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Friday, 14 May 2010

Hammond's Chrizzie Card list is already shorter

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Telegrammed by the Raver Sadly Mr Hammond’s little tete a tete yesterday was missing a couple of the more illustrious railway hacks. Neither...

The new improved DfT at a glance!

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Philip Hammond's exciting and vibrant new team as below... Theresa Villiers MP has been appointed Minister of State. Theresa Villiers is...

Harris on Hammond

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Nigel Harris of RAIL has the following to say about Philip Hammond's first exposure to the transport media yesterday: You have to admir...

A word on Lord Adonis

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Now that we have a new government it is time for a brief word on the former Secretary of State for Transport. Eye subscribes to the view esp...
Thursday, 13 May 2010

One for the HRA

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This for Eye's friends in the Heritage Railway world... TOURISM MINISTER: John Penrose Mr Penrose is about to become the kettle fraterni...

Villiers back in junior role

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***Theresa Villiers back at Department for Transport but demoted*** With a bowler tip to @MichaelSavag e , via Twitter UPDATE: Iain Dale gi...

Penning to Transport?

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***Iain Dale tweets Mike Penning to Transport*** Eye neither! More to follow... UPDATE: This biog from Conservative.com ... Mike was born i...

Cabinet in full

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With a bowler tip to @Softmutt , via Twitter.

And now for the junior posts...

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This just in from Sir Humphrey Beeching... My former colleagues tell me that the delay in announcing the Department for Transport ministeria...

Pointless signs - Liverpool Lime Street

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Eye is unsure whether this is a Pointless Sign or a candidate for the Railway Garden Competition... Readers are invited to make their own mi...

Railway Gazette accused of bias - Shocker

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Seen aboard yesterday's Alstom press special (with a bowler tip to Messrs Miles and Ford)... Chris Jackson & Richard Hope of the...

All Line Rover - restrictions from the 23rd May

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Twitter and the internet news groups were abuzz last night with stories about the All Line Rover. Details can be found here . It appears tha...

People on the railways I would like to meet...

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Telegrammed by Bulldog Drummond The Person who Helps Test the Fast Track Ticket Machines Although most Railway Eye readers, being lucky rec...

Darwin Award

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With a bowler tip to NR's press office... The Fact Compiler is lost for words... UPDATE: Sadly the video has been removed. UPDATE: Alas ...

Poetry corner - lines on a new Minister

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This just in from Clarence Spad, Life President, Young Railway Poets Society, Platform 5 Reading Station (the interesting end) LINES WRITTE...
Wednesday, 12 May 2010

Eye welcomes The Scrawny Controller

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So welcome Philip Hammond, MP for Runnymede and Weybridge and now Secretary of State for Transport. Eye salutes Tory uber-blogger Iain Dal...

Pointless signs - Tottenham Court Road

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This via the London Underground blo g ... Snigger.
Tuesday, 11 May 2010

Gordon Brown resigns...

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You'll get the story elsewhere. Meanwhile... Tomorrow Ministers announced! UPDATE: Gordon insults HMQ shocker! With a big bowler tip...

Railway Garden Competition - Retford

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This from a Mr Swift... Wow, just look at this beauty, snapped this morning at Retford station. I have watched the flora bloom and deve...

Railway Garden Competition - Bournemouth

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A splendid early start to the season at Bournemouth - beloved of the bucket and spade brigade. The extra large ice cream cones in the near d...
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