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Thursday, 21 September 2017

The wires that came in from the cold.

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This from George Smiley... Russia's influence in Western politics continues to spread. Expect Transport Secretary Grayling to employ...
Wednesday, 20 September 2017

Railway Garden Competition - Knighton

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This, belatedly, via twitter… @TheFactCompiler #railwaygarden and when is a wall not good enough #manmarking at Knighton, wales pic.t...

Lost Beckett masterpiece discovered in Marsham Street

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From a recently discovered Samuel Beckett notebook... Becket identifies the players only as Rosco - a once wealthy business type in a su...

Cryptic CrossCountry

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This from Antony Furlong… Has Cross-country re-introduced the mystery tour, or is this Voyager trying to draw a steam loco?
Monday, 18 September 2017

GWR - Back to the future - literally!

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This from a Mr Antony Furlong... I was delighted to receive this email from the GWR marketing team. Evidently those IEPs are even fas...
Friday, 15 September 2017

Railway Pride - Belper

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This from Rerailer... I wonder if I might propose an Exciting New Eye Feature - Railway Pride? Railway Pride draws on Noel Coward's ...
Thursday, 14 September 2017

Ken Harris RIP

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This from Mack Brooks Exhibitions... It is with deep sadness that we announce the death of our colleague Ken Harris after a short illne...

Railway Garden Competition - Brighton

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This from Ducados... Brighton's very own Botanical Gardens.
Tuesday, 12 September 2017

The Silence of the LMs

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Herr Professor Erwin Schroedinger writes… In co-operation with the Britisch Department sum Transport we began an exciting new experiment t...

Transport Select Committee membership confirmed

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This via Twitter... The Transport Committee membership has been approved by the House . The Committee can now start its work. pic.twitte...

Shaken and stirred - Leathley to London TravelWatch

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This from the London Assembly... New Chair of London TravelWatch appointed by Assembly The London Assembly today announced the appointment ...
Wednesday, 6 September 2017

Transport Select Committee - New Tory members

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A big Eye welcome to the following Tory MPs elected to the Transport Select Committee. Steve Double (St Austell and Newquay) Huw Merrima...
Tuesday, 5 September 2017

Railway Garden Competition - Rugby

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This from Sealink Sam... See how beautifully crowned with vegetation are the tops of the buildings at Rugby station. And here the bay...

SWR gets ideas above its stations...

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This from the SWR website... On our network - Cambridge? Peterborough?? London Bridge!!! Who knew?
Monday, 4 September 2017

Shaken and stirred: Veitch brings Talgo to the British Isles

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This via twitter... Today we are delighted to announce that Jon Veitch joins the Talgo team as Key Account Manager for the UK and Iris...

Problems remain once the circus moves on...

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This from Hieronymus Bosch... Reporting exclusively for Eye from today's exciting SWR launch at Waterloo!  So the Top Brass turn up ...

Shaken and stirred - Mary Grant to Porterbrook

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This from Porterbrook... Porterbrook Leasing has confirmed the appointment of Mary Grant as its new chief executive officer. Mary will be jo...

SWR - master of all it surveys!

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This via twitter... South western trains timetable - Clapham before Woking apparently... pic.twitter.com/jieBpzMEeO — David Kirwin (@D...
Thursday, 31 August 2017

Railway Garden Competition - Sleaford

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This from Dogboxdriver... Here is the Sleaford North Jn - Sleaford West Jn single line, showing how well Mr Verster's famed vegetation...

Railway Garden Competition - Derby

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A wonderful example of the plantsman's craft. Outstanding!
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