Thursday, 6 November 2008
Daft peerless!
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My Lord Adonis is starting to have fun at the expense of his officials. Or so it would appear from this exchange in the Upper House on Tuesd...
Keep up!
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RMT has welcomed the publication of TfL's 10 year Business Plan . General Secretary Bob Crow said “ TfL has made vague statements about ...
Oh dear
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Following the previous post an angry email reaches Railway Eye. It reads: " Not content with using Derbyshire taxes to fund schemes tha...
Wednesday, 5 November 2008
Boris the Proud?
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Good news for pyramid of piffle fans. London Mayor Boris Johnson today launched his personal vision for transport in the capital in a docume...
Tuesday, 4 November 2008
Holding to account
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This for Railway Eye's enthusiast friends, who appear to be bearing the brunt of our headlong rush into tyranny. Wishing all Railway Eye...
Clue's in the name
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Telegrammed by our man at 222 Marylebone Road The whole point about the High Level Output Specification was that the civil serpents who draf...
Wright track?
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Telegrammed by an 'anonymous' reader "Railway Eye's man at 222 Marylebone Road makes the schoolboy error of many commentato...
Conundrum
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Telegrammed by our man at 222 Marylebone Road Is Mr Wright dazed and confused? How can Chris Randle's successor be pro-free market whi...
Penny counting
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Today's early morning press call at Paddington saw Lord Adonis announce a £240m commitment to Crossrail from BAA. In return, according t...
Finnished off?
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Finnish company M-real may start to regret taking on the kettle community. Railway Eye readers will recollect that M-real has threatened the...
Monday, 3 November 2008
No FT No Comment
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The recent thread on Chris Randall's departure to Cyprus has excited further reader comment. A Mr Wright writes from Southwark Bridge: ...
Very Crossrail
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Much excitement late this evening as a DafT press release hurtles into The Fact Compiler's inbox. It is an early morning invitation to a...
Back to the future again
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In the bad old days of British Rail the industry was rife with Spanish Practices. For our younger readers these were "irregular or rest...
Come out Max, we know you're there!
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The Fact Compiler had occasion to read Hello! magazine today and was delighted to see so many people who are famous, for being famous. Good ...
Saturday, 1 November 2008
Old fart's lament
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Wonderful! The Fact Compiler is wiping a tear from his eye!
Little bang
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The Fact Compiler is grateful to a reader for bringing this splendidly base-lined survey to his attention. " Remember the happy days wh...
Holy Smoke!
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This from Driver Potter's website Large bang . It's hot, damn hot!
Trinitarian truth
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Regular readers of Railway Eye will recollect that the industry is divided over the correct term of abuse to apply to the InterCity Express ...
Strategic - can you spell that
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The Fact Compiler can barely conceal his excitement when the latest FCP Quarterly flops through the letter box. As usual it is packed full o...
Jungle Ron
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Now that Railway Garden season is at an end time to catch up on other lineside horrors. The excellent site ' Death by Health and Safety ...
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