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    Class 43 disposals

    I have the following at Ely: 017, 020, 024, 174, 190,191, 309, 310, 311, 314, 315, 317, 318. Happy to be corrected.
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    SWR Class 458 to be retained

    It's not necessarily zero sum for SWR. If anyone asks the question about whether this is admitting to a further extended delay to the 701s, I'm sure their publicity machine could spin something about the 458/4s eventually allowing a more rapid withdrawal of the elderly 455s, rather than a slower...
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    Class 321 storage/scrapping

    Just these two or the whole fleet?
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    Royal Photo Controversy

    I would like to say "slow news day" but there is important stuff going on that's been pushed down the running order by this. Domestically a sitting MP has defected to the Farage Party, and internationally Haiti is on the brink of a civil war. It's pathetic, once again the media is self obsessed...
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    Royal Photo Controversy

    I know what procedure she had done. Obviously I can't say on an open forum, but let's just say the conspiracy theories are just that. Theories, with no foundation in reality. She is not on her deathbed.
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    Merseyrail legacy fleet updates (Class 507/508)

    Are 507013 and 507032 still around? I have them down as withdrawn, but it may be a mistake in my records.
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    Local radio stations

    That's what we're hoping for. But like pretty much all community stations we are not signed up to RAJAR due to the enormous costs involved, so getting accurate figures is always going to be difficult.
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    Local radio stations

    There are upwards of 150 community radio stations on FM and DAB in the UK. All run and operated by volunteers, yes the quality can be variable, but there are some good ones out there. Some are specialist interest (Southampton, for example, has Fiesta FM, which is Spanish cultural) but a lot of...
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    Local radio stations

    There's always us lot in community radio. We're not going anywhere, and OFCOM rules state we can't be sold :-)
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    EMR Class 170 updates

    I was going to ask the same, and I think recently there was one ex-Southern 170 still running about in old livery. Has this one been done?
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    Competition to name one of the Class 150s on the Marston Vale Line announced

    How about naming the three of them "old", "dirty" and "late" (with apologies to Network Southeast circa 1993)
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    SWR Metro fleet permanent withdrawals

    It would be nice to see one in NSE livery at some point (obviously with the door colour modifications needed to make them compliant for modern day use).
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    Post World War 2 - peoples views of Germany?

    Psychologists have had a field day with this sort of thing for years. And many of their conclusions have been how malleable groups of people are when someone in "authority" tells them to do something unpleasant, and reassures them it's OK to do so. Look up the Milgram Experiment. It's scary...
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    Substantial gap in new train deliveries

    IIRC Siemens are building tube stock at Goole.
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    Longest line of sight (UK)

    Tarn et Garonne, about an hour north east of Toulouse.
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    Longest line of sight (UK)

    Slightly ot as this is a UK thread, but I thought you may appreciate this: I'm away in SW France this week, and for the last two mornings we have been treated to a stonking view of the Pyrenees some 200km away. The conditions have been perfect. Not my photo, nicked (with permission) from the...
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    Class 319's into storage/withdrawals tracker

    Aside from the two awaiting their transport to Sims next week from Allerton, I make it just 5 319s still in existence: 319371 at Long Marston 319373 and 319441 at Castle Donnington 319377 and 319380 at Eastleigh. Am I correct?
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    Google Consent Statements…

    I find the "I don't care about cookies" browser plug in does the trick. It just automatically rejects any tracking or consent.
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    Which timezone should the UK be in?

    I'd go with CET. I'm just back from France, and sunset at 6pm at the end of January was rather welcome.
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    Conscription.

    Thank you. It's always good to hear from someone who has good knowledge of a subject. I spent a fair amount of time on here using my professional background in Healthcare to put down media rumours during Covid. You are right, most journalists don't have a clue about what they are writing. It's...

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