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Thursday, 30 June 2011

Poetry Korner - The Night Mail (updated)

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This from Trailer Second, with apologies to W H Auden... This is the Voyager crossing the Border Standing room only, unless you pre order Se...

Petrol-head puts on the knuckle-duster

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Given the lukewarm response of the industry to McNulty it is perhaps not surprising that Cowardly Custard has had to get a bit fierce. This ...

Pointless signs - Basingstoke

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Railway Garden Competition - Horsham

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Railway Garden Competition - Peterborough Yard

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UPDATE: This from 31154 ... I think your picture of Peterborough Yard requires a new category - Railway Farming Competition perhaps? Very cl...

Railway Garden Competition - Bristol Temple Meads

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Wednesday, 29 June 2011

Esoteric Events - exciting new Eye feature!

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Time for an exciting new Eye feature! Welcome to Esoteric Events - a gentle meander through the highways and byways of the burgeoning confer...

Von Shooter flies into the sunset?

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This from Chiltern's Herr Von Shooter ... I am writing to let you know that I have decided to retire from the Chairmanship of Chiltern ...

DafT to receive influx of rail experts tomorrow

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Good news for those who care about our railways! According to this afternoons' Lobby briefing: Civil servants have been told that they c...
Monday, 27 June 2011

Railway Garden Competition - London Bridge

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Thursday, 23 June 2011

Thameslink fleet - Flipflop iDave holds out hope?

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Much rejoic ing in the East Midlands ! As iDave carries out yet another U turn, this time over Circus Animals , local politicos can already ...

Warwickshire sets out transport priorities

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This from the Birmingham Post ... Conservative-led Warwickshire County Council is set to take its case against HS2 railway plans to the Gove...

Lookalike - Thunderball

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With a bowler tip to today's Grauniad ...
Wednesday, 22 June 2011

Exciting new Eye competition - Spot the VM

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Time for an exciting Eye competition! Using your skill and judgement see if you can spot the Vice Marshall in this delightful urban settin...

Railway Garden Competition - Barbican

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This from a Dr Strabismus... I attach a picture of the "Hanging Gardens of Barbican" for consideration in the Railway Gardens sec...

TfL destined to repeat past mistakes?

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This from Our International Correspondent... No-one can accuse Transport for London of being obsessed with its own history (despite being tr...
Tuesday, 21 June 2011

Railway Garden Competition - London Bridge

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Transport Select Committee does Social Media!

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Louise Ellman, the Chair of the Transport Select Committee, has taken to YouTube to promote an inquiry into High Speed 2 Evidence is being t...
Monday, 20 June 2011

Network Rail posts first experts overseas

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This from Network Rail ... Who’s tougher? The Army, Air Force or Navy? In fact, it’s Network Rail. So proved our apprentices in the annual J...

Pointless signs - Paddington Gap

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The Fact Compiler is unsure whether the following actually happened, but as Eye has received images from two different sources supposes it m...
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