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    Far North & Kyle lines get new passing loop

    Rare post from me. Here's some news from the north: Services from Inverness to Dingwall, Tain, Thurso, Wick, Plockton and Kyle of Lochalsh will be made more reliable when a passing loop is installed to the west of Inverness. The Delmore Loop will be opened in 2024...
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    Lumo managing director Helen Wylde leaves First

    Change to First Rail leadership team – FirstGroup plc Well, that was brief...
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    Happy new year!

    Welcome to 2022! :D:D Happy new year, folks.
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    Which currently-operating rolling stock deserves preservation as part of the National Collection?

    The UK National Collection is the name given to the National Rail Museum's collection of rail vehicles stored for their historic significance. Spread predominantly between museums at York and at Shildon - with some examples in London, Manchester, Crewe, and on heritage railways - the collection...
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    Trivia: What's the longest possible journey a train could make between two UK stations without reversing?

    Here's an interesting little question: Supposing you had complete open access and unlimited paths, what's the longest possible journey a diesel train could make in the UK without reversing or repeating track? There has to be a clear A and B - you can't go on in an infinite loop - and once your...
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    The Brigg Line: is there anything that can be done?

    Branching off from a discussion about it elsewhere on the forum, are there any measures that could potentially increase usage of this line? Brigg isn't the tiniest place in the world - although I understand it's hardly the biggest, either - and I'm sure there must be untapped potential, but...
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    The Bad Advice Thread

    What are some pieces of comically terrible advice you could give to visitors to the UK? I'll start us off: Americans, remember that things here have different names. If you need to fill up your car, don't ask for 'gasoline'. We call it 'diesel'.
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    Paper timetable mockups

    Here's something new for me: I've decided to try my hand at mocking up some covers for train timetables. Here's some Northern ones - one standard, one a pocket timetable. All done on Word. Let me know if you think there's anything I could improve, or alternatively if there's any lines or...
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    Channel 4 News: John Snow signs off

    John Snow is leaving Channel 4 News after 32 years as a presenter and reporter. Watch his final sign-off last night here. For what it's worth, I think John is a class act and our TV screens would be much weaker without his presence.
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    New Cities

    Interesting Grauniad piece here on the towns competing to be awarded City status as part of Lizzie's platinum jubilee celebrations. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/dec/23/from-goole-to-gibraltar-the-towns-preparing-to-battle-for-city-status-in-2022 Southend-on-Sea will be made a city...
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    Wobbly rails on the ECML

    I'm on the southbound Highland Chieftain at the moment, and the train shook horribly between Little and Great Ponton, and again at Yaxley. Of course there's always some shake and wobble, but at Little Ponton it was unnatural. Lots of rattling from the buffet. Makes me wonder about track...
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    Today's southbound Highland Chieftain (5/9/21)

    ...is diverted via Ladybank and Burntisland. So far, so good. But according to RTT it's skipped its stop at Pitlochry? Wasn't late-running. 1 down at Carrbridge, Aviemore, Kingussie, no report from Newtonmore, 3 down passing Dalwhinnie, made it up to 1 down at Blair Atholl, then passed...
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    Major IPCC report warns against impending global temperature rise

    Major climate changes inevitable and irreversible – IPCC’s starkest warning yet | Climate change | The Guardian All eyes on Glasgow then...incidentally Johnson is still backing new oilfields in the North Sea, but I wonder if he's going to be forced to change tack on that. The key takeaway...
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    Noel Clarke alleged to be a sexual predator by 20 women

    The Guardian has reported allegations of groping, harassment and bullying by Noel Clarke from 20 women he has worked with in the past. The story is quoted below. It's a long read. I'm really angry and disappointed. Clarke really seemed like a good guy - he's been someone I've really rooted...
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    Helen McCrory (1968-2021)

    From The Guardian: She was really good as a Prime Minister in the recent BBC TV adaption of David Hare's Roadkill. RIP, cancer is so terrible
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    Male violence against women in the UK

    I'm going to try and breach this subject as tastefully and as diplomatically as I can. This is an overwhelmingly male forum; one of the most homogenously male on the entire web. To be honest, I'm surprised it's taken this long for a thread to arise. The vigil at Clapham Common for Sarah Everard...
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    Trivia: Alliterative Stations

    Denby Dale is one of these. Are there many more?
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    Prince Phillip hospitalised - Feb 2021

    Social media - particularly Twitter - is currently bubbling with chatter that Prince Phillip's condition has worsened: https://twitter.com/chrisshipitv/status/1363153617746853888 https://twitter.com/piersmorgan/status/1363236900220383232...
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    MF DOOM // Daniel Dumile (1971-2020)

    Confirmation came in today that British-born artist Daniel Dumile - known to millions as MF DOOM - passed away on the 31st October. His wife announced the news today on Instagram. https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/mf-doom-legendary-underground-rapper-213745775.html Dumile is responsible...
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    Martin Lambie-Nairn (1945-2020)

    Christmas Day brought with it the death of Martin Lambie-Nairn at the age of 75. https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/dec/28/martin-lambie-nairn-spitting-image-co-creator-dies Lambie-Nairn was one of the co-creators of the monolithic satire Spitting Image - he was actually the one...

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