Monday, 8 July 2013
Benefits of the Deep Alliance explained...
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This from ITV ... In an article posted on the company's website, South West Trains explained why the heat was affecting their servi...
ORR makes overnight saving on access dispute process!
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Good news for fans of Independent Economic Regulation! This charming picture appeared in Thursday's Blackpool Gazette ... And it ...
Hatfield Stainforth reopens!
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This morning's 02:52 from Guide Bridge was the first commercial service to use the reinstated route. Here a couple of pictures taken...
Railway Garden Competition - Lewes
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DfT vanity project to strip East Coast assets?
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With rumours rife that Mr Kipling has succeeded in foisting even more Ninky Nonk trains onto the new East Coast franchise, what now for the...
Friday, 5 July 2013
Pointless signs - Lichfield Trent Valley
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Railway Garden Competition - York
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Reading offers railway's most pointless seat?
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This from the late Professor Sir Misha Black... Emboldened by your contributor’s picture of a pointless clock (or clocks) at Kidsgrove, I at...
East Coast tops greyhounds league
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This from the late Sir Nigel Gresley... In the week that we celebrate the setting of the world speed record for steam by my locomotive Malla...
Pointless signs - Kidsgrove
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This from the Manxman... In this instance more a case of pointless clocks! Two time zones on display at Kidsgrove station, depending on ...
Siemens out of Crossrail running
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This from Siemens... Crossrail rolling stock procurement Siemens confirms that it will not be proceeding further in the Crossrail rollin...
Thursday, 4 July 2013
Why not let Open Access provide ECML services?
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The Fact Compiler's latest column in Passenger Transport published on the 21st June... The next edition of Passenger Trans...
Wednesday, 3 July 2013
Mallard 126mph - unbroken for 75 years
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Okay! It would be churlish not to mention the 75th anniversary of the LNER's 126mph kettle triumph today. But only because Sir N...
East Coast acknowledges Christian Heritage
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This from East Coast... Train operator East Coast today named a locomotive “Durham Cathedral”, as thousands of visitors flock to the North E...
Pointless signs - Southampton Central
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This from Some guy who works for SWT... Not really a pointless sign, in fact a poster... ...but it shows what a lack of proof-readi...
Tuesday, 2 July 2013
BR totem anschlussed!
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Oh dear! Is DB (prop Angela Merkel) about to fall foul of the mighty Heritage Railway Association? Regular followers of the railway scene wi...
Miller's alive!
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Good news from Neville Hill for fans of both Valentas and clag! 41001's engine was successfully started just after 18:00 last night...
Monday, 1 July 2013
Pointless signs - Norwich
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Good luck in finding either a footbridge or subway... UPDATE: This from a Mr Oliver Cromwell, another satisfied reader... Dear Fact C...
Friday, 28 June 2013
Juicing the network whilst the lights dim...
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This from the PM's spokesman in today's Lobby... "The clear view of the Government is that the lights are not going out. ...
A reminder of Ministerial double speak
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Time to compare and contrast. This from the Earl Attlee on the 25th April ... Earl Attlee (Whip, House of Lords; Conservative) Rolling s...
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