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Thursday, 6 September 2012

Aslef asks for support for Charity run

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This from Alan Moss, National Secretary, ASLEF/Virgin Trains Safety Advisory Committee...   Could you please take a moment to pass the fol...

A request for Harrow and Wealdstone memories

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This from London Reconnections ... Next month it will be the 60th anniversary of the Harrow and Wealdstone rail accident, Britain’s worst ...

Railway Garden Competition - Slade Green 376

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Railway Garden Competition - Wilmslow

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Tuesday, 4 September 2012

Hammond back!

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This from @Number10gov ... PM appoints Stephen Hammond as Parliamentary Under Secretary at Department for Transport. Finally! Rail brief ple...

Tom Clift RIP - Passenger Champion

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Eye was shocked to hear today that Tom Clift had passed away. Tom recently described himself as follows: Tom Clift has worked in the ra...

Norman Baker still in post

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At least plans for tram trains may have some continuity. Bwahahahaha! That is all.

Mostly missing minister replaced by Burns

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The new Minister of State for Transport is Simon Burns. Biog below from his website : Simon was born in September 1952. He was educated ...

McLoughlin demands MML upgrade!

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This from the Rt Hon Patrick McLoughlin MP... This is clearly not a line in decline—it is a line with increasing investment, improving ...

TSC brings ICWC protagonists face to face

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This from the Transport Select Committee ... Oral evidence – Rail 2020: West Coast Mainline Franchise   The Transport Select Committee w...

A big Eye welcome to Patrick McLoughlin

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So. Farewell Justine Greening and the mostly missing Theresa Villiers. And a big Eye welcome to Derbyshire Dales MP and former Chief Wh...
Friday, 31 August 2012

Joined up Government explained...

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This from Toby the Tram... I saw this at the Department for Communities & Local Government yesterday. Perhaps Eric Pickles s...
Thursday, 30 August 2012

Railway Garden Competition - ClogRail Loos

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This from Cross-legged Keith...   The picture below shows a new initiative from Greater Anglia to make its customers enjoy a lovely vi...
Wednesday, 29 August 2012

Those e-petition stats in full...

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This from Dr Syphon...   While the Virgin West Coast supporting e-petition powers away at 163,000+ votes, have you spotted the plucky und...

First for consulting M'learned Friends

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This from a Mr Pernickety-Nitpicker, senior partner with Messrs Sue, Grabbitt & Run...   There is a precedent for legal challenges to go...

Man on own island takes to Skype - "last resort"

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This from the Daily Telegraph ... That is all.
Tuesday, 28 August 2012

Railway Garden Competition - Three Oaks

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First Group debt results in surprising choice

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According to the Daily Telegraph... Trebles and package holidays all round.
Friday, 24 August 2012

More bad news for fans of Virgin Trains

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This from the Milton Keynes Citizen ... A popular model railway group has been asked to leave its Bletchley Park home after 18 years. ...
Thursday, 23 August 2012

Railway embraces willies and tools

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This from the late Kenneth Williams... Ere no! Stop messin' about! On the day that First TPE posted on their Facebook page that ...
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