Saturday, 7 May 2011
A busy week for the Public Accounts Committee...
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This from the PAC page on Parliament.uk... Watchable live and on-line at www.parliament.uk And all, unbelievably, without the benefit of th...
Thursday, 5 May 2011
Jennifer's Dairy - Mr Towell's train
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Jennifer writes (with apologies to the Tatler and H&Q) ... The NRM arranged an excursion train on the 5th May for a Mr Raymond 'Ray...
Mansfield Grauniad lives up to its reputation
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Thank God the Grauniad isn't a paper of record! This from the galley slaves in King's Place (oddly enough also the home of Network ...
Wednesday, 4 May 2011
DfT exports expertise overseas?
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This headline from the Railway Gazette ... Lombardia regional operator Trenord launched with €250m train tender €250m for a tender. Eye drea...
Posh graffito - Carlisle
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This from Fellrunner... As the Settle-Carlisle line enters Carlisle, in splendid isolation among the former Durran Hill yard's tree grow...
RMT puts on a show for major rail event
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This from the Archer... RMT announce the following strike dates over the alleged unfair dismissal of two of its members by London Undergroun...
Tuesday, 3 May 2011
Crow Bar Bob on AV - That's the way to do it
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Exciting news from Crow Bar Bob ! RMT General Secretary Bob Crow said “With forecasters today showing that half a million more jobs are o...
Network Rail appoints first two route MDs
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This from Network Rail... DEVOLUTION TODAY FOR SCOTLAND AND WESSEX ROUTES AS NETWORK RAIL ANNOUNCES MORE CHANGES Network Rail's devolved...
Posh graffito - Arundel
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Time for an exciting new Eye feature! Eye gives you Posh Graffito! This from a Mr Marshy... Taken yesterday between Chichester and Aru...
Pointless sign - St Pancras South Eastern station
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Pointless signs - Worcester Shrub Hill
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This from the Rover... This is the station departure poster at Worcester Shrub Hill. The one train a day stopping at Combe and Finstock is d...
Pointless sign - London Midland cl 350/2
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This from The Skip... Not entirely pointless, but if I had a baby that size and shape, particularly relative to those adults, I would be mos...
Pointless signs - Leighton Buzzard
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This from Steve... Eye readers be interested in this photo of the platform screens at Leighton Buzzard (taken on 9th Dec 2010, and apologies...
Friday, 29 April 2011
Royal Wedding
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His Grace Archbishop Cranmer is on the money today... This Royal Wedding is an act of faith in a world of doubt God bless Prince Will...
Thursday, 28 April 2011
Merseyrail Royal Wedding offer
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This from Rudi over at Merseyrail... I thought Eye readers might be interested in the following: Travel free by Merseyrail on Royal Wedding ...
Penning out!
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Annie's Bar Pool Champion Mike Penning has been knocked out of the current tournament by his Shadow Jim Fitzpatrick. The showdown betwee...
Wednesday, 27 April 2011
Darwin Award - A big hand for the man!
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This from the BBC ... A man suffered burns to his hands in an apparent attempt to steal cable from a railway line in Nuneaton. Bwahahahahaha...
Tuesday, 26 April 2011
Pointless signs - National Railway Museum
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DafT - High on the Hog on HS2
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Listeners to Radio 4's Today programme were treated to a short debate between fans and opponents of HS2 this morning. On the side of t...
Railway Garden Competition - King's Cross
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Welcome to the 2011 Railway Garden Competition. And our first entry shows the Easter Garden that has been cultivated at London King's Cr...
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