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The Social Railway - Don't InterCity operators have such responsibilities too? XC bosses in particular, I'm thinking of you.
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Speculative Discussion
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As many in here know, back in the late 1960s, post Beeching, it was realised that some loss-making rail lines should be saved on...
Sunday at 09:20
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Hope Valley Capacity Scheme updates
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Gosh. Hadn't realised these kind of data sheets existed! Thks.
Sunday at 08:13
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Thames-Clyde Express in the 1970's
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I forgot to mention the up SuO service, 1E20, the 15.19 ex Carlisle DOES still go to Notthingham still. But it's all shacks over the S&C...
Sunday at 08:12
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70014IronDuke
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Hope Valley Capacity Scheme updates
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Has timekeeping on the route improved noticeably at all as a result of the re-doubling?
Saturday at 11:55
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Dining Car Attendant 1928 - 1939 St Pancras?
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As @Gloster says, in the years of your interest, trains from Euston and St Pancras were both part of the LMS Railway. However, in...
Saturday at 11:43
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Thames-Clyde Express in the 1970's
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Not any longer, alas. It's been cut back - starts at Sheffield now. The Thames-Clyde was usually routed through Trent and Leicester -...
Saturday at 11:36
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Dining Car Attendant 1928 - 1939 St Pancras?
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In which case, it might well be that he worked trains from Euston, not St Pancras (or KX), even if he lived nearer those stations. (It's...
11 Apr 2024
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70014IronDuke
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Thames-Clyde Express in the 1970's
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Excellent little case study of how to motivate folk at all levels. Thanks for this, just a shame about the bigger picture regarding...
9 Apr 2024
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Beeching Cuts and the Big Four
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I don't think so. Sure, the Southern (Railway) closed a few branches, and yes, they would surely have gone under BR and Beeching - but...
4 Apr 2024
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70014IronDuke
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Thames-Clyde Express in the 1970's
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Interesting. Got any more on this story, I mean, why the work there was so good? Good management team, or just a random set of tradesmen...
4 Apr 2024
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Pilot Engines
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Fair point. I'd have thought even single locos must be barely working for significant distances on today's steam-hauled specials, given...
4 Apr 2024
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The Highwayman Service
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Surely the Highwayman was an innovation of BR Eastern Region - it was not some outside entrepreneurial outfit who were ex-road coach...
4 Apr 2024
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70014IronDuke
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Pilot Engines
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The Night Ferry, especially when worked via the North Kent route, famously had a regular 4-4-0 pilot even when worked by an 8P MN to...
1 Apr 2024
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70014IronDuke
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Thames-Clyde Express in the 1970's
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This was long the practice with the overnights, so providing a sleeper service from both Nottingham and Derby. This was probably true...
25 Mar 2024
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Which single-span footbridge crosses the most tracks?
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Almost certainly not the winner, but the footbridge at Faversham, which crosses the main lines and the former shed throat, used to...
25 Mar 2024
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