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Friday, 18 December 2009

In between the tinsel, mince pies and frivolity...

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...please spare a thought for those whose Christmas will be less than festive. Help t he Ra ilway Children reach out to a child on our stree...

Hero signalman Bill Taylor recognised

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This from the BBC ... A memorial plaque has been unveiled in Cumbria to honour a railway signalman who prevented a potential disaster 25 yea...

At the forefront of Railway Research

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Telegrammed by Ithuriel Good to see RSSB making good use of its £15 million Research Budget and finding topics British Rail Research overloo...
Thursday, 17 December 2009

Queen FuCCs - Official

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From Her Majesty's Daily Telegraph ... Dontcha love Her! All together now... God save our gracious...

A reader writes...

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With a bowler tip to UK.Railways ... You could make a full time job out of correcting the wilful and/or ignorant distortions on that blog. I...

DB tank directed onto ATOC lawn

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Telegrammed by our International Correspondent In summer ATOC announced that the entire National Rail Enquiries call-centre operation would ...

Mystic Wolmar on the ball. Tube Lines not.

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Telegrammed by our International Correspondent Mystic Wolmar's crystal ball is working well these days. On the 13th December he predicte...

Eurostar to break strike with SNCF & SNCB drivers?

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Telegrammed by our International Correspondent According to the Daily Mail a spokesman for Eurostar said : ' There will be no cancellati...
Wednesday, 16 December 2009

Pointless signs - Epping station car park

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Tuesday, 15 December 2009

Beardie discovers the Strategic Reserve - Official

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This from Railnews ... Virgin Trains is planning to double its service between Glasgow and London after British Airways cabin crew said they...

So farewell Heidi Mottram!

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This from the Times ... Northumbrian Water Group has hired one of the rail industry’s leading lights as its new chief executive. Heidi Mott...

The Fat Controller brings out the SLC2 big guns!

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Regular Eye readers will recollect that the proposed new timetable for the East Coast route has run into a spot of bother. Known as SLC2 it ...

RT: BBC Caves in to Carter Ruck Threats Over Trafigura Film

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Reposted from Ian Dale's blog... Carter-Ruck have succeeded in persuading the BBC to remove all reference to the Trafigura story from i...

Spot the difference - BRB(R) land disposal

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Using your skill and judgement can you spot the difference between the following two events which occurred today: 1. Railway land for possib...

Adonis comes clean on 'Autumn' Rolling Stock Plan

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This from Lord Adonis yesterday ... In July I undertook to review the Department’s rolling stock plan in the light of the electrification an...

Pointless signs - Taunton station car park

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Lost and found #2

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This just in from the Archdeacon... This is what happens when the engine mountings of your (German built) DMU fail when travelling at sp...
Monday, 14 December 2009

Eye welcomes Pierre Attendu

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Bombardier UK customers might find the below of interest. Always worth knowing who is on the up. UPDATE: This from Anagrammaticus... Pierre ...

Gordon Brown breaks Javelin embargo

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Oh dear. It looks like the PM is off message. This from the Number 10 website : Gordon Brown called the Javelin train’s first weekday journe...

Bloke with 'tash is to be new EU transport commissar

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Good news from the European Union ! A bloke with a 'tash has been nominated for the role of Transport Commissar in Manuel Barroso's ...
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