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Wednesday, 4 October 2017

World's longest serving TOC MD speaks!

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This from Arriva CrossCountry… "An innovative partnership has been launched in the North East to coincide with the start of ‘Rail Wee...
Friday, 29 September 2017

Wales joins Scotland in rejecting DOO

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Eye hears, lots of Welsh voices in Marsham Street today. No matter. Meanwhile this from Andy McDonald, the Shadow Secretary of State for...

Railway Garden Competition - Norwich

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This from a Mr Ed Starr… Perhaps a special award could be made to Network Rail for their rather splendid water garden feature in platforms...
Thursday, 28 September 2017

Railway Pride - Beeston

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This from a Mr Ed Starr… My entry to your exciting competition comes from Beeston in Nottinghamshire. Which apparently also has a Seal...
Wednesday, 27 September 2017

Grayling to face Transport Committee on 16th October

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This from the Transport Select Committee … Planned electrification on railway lines scrapped In the first public evidence session for the ...

Captain Deltic calls Andy McDonald to order!

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This from report on a Labour Party conference fringe meeting... While Labour didn’t want to “recreate British Rail”, Mr McDonald asked the...

Details of Alstom Siemens merger

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Headlines from today's Alstom/Siemens merger announce. Signed Memorandum of Understanding grants exclusivity to combine mobility busin...

What does the Siemens/Alstom merger mean

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Exclusive insight from Eye's man at today's press conference! Ties abolished. (You're fired! Ed)
Tuesday, 26 September 2017

Railway Pride - Pewsey

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This from Pewsey Snapper… Might I enter Pewsey into Eye's exciting new contest? All the criteria are met including: Faded sign N...
Monday, 25 September 2017

Benefits of bi-modes over electrification illustrated

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This from Reginald Trumpet… The likely first public diagrams for GWR's new IEP trains have appeared on the RAIL website : I wond...

Railway Pride - Manningtree

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This from a Mr T… The column itself still bears the First Great Eastern scars and has been painted at least twice since, the latest col...
Friday, 22 September 2017

Grayling's gift to the North revealed!

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This from Eye's man in Manchester… "People of the North, I have a gift for you. The world's largest piece… of nothing!...

People of the North - your government takes you for fools!

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Where to begin? Clearly the Secretary of State for Transport takes the good burghers of the North for fools! This tosh from the DfT … ...
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...
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