Thursday, 25 August 2011

Railway Garden Competition - Stourbridge Junc

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UPDATE: This from The Major... Not only has the Stourbridge Line a fine selection of plant life, someone has even dumped a greenhouse ...

NR employs hare raising scheme

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Exciting news from NR's Sussex Route! This from the Route Performance Manager: To improve communication and awareness of our per...
Wednesday, 24 August 2011

Confused old man causes rail chaos

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A confused old man from Twickenham caused chaos in Derby today when he discovered that his zimmer frame would not go into reverse. The c...
Tuesday, 23 August 2011

Railway Garden Competition - Aberdovey

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This from The Sleeper... I thought Eye readers might enjoy this picture of a Pwllheli service emerging from Aberdovey number three tunne...

Pointless signs - Lancaster

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Cameron shows commitment to British industry

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Exciting news from iDave! Our brave and gallant Prime Minister is now wombling his way back to Cornwall after single-handedly presiding ...
Monday, 22 August 2011

Pointless signs - Windermere

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This from the Mad Hatter... Ought you to be more worried by the ' passing trains ' impact with the buffer stops rather than an...
Sunday, 21 August 2011

NR signals end to Railway Gardens - Shocker

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Friday, 5 August 2011

The Fact Compiler is on his hols...

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So posting will be, at best, intermittent. No doubt a source of relief to many.

Unexpected bonus for Transpennine franchise

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This from ShareCast ... Perhaps unsurprising if the market was reliant on ShareCast for information?

Hammond announces franchising timetable

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This from the DfT ... The Secretary of State for Transport, Philip Hammond: The Government is committed to a major reform of rail franchisin...
Wednesday, 3 August 2011

Lord Marsh RIP

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Lord Marsh, the former Chairman of the British Railways Board, has died. This from the Daily Telegraph's fulsome obituary: Marsh strea...

RAIL exposes Hammond's lack of trousers

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This from Rosebud... There was good news on the front cover of the latest edition of RAIL which highlighted a massive £5bn investment in th...

Railway Garden Competition - Lake

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Tuesday, 2 August 2011

Railway Garden Competition - Belper

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This from a Mr Bland... See how the verdant growth enhances this boring old Grade 2 listed structure.

Snotty explanation for derailment - Shocker

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This from Flat Cap and Whippet... Congratulations to Network Rail for honesty: Perhaps not surprising that Edinburgh Waverley became a litt...

Railway Garden Competition - Perth

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Pointless signs - Preston

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With a bowler tip to Nephew Thomas... Eye wonders if towns and cities around the country are now marketing former Red Star Parcels depots as...
Friday, 29 July 2011

DafT - The devil is in the detail!

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Oh to be part of a winning team! This to be seen, in all its glory, in the reception area at Great Minster House. 'Congestion hotsho...

DfT logs on to Eye

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High praise indeed! According to figures released by DfT on Staff Internet Usage between 1 January and 31 May 2011... Eye can under sta nd...