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    1963 Southampton to Wembley

    14 minutes into this will show you how....
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    British rail catering manual

    https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/an-inspector-recalls.129903/#post-2563258 goes into some of the more creative catering fiddles in this book apparently - haven't read it myself.
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    SWML Disruption

    Thanks, I will have a look for that report mentioned by pompeyfan. Lots of other useful info here, certainly food for thought. Put my Delay Repay claim in for yesterday, received a message that they expect to pay in three weeks because of the volume of recent claims. Also, wasn't too...
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    SWML Disruption

    After spending an hour tonight on a train slowly grinding its way between Clapham Junction and Surbiton, due to a broken down train at Berrylands, I thought I would start this thread to track disruption between London Waterloo and Woking (as the first main junction) as the last couple of weeks...
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    What are the strange structures in this photo?

    interesting film about ancient lights that BBC archive shared this week, https://twitter.com/BBCArchive/status/973953707485421568
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    Class 442s - Now at the end of the road and to be withdrawn permanently

    SWR have tweeted a picture of the refurb as it starts https://twitter.com/SW_Railway/status/968084317288194048
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    New South Western franchise: Awarded to First/MTR

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-40886238
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    New South Western franchise: Awarded to First/MTR

    See all the handrails on the stairs up to the platform have been repainted orange
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    Capacity on Southampton to Waterloo line

    Was an 8 car 450 until last December when the timetable was twiddled
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    Southern DOO: ASLEF members vote 79.1% for revised deal

    muphry's law, of course https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muphry's_law
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    "Facing" vs "Back" to direction of travel.

    RAF transport flights have the seats facing backwards for this reason

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