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    Alliance Rail wish to revive the 'GNER' brand name on the East Coast main line

    Hope the new GNER run by Alliance Rail Holdings (DB) gets the go ahead, would be nice to have decent commuter trains in Worksop again. Is DB slowly trying to take over the ECML bit by bit? http://www.alliancerail.co.uk/gner/
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    New yorkshire power stations

    Don't let that stop you from going up to the Joan Croft area, theres a footpath just south of the old freight overpass that crosses the ECML called Marselles (or something like that). Theres also Dormer Green if you don't mind the walk :)
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    DB to buy Grand Central

    Good stuff only seen a newspaper about the takeover. I love the GC branding - got way more flair than EC sets
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    New yorkshire power stations

    Just to clarigy the Thorpe Marsh situation, its going to be a gas fired power station, the sidings are going to be used to transport materials to the new North Doncaster Chord freight avoiding line and the cooling towers are going to be demolished soon. The new line will also mean the end of...
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    Seen 43s but not seen any 91s on the ECML due to engineering work today

    GC HSTs were going same way as the EC sets. Didn't see a 91 or 67 all day despite going to the Newark-Lincoln line then Gainsborough Lincoln line - where did they go or was I just unlucky?

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