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Tuesday, 20 June 2017

DfT Ministers - Roles and Responsibilities

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Here are the published roles and responsibilities of the refreshed DfT Ministerial team: Secretary of State – Rt Hon Chris Grayling MP O...

First/MTR suffers from premature evacuation - Official

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Good news from the Shire this morning! The great and the good are gathering in Derby for an announcement about an order for 750 new 'A...
Monday, 19 June 2017

Railway Garden Competition - Windsor and Eton Central

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This from Windsor Lad... Windsor and Eton Central last week: A sorry sight these days, especially when compared to the Riverside sta...

Railway Gongs - Queen's Birthday Honours

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Some of those honoured in the Queen's Birthday Honour's list... Order of the British Empire Commanders of the Order of the Britis...
Sunday, 18 June 2017

Eye prepares for Brexit!

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An Eye chum in Europe has sent the following screen grab... Hopefully RENFE and CAF are regular browsers...
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...
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