This from The Press , York... " Andrew Scott is to retire as director of the National Railway Museum (NRM) later this year. " As w...

According to Ed Balls there will be no future spending cuts before the next General Election! Of course attendees at last week's Fourth...

Telegrammed by the Globetrotter... At Thursday night's DafT press soiree Adonis confirmed that he is indeed looking to follow up the P...

***FT reporting that Eurotunnel is “ looking carefully ” at bidding for the UK’s only dedicated high-speed rail line.***

Push-bike Peer was the 'good news' piece in yesterday's Evening Standard . So it seems churlish not to offer the following... W...

One piece of good news from beleaguered National Express East Coast. Sources suggest that the instruction has gone out " Fill all vacan...

NR's Internet Rapid Rebuttal Unit has been very quiet recently. The reason why is now clear. PJ and co have obviously been busy in anoth...

Telegrammed by the Archer From Virgin’s presentation at yesterday’s Railway Strategies Supply Chain conference: " Current performanc...

This just in from Waterbaby... Might I offer a different view to that repeated in yesterday's Eye piece on the Virgin/Alstom 'pit st...

You can't beat a good railwayman. This from the Department for Transport with a bowler tip to I work for First Great Western ... "...

Drip, drip, drip - the sound of confidence draining away. This from Nigel Hawkins over at AdamSmith.org ... Efficiency levels within Network...

Telegrammed by our man at 222 Marylebone Road Now that Lord Adonis is responsible for all transport, and not just railways, can we expect hi...

It's hot Carruthers, too damned hot. Try to keep the men cool and away from Virgin PR events - you know how it unsettles them Too late s...

Good to see that the grown-up railway media can also upset its readers . The latest issue of Modern Railways contains a letter from a Taku T...

Tomorrow is International Level Crossing Awareness Day. No, nor did Eye. Network Rail has started sending out press releases to remind peop...

***Diamond Geezer on the myths of Cooling the Tube , with a bowler tip to Boriswatch ***

The London Living Wage for Underground cleaners? Seems fair enough, it's a dirty shitty job and £7.60 an hour in London is not unreasona...

***UK.Railway reporting that the Talyllyn has lost its General Manager due to the railway's " serious ongoing financial problems ...

Good news from 'Crow Bar' Bob and the RMT: RMT GENERAL secretary Bob Crow will be joined by Alabama 3, Aleida Guevara (Che Guevara’...

Applications to join NR's ' Stepford Wives ' closed on the 12th June. The Membership Selection Panel (MSP) hopes to write in the...