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Thames-Clyde Express in the 1970's
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This was long the practice with the overnights, so providing a sleeper service from both Nottingham and Derby. This was probably true...
Monday at 21:45
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Which single-span footbridge crosses the most tracks?
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Almost certainly not the winner, but the footbridge at Faversham, which crosses the main lines and the former shed throat, used to...
Monday at 19:28
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Rail Preservation for Peace - did it work in Ireland?
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Well, thanks - that rather backs up my point. Whitehead is the HQ of NI Railways, is it? (HAdn't realised that. We did go back to...
Sunday at 15:45
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Issuing Fine Underhand Tactics
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Well, it darned well ought to be a huge surprise! Companies these days are forever stressing their ESG credentials. I'm sure a mere...
Sunday at 15:25
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"Be prepared to vacate the seat or purchase a first class ticket"
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Your opinion. If the OP has correctly reported the facts, I find it an absolutely valid thread. It is a TOC completely giving a...
20 Mar 2024
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Rail Preservation for Peace - did it work in Ireland?
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Cooking my mushrooms for lunch just now, I was pondering a trip I made to Ulster long ago, and I suddenly realised it was almost exactly...
20 Mar 2024
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Royal Photo Controversy
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Oh, I fully agree. Now, how is the education budget doing?
16 Mar 2024
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"Be prepared to vacate the seat or purchase a first class ticket"
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Add another one to your minority. I agree 100%.
16 Mar 2024
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The early years of Class 56s and Construction
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There are certainly some serious mountains north of Craiova, and the "trunk" roads of Romania (no such thing as motorways in the 70s)...
12 Mar 2024
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Royal Photo Controversy
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Incorrect. The public, by and large, love celebrity gossip. The media, by and large, then follow. It's a continual 'dumbing down'...
12 Mar 2024
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Why don't East Midlands Trains stop at St Albans?
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As others have argued, given the pathing issues and traffic demands at St Albans, there is no way that inserting a stop there could be...
3 Mar 2024
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The early years of Class 56s and Construction
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When the news came out that 30 of these new locos were going to be built in Romania, everyone on the railway in Derby from the ticket...
1 Mar 2024
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Competition to name one of the Class 150s on the Marston Vale Line announced
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To be honest, I think naming anything other than "proper locomotives" is a bit weird and weak, but I suppose there aren't enough of...
28 Feb 2024
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Liverpool Street - Norwich via Cambridge
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Did these also serve Breckland line stations? If not, what was the point of going-coming in and out of Norwich? But if yes, they must...
28 Feb 2024
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Competition to name one of the Class 150s on the Marston Vale Line announced
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This might result in the "West Country" effect - or perhaps, better put, the "Reverse West Country" effect. Not sure of your age or...
27 Feb 2024
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