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Friday, 27 May 2011

Hitachiballs - The IEP's 'green' credentials

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This from Ithuriel... Quoted in the Greenwise Weekly e-Newsletter "One of the things that our trains will do is they will use less e...

Pointless signs - Matlock

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This is the scene at Matlock where new track has been laid into Platform 2 for the use of Peak Rail. Or perhaps not.

Pointless signs - The benefits of WiFi

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This with a bowler tip to @HolyMoly ... 'Nuff said.
Thursday, 26 May 2011

East Coast goes for Scottish hearts and minds

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Good news for the North British legal fraternity! Despite apparently missing out on #Flawsuit there still appear to be plenty of opportunit...
Wednesday, 25 May 2011

If music soothes the savage beast...

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This from the late Roy Plomley... Philip Hammond's been uploading his Desert Island Discs on the Radio 4 website . I thought Eye readers...
Tuesday, 24 May 2011

Lookalike - Mattel's Railway Managers

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Coucher exonerated by White inquiry

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This from Network Rail... NETWORK RAIL WELCOMES PUBLICATION OF WHITE REPORT Network Rail today welcomed the publication of the independ...

Underground Arms Race

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This will not go well. According to the Indie ... Mr Hammond said: " The Government has been considering the resilience of the overa...

What a difference a word makes.

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This spotted by the Railwaywriter and others.... According to the ORR: Merseyrail operator fined £85,000 for runaway train incident Today’s...

Baker a smart card?

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This from Thomas Edmonson... Norman Baker has reportedly pulled out of the Smart future for Transport conference this week. Instead he is at...

First confirmed as Evil Empire - Official

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This from Rail.co ... How long before the Alliance does for the Aberdeen Death Star?

Lookalike - Doc Wolmar!

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Flying Adonis - East Coast gets carried away

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This from Ithuriel... In a press release hailing the new one train a day ' Flying Adonis ' Edinburgh-London service, East Coast Mana...
Monday, 23 May 2011

Farmers to support HS2?

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This from Eye's friends at Merseyrail... If you're not familiar with 3rd rail systems, the message below would cause you to imagine ...
Sunday, 22 May 2011

Virgin in ageist slur on DBS fleet - Shocker

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Someone at Virgin clearly has a sense of humour. This Tyrell posting by Virgin o n Friday... So how would Virgin choose to describe the even...

Back to the future?

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Much excitement amongst the Gricerati! Word reaches Eye that Murray Brown may be polishing-up his editor's chair! But which Class 1 publ...

Mediaballs - On painting the Forth Bridge...

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This from Our International Correspondent... An interview with Network Rail's HR Director in the Recruiter magazine kicked off with a co...
Friday, 20 May 2011

DfT issues West Coast franchise Super Injunction

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Amidst yesterday's McNulty excitement Petrol-head also confirmed that re-franchising of InterCity West Coast has been delayed. "Bec...

Villiers vignettes - Customer focused franchises

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This from Cruella... Written answers and statements, 18 May 2011 Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr, Plaid Cymru) To ask the Secr...

IEP's first test run - Exclusive Video

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This from Barry Spotter... The video below shows the benefit of the bi-mode design to full advantage, as the prototype unit makes headway by...
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