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Tuesday, 1 June 2010

Potters Bar - in memoriam

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The Potters Bar Inquest opened today. Lest we forget. And whilst we are about remembering things. This from former transport minister Steven...

Dr Mike named as Civil Service top earner

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Telegrammed by our International Correspondent The coalition, bless it, has published a list of the highest paid civil servants in the UK. A...

Bankingballs - Financing the ugly sisters

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Good to see that the state owned banking sector is not averse to a bit of historical airbrushing. The latest issue of RAIL carries an ad cel...

Lookalike - Flora and fauna

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Eye sees that the soi disant 'veteran' observer has been spinning again (with a bowler tip to Mr Hind). Nope. Eye neither! UPDATE: ...

Railway Operations for Dummies...

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Driver Potter appears to be offering a new course on Railway Operations over on his blog. Does the IRO know?

First for getting out of freight

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So. Farewell First GBRf! And welcome Eurotunnel GBRf . EGBRf sounds like a breakfast bap. Although FGBRf sounded like indigestion. UPDATE: E...

Belated birthday greetings Sir Moir!

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This just in from Clarence Spad, Life President of the Young Railway Poets Society and ‘First’ with the news LINES SLIGHTLY BELATEDLY WRITTE...
Monday, 31 May 2010

King's Place expects a visitor...

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This from Bulldog Drummond... Apparently Sir Alan Budd from the Office of Budget Responsibility is very keen to pay a visit to Network Rail...

A busy weekend for NR's Board...

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This just in from the ghost of Sir Peter Parker ... Being able to pass through doors I thought it worthwhile visiting this weekend's me...
Friday, 28 May 2010

Thameslink fleet - caped or not?

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Much furious spinning yesterday following the suggestion on Radio 4's You and Yours that the new Thameslink fleet might already have suc...

Wolmar love bombs Petrol-head Hammond

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Evidently the new Transport Secretary's interview in yesterday's Standard has done nothing to reassure Wolmar. So enervated was the...

Wurzels enter train building market

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This just in from Adge Cutler... It is good to see that the strong representation of West Country folk in the English community around Zarag...
Thursday, 27 May 2010

Witch report on fares disowned by Doe!

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This just in from fares expert Barry Doe, following the 'Which?' report on fares today... I understand 'Which?' has just pro...

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

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This from the Ministry of Silly Walks... Operational Note - HSE prosecutes Health Protection Agency The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is...

Good news for Standard Class passengers!

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This just in from Jumbo... With politicians together with Sir Humphrey and his cohorts being reduced to joining lesser mortals travelling s...
Wednesday, 26 May 2010

Birchwood bow introduced for lanky pax

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First there was the Harrington Hump. Now Eye brings you the Birchwood Bow. No doubt designed this way to cater for the taller passenger?

Pointless signs - Flixton

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With a bowler tip to D0260

Pointless signs - Stourbridge Town

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This from KingBBoogaloo... Only one platform with one Pans People Mover serving one destination... And still it gets three pages!

Virgin Trains - what's in a name

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This from Tony Miles... Virgin has its Pendolinos. It has its Mk3 "lookalike set" dubbed the Pretendolino. Now it has its short-Pe...

Someone has bought Rail Express - Shocker

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This from Billy Connections... No - not just a single copy - the whole thing!! Lincolnshire-based specialist magazine publishers Mortons Med...
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