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Thursday, 1 March 2012

Pointless signs - Parson Street

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This from a Mr Ethridge... This pointless sign was photographed at Parson Street station a few days ago. I feel the " For further infor...

Pointless signs - East Coast

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This from His & Mine... Lavatory door of East Coast HST vehicle 41044 taken today. The loo is working fine.

Ian Allan and the key to success?

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Eye understands that the Ian Allan stable of magazines, which includes Modern Railways and Railways Illustrated, has been sold. The new owne...
Wednesday, 29 February 2012

Pointless signs - XC misses the point!

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Eye salutes the crew of 1V50 (or possibly 1Z50). Clear, concise and relevant information displayed. And the technology did not get the bette...

ORR statement on Grayrigg

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This from the Office of Rail Regulation... Grayrigg statement Please find below Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) statement issued following t...

Captain Deltic lauds Terry Miller MBE

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The normally camera shy Captain Deltic was out and about yesterday contributing to a BBC 4 programme. " Off to record a BBC programme a...

Refurbishing a train in three minutes

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There's a nice time-lapse video over on Southern's website showing the refurbishment of a class 377 vehicle in 3 minutes. Sadly it i...

Pointless signs - St Pancras

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Tuesday, 28 February 2012

Bombardier turns back on UK supply chain?

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This from a Mr Tony Miles... I see that the Captain of Netball has issued a written ministerial statement today on Crossrail procurement. I...

Sleeper sunk by soggy loan?

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This from The Herald ... The UK Treasury had offered a £50m contribution to upgrading the sleeper contingent on this being matched by the Sc...
Monday, 27 February 2012

Siemens fights back on Thameslink

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This from the Independent ... Juergen Maier, head of Siemens' UK arm, told The Independent that media coverage had been "biased...

Pointless signs - SWT Class 458 loo

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This from the Grim Reaper... Perhaps this is here to warn against any attempt to recover wandering bog brushes ?

Pointless signs - Bristol Temple Meads

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This from Storm Force... The PIS was completely blank throughout the station yesterday except for the dot matrix message screens showing thi...
Sunday, 26 February 2012

Circle line boosts T-Cup with kettle - Shocker

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This from Eye's Man 'Neath the Streets of London... Sarah Siddons and Beattie well tank pictured at Baker Street this morning.
Friday, 24 February 2012

Pointless signs - Elephant & Castle yesterday

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Greening slam dunks Railway Execs?

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Exciting business bashing news from the Captain of Netball! This exchange in the House yesterday : Hugh Bayley (York Central) (Lab): What s...
Tuesday, 21 February 2012

Pointless sign & railway bothy - Cardiff Central

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Bothy... Pointless sign... Good to see the Welsh Assembly Government offering such splendid two for one value, when the hugely expensive AM ...

Abellio goes extra mile to clean loos

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This from a Mr Marsh... Taken at Tottenham Hale on the first Tuesday of Abellio's new franchise. !!!
Friday, 17 February 2012

Pointless signs - Wakefield Kirkgate

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Derbygate: By Royal Appointment...

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This from The Mirror ... Prince of Wales to visit Bombardier in morale-booster for workers He will make a much-needed visit to engineers ...
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