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Discussion about railways in the UK
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OT: Airline posters
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Off topic, I know, but today's Telegraph Online has some excellent air travel posters from the 1950s, 60s, 70s and a couple of earlier ones: [link]
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"FCC train divides while in motion"
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The Ticket Collector is reporting that yesterday's "1422 Kings Cross to Peterborough service divided while in motion on the approach to Finsbury Park. In what seems to be exactly the same thing that happened 2 years ago." [link]... more »
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More lost data! - RPMI
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I just heard that Deloitte the auditor of the railway pension scheme had a laptop stolen, which contains details of members of the RPMI. F* Sake, what ever next !
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Regional Eurostar trains
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Could someone on the message board solve an interesting question. While discussing the north of London Eurostar sets that are currently on lease to the SNCF, a friend of mine claimed that they no longer have some of the fire safety equipment (cable protection etc) that they would require to travel through the channel tunnel? This was news... more »
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Southampton Routeing question
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I'm considering buying a annual gold card for Sway-Southampton Airport. According to the National Rail site, price is £1588. But I noticed that in the destination box, as well as "Southampton Central" and "Southampton Airport", there is also "Southampton (All Stations)", which comes up with the same price as Southampton Central... more »
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And now for something completely different...
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SWMBO & I were out yesterday taking pictures of trains, and found ourselves at Lime Street again. So she went off to see the DSM to alert him to our presence, expecting that once again it would all go horribly wrong for no readily apparent reason. Far from it. "Fine," he said, "just don't go anywhere you shouldn't, and... more »
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LMS Jubilee class (photos)
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Hi All I have added a new collection of LMS Jubilee class locos, with photos given to me by Keith Till, Adrian Bradshaw & Paul Hatton, including my own Keith Till's include a lot of old pics from the 60's including 45552 Silver Jubilee, and a few nameplate pics. Full Collection [link]... more »
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Real progress made growing bionic duckweed - BBC News
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In bloom: growing algae for biofuel By Paul Henley BBC News, Roosendaal "It's exciting because it's achievable," says Peter van den Dorpel, as he looks over the big plastic tubes full of various shades of green algae. His company has designed, produced and marketed the crop in its bid to be the first to provide the aviation industry with a feasible... more »
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Exeter - Penzance
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I'm travelling on a service from Exeter to Penzance, (its on a Sunday and not a London service) Which type of traction should i expect??
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