Thursday, 4 December 2008
Clear and concise communication...
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...is very important on, or about, the railway.
Happy birthday to you
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This tosh from Daft: " 50 years of motorways: special birthday celebrated with opening of £174 million M6 extension " Presumably p...
Minister dibbed and dobbed
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The railways green credentials were sadly lacking this afternoon when Transport Minister Geoff Hoon presented Cub Scouts with their new safe...
Wednesday, 3 December 2008
Slippage?
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***BBC claiming delay to Crossrail*** Mind you as they can't even spell Wolmar's name correctly... UPDATE: Crossrail sources indica...
Haines gone
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This from First Group... " Andrew Haines, currently Managing Director Rail Division and Chief Operating Officer at First Great Western ...
Tuesday, 2 December 2008
Tail wags dog
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Serious news: ORR paper pushers may have to do some work in the next two weeks! Or so it would appear from a story bordering on the indiscre...
No special pleading please
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This courtesy of Guido The Fact Compiler is delighted that MPs now know what it's like for the rest of us. After all they voted to en...
Wooden you know!
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An arboreal conundrum... ...from Driver Potter Surely everyone knows that South Western men have hearts of Oak !
Centurian
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This from Behind the Water Tower... 100 year old dream ! Can someone sort Bernard the Visionary a gong?
Shock? Horror!
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The Fact Compiler is a great fan of HTML. Especially when read on iPhones, Blackberries and the like. Thus, it came as no surprise to receiv...
Johnston to investigate
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*** British Transport Police chief constable Ian Johnston is to investigate police handling of the inquiry which led to the search of Damian...
Monday, 1 December 2008
November thank you
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November site stats: In November 2008 Railway Eye received 8,298 visits from 3,010 unique visitors . Apparently you viewed 13,969 random sc...
Bid to rejoin the network
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Excitement on Sunday... " At 1448 staff at the East Anglian Railway Museum, at Chapel & Wakes Colne, had used the Ground Frame tele...
Poltrhoon?
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Good news for the incredulous. Geoff Hoon is again trying to shift the blame for above inflation fares increases onto TOCs This from today...
Olden but golden
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The Fact Compiler is delighted to receive an invite to a do being held tomorrow night by Bombardier and The Prince's Trust . The blurb o...
Gunboat diplomacy
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Disturbing news from Liverpool. Whilst the Met are busy locking up MPs it emerges that MerseyTravel have procured a U-boat ! This presumably...
Sunday, 30 November 2008
Christmas is a time for giving
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Should Wolmar stick to the day job? Friday night saw the Railway Children Annual Ball at which the great man acted as celebrity auctioneer. ...
Oooops!
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Courtesy of Guido Sauce for the goose and all that...
The wrong trousers
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Telegrammed by our man at 222 Marylebone Road Railway Eye was delighted to receive the following in a press release from The Stonewood Group...
Chapter of faults
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The battle to be Terry Morgan's successor at Tube Lines has begun. The Independent on Sunday is touting internal candidates Andrew Clea...
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