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The best way to electrify the Chiltern Network and the Snow Hill Lines
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Rebuilding Ricky was an option at one time - but there was (and is) a need to maintain the berthing sidings there ....... Transferring...
14 May 2024
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The best way to electrify the Chiltern Network and the Snow Hill Lines
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Some knowledge as to the Aylesbury route , having been involved in Crossrail 1 (the one that got cancelled in 1994)- Tricky to get OLE...
14 May 2024
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Rishi Sunak and the Conservative Party.
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There have been "efficient" Conservative shuffling of boundaries - one would expect the alliance of Harpenden and Hitchin with a belt of...
10 May 2024
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Rishi Sunak and the Conservative Party.
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Far too modern in my view - a series of chariot journeys along the Roman road network , with stays at noteble villas and temples........
10 May 2024
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Rishi Sunak and the Conservative Party.
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Many of my friends are hoping for a "Portillo" moment for this gentleman........
10 May 2024
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How does Waterloo only get 60 million passengers yet each SWR train I get is packed like sardines?
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Mentioned this before - but the structural regime of the railways since 1996 makes (a) Train fleet leases often have mileage caps...
8 May 2024
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Chiltern Railways train stuck for 5 hours
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There is still a Thunderbird loco at Rugby ? - used to be - now a bit of prudent planning would have moved that to say Banbury to...
6 May 2024
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Goblin - Watford DC line link
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Camden-Stratford would be 10tph still. Not sure how even they'd all remain. Would LOVE that third Camden Rd platform to enable a few...
6 May 2024
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Chiltern Railways train stuck for 5 hours
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In my day , that would have been a joint enquiry - did several , with the view on not apportioning blame - but improving reactions etc...
6 May 2024
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Chiltern Railways train stuck for 5 hours
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A friend caught up in this incident - their only way home was an Uber with 4 others for £55 each to Wembley Park for the tube She is not...
6 May 2024
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Could the Heart of Wales line host more regular steam trips?
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At a guess , Swansea to Llandrindod might work - access at Swansea end good for connections all over and enough track around to berth...
23 Apr 2024
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Where else in the UK could tramways/light rail be installed?
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Add on sections to Neath via Port Tennant , Briton Ferry to the station (maybe beyond eventually) - and a bit of crayonning to get a...
22 Apr 2024
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Beeching Cuts and the Big Four
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Certainly , well into the 1970's best Welsh anthracite would be railed from GCG / Abernant to Nairn and other distant Scottish locations...
22 Apr 2024
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Beeching Cuts and the Big Four
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Slightly off topic - but a rail freight point - road had overtaken rail for traffic movements at Tilbury Docks from as early as 1946 ...
21 Apr 2024
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Themed graffiti
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Yes - I had a visit to Coney Island Yard to see some of this in action ,and it was very impressive indeed and spoke to some of the car...
15 Apr 2024
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