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RE: Railways in General - Adrian - 02 Jan 2016
http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/uk-news/flying-scotsman-back-tracks-after-10671019
RE: Railways in General - Andreos1 - 04 Jan 2016
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/jeremy-corbyn-urges-dft-to-stop-rail-fare-rises-as-he-highlights-the-absurdity-of-foreign-a6795406.html
Corbyn has had his say on foreign ownership of toc's.
RE: Railways in General - S813 FVK - 08 Jan 2016
Full steam ahead for the Flying Scotsman:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-35263024
RE: Railways in General - Andreos1 - 18 Feb 2016
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-35599189
Another survey.
RE: Railways in General - BusLoverMum - 24 Feb 2016
(08 Jan 2016, 9:37 pm)S813 FVK Full steam ahead for the Flying Scotsman:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-35263024
Some pictures chronicling the restoration work
http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/14299768.Flying_Scotsman__29_photos_from_the_restoration/?ref=rss
RE: Railways in General - omnicity4659 - 25 Feb 2016
Some people have clearly no bloody brains.
http://news.sky.com/story/1648376/trespassers-stop-flying-scotsman-in-its-tracks
RE: Railways in General - Adrian - 25 Feb 2016
(25 Feb 2016, 9:41 am)GX03 SVC Some people have clearly no bloody brains.It'll never change. The hobby, as any other hobby, attracts morons. Hopefully they get the book thrown at them.
http://news.sky.com/story/1648376/trespassers-stop-flying-scotsman-in-its-tracks
RE: Railways in General - Jimmi - 25 Feb 2016
(25 Feb 2016, 9:41 am)GX03 SVC Some people have clearly no bloody brains.
http://news.sky.com/story/1648376/trespassers-stop-flying-scotsman-in-its-tracks
Morons
I'm guessing this is why various trains on the East Coast Main Line were running late today. This annoyed me as it wrecked my plans for some rail photos at Northallerton and Thirsk today, especially at the latter as I couldn't get any mobile data signal so I had to do things the old fashioned way and simply guess what would pass thorough and when.
RE: Railways in General - Andreos1 - 26 Feb 2016
If the guy was a member on this forum, he may have mentioned this in the 'what's annoying you' thread
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-35665284
Mind VTEC have gained a lot of publicity out of it!
RE: Railways in General - Jimmi - 26 Feb 2016
(26 Feb 2016, 8:10 am)Andreos1 If the guy was a member on this forum, he may have mentioned this in the 'what's annoying you' threadSounds like the sort of thing that would happen to me!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-35665284
Mind VTEC have gained a lot of publicity out of it!
Although I did have some issues snapping Reliance's BA15BXS in Easingwold yesterday as some bint plonked her car behind the other Reliance bus that was at the bus stop, so the bus ended up having to stop in the middle of the road, just had time to snap this photo whilst a certain somebody was boarding: https://flic.kr/p/ErPDbb
RE: Railways in General - Andreos1 - 03 Aug 2016
https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert/Index?advertId=58d5cc61-b358-e611-8114-000c29c9ba21
Hopefully the link works.
A tender has gone out, in relation to investigating the feasibility options, ahead of a possible re-opening of lines between Bedford and East Anglia.
Cambridgeshire County Council is the body responsible for the tender.
RE: Railways in General - S813 FVK - 07 Aug 2016
http://www.itv.com/news/2016-08-07/man-decapitated-after-sticking-head-out-of-moving-train/
That's what happens I guess.
RE: Railways in General - northern156 - 08 Aug 2016
(07 Aug 2016, 7:39 pm)S813 FVK http://www.itv.com/news/2016-08-07/man-decapitated-after-sticking-head-out-of-moving-train/
That's what happens I guess.
It's what happens when you're hopeless and clueless with no regard to personal safety. For that to have happened I'm assuming they must have had most of their torso out of the window - not just their head. Got to be aware of the dangers especially on the cess side. Still incredibly tragic and I wouldn't be surprised to start seeing bars over the likes of Mark 3 windows from now on.
RE: Railways in General - 8222 - 09 Aug 2016
(08 Aug 2016, 7:51 pm)northern156 It's what happens when you're hopeless and clueless with no regard to personal safety. For that to have happened I'm assuming they must have had most of their torso out of the window - not just their head. Got to be aware of the dangers especially on the cess side. Still incredibly tragic and I wouldn't be surprised to start seeing bars over the likes of Mark 3 windows from now on.
I wouldn't be surprised neither - either that or a requirement to have plug doors fitted as per Chiltern Mark III stock. I'm sure they have bars fitted to the stock that operates on Sellafield workers' trains.
RE: Railways in General - northern156 - 09 Aug 2016
(09 Aug 2016, 8:19 am)8222 I wouldn't be surprised neither - either that or a requirement to have plug doors fitted as per Chiltern Mark III stock. I'm sure they have bars fitted to the stock that operates on Sellafield workers' trains.Yes Cumbrian Coast LHCS has bars fitted but this is solely due to restrictions on the route between Maryport and Carlisle requiring either stewards or some preventative measure.
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RE: Railways in General - Andreos1 - 10 Aug 2016
I've heard (and read) reports, that the guy involved in the Gatwick Express incident worked in the industry.
RE: Railways in General - NK53 TKT - 10 Aug 2016
(10 Aug 2016, 6:49 am)Andreos1 I've heard (and read) reports, that the guy involved in the Gatwick Express incident worked in the industry.
He was a Hitachi Rail engineer
RE: Railways in General - Andreos1 - 16 Aug 2016
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-37091018
Rail fares have gone up 25% over last 6 years.
Whilst over the last year, shareholder dividends have gone up by 21%.
RE: Railways in General - northern156 - 16 Aug 2016
I love how the media are reporting this latest fare increase widely as if it's something brand new and that has never happened before; whereas it goes up every January and has done since year dot. Inflation is the word of the day for them.
Metro seem to be the worst for it IMHO...
RE: Railways in General - citaro5284 - 18 Aug 2016
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-37095651
Reality Check: Have rail fares risen twice as fast as wages?