Forum: Railway News from around the World
17th June 2009, 18:52
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Replies: 3
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Forum: Passenger Operations and Observations
7th April 2009, 19:46
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Replies: 13
Views: 6,200
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Forum: Passenger Operations and Observations
5th April 2009, 17:57
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Replies: 13
Views: 6,200
Got to agree. The NXEC livery looks totally...
Got to agree. The NXEC livery looks totally anonymous, as well as resembling the EMT colour scheme.
The GNER scheme harked back to the original pre-nationalisation GNE livery, but I never liked the...
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Forum: Railway Stations
5th April 2009, 17:43
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Replies: 12
Views: 13,755
It's a bit late saying this, but I'll add my...
It's a bit late saying this, but I'll add my fourpennoth anyway.
As a trainspotter in West Cumberland (as it was then) in the mid and late 1960's, Carlisle was my nearest major railway centre....
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Forum: Railway News from around the World
29th September 2008, 19:59
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Replies: 8
Views: 3,024
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Forum: Railway News from around the World
13th September 2008, 19:45
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Replies: 21
Views: 7,045
I remember the 1996 fire, when a lorry loaded...
I remember the 1996 fire, when a lorry loaded with (I think) expanded polystyrene chips caught fire. The policy at the time was "if you catch fire, keep going in the same direction PDQ" but the train...
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Forum: Passenger Operations and Observations
12th July 2007, 19:09
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Replies: 8
Views: 6,441
Actually, with the introduction of the new...
Actually, with the introduction of the new titmetable in May, there has been quite an improvement in services between KX and Leeds. Before, the average time between trains was 39.5 minutes. Now it's...
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Forum: Passenger Operations and Observations
7th July 2007, 21:54
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Replies: 8
Views: 6,441
Swiss
The Edinburgh to Newcastle timetable I...
Swiss
The Edinburgh to Newcastle timetable I quoted was intended purely as an example - nothing more. I know that IF I had re-timed the XX.05, there would have been a considerable knock-on effect...
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Forum: Passenger Operations and Observations
6th July 2007, 22:01
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Replies: 8
Views: 6,441
British Train Timetables
Hello one and all.
As I said in the "Say Hello" thread, my main interest with railways are their timetables, especially those relating to GNER, Hull Trains, GCR (whenever they decide to start...
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Forum: Say Hello
5th July 2007, 23:38
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Replies: 4
Views: 3,008
Hi Trev
I'm sorry, I haven't a clue. It was...
Hi Trev
I'm sorry, I haven't a clue. It was something I picked up from the trainspotting fraternity at my school. I never questioned where the expression came from nor its origins.
The only other...
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Forum: Railway News from around the World
5th July 2007, 23:19
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Replies: 15
Views: 6,339
Compensation from VWC and GNER
When I was living & working in N. London, I once travelled from Watford Junction to Edinburgh. It was in late August 2001, and I planned to get a VWC train leaving WJ at about 1345. It transpired...
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Forum: Say Hello
5th July 2007, 20:26
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Replies: 4
Views: 3,008
Salutations from an O.F. from Auld Reekie
Good afternoon (well, it was when I started this!)
I'm 43006, an Ivatt 4MT (and NOT an HST power car), with a 50% chance of being already preserved at Haverthwaite! As you will have noticed, I've a...
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