was quick off the mark and managed to secure the first interview with Mike Alexander the new Chairman of the Assoc...

Freightliner sold

›
***Freightliner has been bought by Arcapita*** 3i Press Release here

Irish vote no!

›
Guido had it first

RBS flogs Rosco

›
***Royal Bank of Scotland has offloaded Angel Trains for £3.6bn to a consortium led by Babcock & Brown*** BBC story here UPDATE: Sources...
Thursday, 12 June 2008

Spot the Crank #2

›
Today's mystery crank is so keen to get the perfect shot of LU heritage loco Sarah Siddons that he appears to have forgotten the railway...

David Davis resigns

›
***David Davis is standing down from both Shadow Cabinet and Parliament to trigger a by-election on the ticket of setting the people free fr...

NR promises to speed up WCML upgrade

›
The Fact Compiler understands that NR talent scouts from the West Coast upgrade team are planning to attend Horwich Carnival ... UPDATE: Th...

The road to hell is paved...

›
You feel for the poor PR souls tasked with promoting First Great Western. The company is not without a certain promotional flair. Regrettabl...
Wednesday, 11 June 2008

Sorry is the hardest word

›
The Fact Compiler is a fan of Rail Minister Tom Harris MP. Not least for his witty, self deprecating and frequently off-message blog which ...
Monday, 9 June 2008

My dad's bigger than your brother!

›
The RMT's failure to close down the EMT Connect network on Saturday has caused embarrassment to the Union and anger amongst members who ...

Scottish threat to Crossrail

›
***Rail Minister Tom Harris MP exposes how the West Lothian question is already affecting plans for an expansion in English rail capacity......

Brown tells Minister he can't count

›
***The Times on Saturday had a letter from the Chief Executive of Eurostar exposing the litany of fallacies that underpin the Government...

Prescient questioning

›
The House of Commons Public Accounts Committee took evidence on the 4th June into the National Audit Office's report "Reducing pass...
Saturday, 7 June 2008

Winsor to Chair NR?

›
*** Martin Waller in The Times is touting Tom Winsor as replacement to NR's stay at home Chairman Ian McAllister***
Friday, 6 June 2008

NR makes £1.2bn "profit"

›
*** BBC reporting Network Rail has announced an annual pre-tax profit of £1.2bn for 2007/8*** The Fact Compiler thinks this is good news as ...

UXB at Bromley by Bow (and more...)

›
***Restoration of service now estimated to be at 12:00 today*** *** 12:30 - now slipping into this afternoon***
Thursday, 5 June 2008

UXB at Bromley by Bow (more...)

›
***District line suspended whilst final works take place to defuse 2,000lb wartime German bomb. If all goes well restart of traffic planned...
‹
›
Home
View web version

About Me

My photo
The Fact Compiler
View my complete profile
Powered by Blogger.