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Thursday, 10 June 2010

DfT statement on Local Authority Major Schemes

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INTERIM GUIDANCE ON LOCAL AUTHORITY MAJOR SCHEMES The Government has made clear its most urgent priority is to tackle the UK's record bu...

Railway Garden Competition - Stockport

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Lookalike - All in the best possible taste

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Railway Garden Competition - Doncaster Yard...

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As viewed from Platform 8. With a bowler tip to Martin.

Sunday's derailment at Falls of Cruachan

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The story you can find over at the English Rail blog ... Meanwhile, here some pictures taken on Monday as the recovery process began. Gosh!
Wednesday, 9 June 2010

NRM exhibits the best of rail PR

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Much delight amongst the enthusiast press! This sorry missive from the National Railway Museum press office dribbled into hacks' inboxes...

Hammond moans about lost opportunities

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Well that didn't take long! A mere month into his new role ruining Britain's transport sector ( shurely 'running'? Ed ) Petr...

Ellman retains leadership of TSC

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This from Louise Ellman MP, via Twitter ... Very pleased to still be the Chair of the Transport ctte Eye congratulates Louise. The role of t...

Hitachi offends everyone with IEP comments

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This cheeky nonsense via Yahoo News ... TOKYO (AFP) – Japanese high-tech giant Hitachi said Wednesday that a multi-billion-dollar deal in Br...

Lookalike: The Furzels

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The onward march of old technology

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Exciting news from nationalpreservation.com ... I would like to introduce you to RailTours live. Its a totally new concept, keeping people i...

First for shuffling the deck chairs

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FIRSTGROUP PLC BOARD CHANGES FirstGroup plc ("The Group"), the leading transport operator in the UK and North America, announces t...
Tuesday, 8 June 2010

More NR timetabling woes

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This from The Street of Shame... Yesterday Network Rail sent an e-mail to the trade press hacks headed: INVITATION: Network Rail preliminar...

Tube Lines recruits old hand

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Andie Harper has been named by TfL as the Chief Executive designate of Tube Lines. Recruited from Aecom Andie was formerly the Chief Exec of...

A game of Hyde and seek at East Coast

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Word reaches Eye that East Coast is short one Head of Communications. The Fact Compiler hopes that the nationalised operator hasn't take...

Railway Magazine for sale

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According to yesterday's City AM ... IPC Media is in the process of selling 28 hobby titles including Cage & Aviary Birds and The Ra...

DfT prepares for the worst

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This with a bowler tip to Oily Spanner... It's good to see that the Civil Service is preparing for hard times. Why no less a figure than...

Pointless signs - Pedants' Corner

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Regular Eye readers will recall that the Fact Compiler was recently taken to task for using 'less' rather than 'fewer' when ...

Railway Garden Competition - York

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This from Alex C... Pictured is York between platforms 9 & 10. Note the irrigation facility...

Coucher worth every penny!

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This guff from Saturday's Times ... The boss of Britain’s railways, who is paid more than four times as much as the Prime Minister, has...
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