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Thursday, 15 June 2017

Shaken and stirred - David Brown to Northern

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This from Northern... David Brown has been appointed as Managing Director of Arriva Rail North Ltd which operates the Northern rail franchis...
Wednesday, 14 June 2017

Crumbling Edge of Something...

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No comment.
Tuesday, 13 June 2017

Railway Garden Competition - Blackburn

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This from Kettledrummle... As you will see Blackburn is well on track to achieving "garden" status. Unfortunately what was in th...

Railway Garden Competition - Eastleigh

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This from Rover... Keep 'em coming.

Rail minister returns!

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No. Not that one. Claire Perry, who is now a minister at BEIS looking after the Industrial Strategy. A positively glacial formation of a...
Monday, 12 June 2017

Dust settling - GE2017

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This from Daisy Hill... Well that was interesting! Grayling returned to transport following a very minor reshuffle. We await news on w...
Wednesday, 7 June 2017

Railway Garden Competition - Charing Cross

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This from Dan D. Lion... It's not as if those cables and cabinets control anything important after all.

Pointless signs - Newark

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This from a Mr InterCity Swift.. A contribution for your pointless signs series. Or should that be pontless signs? It's been th...
Monday, 5 June 2017

Railway Garden Competition - Retford

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This from a Mr InterCity Swift... Much to the annoyance of VTEC, it's back - bigger and stronger ! Are there any hardy Railway Ga...
Sunday, 4 June 2017

BTP first in the line of duty at London Bridge

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This from our 'Railway Plod'; which is very much part of the Railway Family. Which makes it somewhat personal! Statement from Ch...
Thursday, 1 June 2017

EGIP costs contained - sort of?

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This from 'My Laird'... Truly, the world has gone mad. And budgets madder? EGIP taking over a public path to Plean south of Sti...

Railway Garden Competition - Dorking (Main)

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This from @NickRH14 ... Looking lush at Dorking (Main)... Keep 'em coming (and remember the rules - only UK railway gardens are e...
Monday, 29 May 2017

Railway Garden Competition - Sleaford

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This from a Mr Dogboxdriver... Lincolnshire's first entry of this year's contest is this fine effort at Sleaford station.  No...
Sunday, 28 May 2017

Railway Garden Competition - Newhaven Harbour

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This via @mikewallis11 ... Keep 'em coming!
Friday, 26 May 2017

VTEC in Fake News - Shocker

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This from Captain Deltic (for it is he)... You can imagine the good Captain's consternation when PR firm Hope & Glory sent out a p...

Court backs ORR on Heathrow TAC

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This from the ORR ... Court upholds ORR decision on Crossrail charges As the independent regulator for the UK’s railways, we have a statuto...
Wednesday, 24 May 2017

Railway Garden Competition - Clapham Junction

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This week sees the Chelsea Flower Show! So with this in mind here is the railways contribution at Clapham Jct. Keep 'em coming!
Tuesday, 23 May 2017

RMT makes welcome gesture

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Amidst all the ghastliness of recent hours, a small but significant gesture from The Brothers... RMT SUSPENDS STRIKE ACTION ON MERSEYRAIL,...
Monday, 22 May 2017

Tory manifesto - Welsh railways

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This from Julian and Sandy... With the Prime Minister facing a difficult day in Wales over her U-turn on the 'dementia tax' I thoug...

Hammond Eggs: The memories of glories past...

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So Philip Hammond has been on the election trail in Derby... The Chancellor Philip Hammond has been visiting Bombardier in Derby. pic.tw...
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