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    NYMR news and updates.

    I sometimes wonder if Llangollen Railway plc had organised its own auction of assets they may have raised enough to survive and avoided paying the receiver's their hefty fees. I gather the auction raised more than was expected.
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    NYMR news and updates.

    That link I provided isn't behind a paywall it just came up on my computer and I have not susbcribed to anything. I will paste in the text:
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    NYMR news and updates.

    The following story popped up on my news feed late last night. I must admit I have never got round to visit the NYMR, though I have seen it many times on various TV dramas and documentaries over the years. Could they be going to go the way of Llangollen...
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    Worst examples of BR era "vandalism"?

    Shortening of lines appeared to happen in a few places, making passengers walk further is a great disincentive to getting them to use the railway rather than the car. Also rationalisation of freight could have made for improved passenger only facilities. Two Western Region lines which I...
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    1970s Railway Accident Documentary Series.

    The Sunday morning programme was "Steam Horse Iron Road" which I recall opened with some film from the Titfield Thunderbolt Knock and Rolt were among the presenters of the idividual episodes which covered the history of railways.
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    Worst examples of BR era "vandalism"?

    Liverpool Central High Level, whilst it might not have seen rail use with the connecting of the link line to the ex CLC line the trainshed could have been used as a city centre exhibition centre as happened at Manchester Central. With direct rail access to the underground platforms it would...
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    Okehampton - 2 Years On

    Station Road in Okehampton has a lot of Victorian houses without drive ways, thus a lot of on street parking. Since the original station reopened traffic has increased significantly and buses are making their way up and down to the station. The station car park is not that big either. When I...
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    What's In a Name? - British Bus Companies

    Exeter certainly was an odd choice for HQ but perhaps WNOC/SNOC always hoped for what eventually happened in 1970 - the acquistion of Devon General when National House turned out to be well located almost in the heart of the empire. Though a BET operation I note that old timetables as with...
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    Worcester - van on track 4 March 2024

    Obviously someone paying too much attention to the Sat Nav!!! About a decade ago I bought my first car with a built in sat nav. Having never used one before I set it up for a journey from my work place to Liverpool Costco about 4 or 5 miles out of curiosity to see if would take me the route...
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    Single-track station on double-track railway?

    Going back to GWR Broad Gauge days there were several single sided stations with two platforms on the same side with a cross-over. I can't recall which ones but I have seen photos, diagrams and models.
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    What's In a Name? - British Bus Companies

    Yes but the individual company / fleet names were maintained even on the white coaches. The standardised poppy red / leaf green usually went to bus companies in Tilling and BET groups which had used either red or green as their primary colours. The real casualty of the change was dropping shades...
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    Looe branch unfinished 1937 deviation

    An excellent book was published a couple of years ago "The Great Western Railway's Last Resort" written by Alec Kendall and published by the Caradon Project. Its availability had limited advertising confined to SW local history groups and I managed to secure a copy following a mention in the...
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    What's In a Name? - British Bus Companies

    Oh yes - seemed a bit odd using it for services around Weston Super Mare. Bristol Omibus would have been a better choice!
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    What's In a Name? - British Bus Companies

    Something which has puzzled me in the transport world during the past 30 years. Since the disappearance of British Railways we have seen some TOCs adopt the identities of the old railway companies - GWR, Southern, LNER. However, in the bus world so many of the old operator names have...
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    Bridgnorth Castle Hill Railway Reopening March 4th

    It has been annouced that the Bridgnorth Castle Hill Railway which provides a link between the higher and lower town areas of the Shropshire town and Britain's only working inland cliff railway is finally due to reopen next Monday - March 4th. The railway has been closed since a retaining wall...

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