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    Accidents in December

    Also West Ealing: 19 December 1973. D1007 Western Talisman derailed. Its battery box came open and switched points underneath it. 10 fatalities.
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    Intercity Push/Pull Railtour

    I've been checking their website on a regular basis. It has said '2023 trips will be announced soon' since at least November, probably October.
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    Is Newport Station ugly?

    Agree Preston Railway station is attractive, although it now has a brand new entrance which is a concrete carbuncle. However Preston Bus station is a truely hideous building. Dating from 1969 it has been voted the ugliest building in the UK (first place, not third)
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    Matt's All line rover trip report

    My answer to being asked that question by a passenger for a 1st class ALR is 'I've got an Absolutely Fabulous ticket, thankyou'. Shuts them up immediately!
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    All-line Rail Rover trip plan - would love your thoughts

    I enjoy an Aberdeen to Penzance trip on a 1st class ALR, I'm doing one next week. I enjoy going from one end of the country to the other in less than 24 hours. My route is LNER 0952 Aberdeen to Kings Cross then that night's Night Riviera sleeper Paddington to Penzance. Bert supplement on the...
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    GWR Pullman dining reinstated

    If you’re lucky enough to be joining the train at a station where you can observe the food being loaded (eg.Plymouth), then simply travel in that unit.
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    Senior Railcard validity

    I wish I’d had your conundrum about an early start when I got my first senior railcard. I applied early for mine and received it a week before my 60th birthday. Unfortunately that was at the start of lockdown 3 in January last year. Because of the restrictions I couldn’t make use of my railcard...
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    Avanti West Coast: Standard Premium

    Bring back Virgin - yes, definitely. Talking bogs - no thank you.
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    Avanti West Coast: Standard Premium

    Strange you should mention 'herding'. My wife experienced the same today from Glasgow to Preston. She referred it to being in a cattle truck.
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    GWR Pullman dining reinstated

    Hi, I have done several Pullmans on Plymouth - London journeys. On these if you have a first class ticket you can remain in your seat for the entire journey. There is only one sitting. I presume London - Plymouth will be the same. I would advise you to watch where the food is loaded (if two...
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    Media Coverage of COVID -19

    The clip of that interview that I saw on the BBC news channel, the interviewer did ask him that very question several times and he refused to answer it. instead he just kept repeating himself word for word. Clearly his true answer to that question would be well into next year, or beyond!
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    Vaccine side effects?

    Flu jab in January - no side effects whatsoever. Covid jab on Tuesday - side effects of sore arm, mild headache, tiredness, aching body for 24 hours. Better today after good night's sleep.
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    Urgent TOPS Requests

    195131 and 195132 were stabled at Huddersfield station on Wednesday
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    GWR Cornish Night Riviera Sleeper and GWR Class 57 updates from Long Rock

    Sounds worrying: Bed bugs at Plymouth?!
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    On this day in history.

    For me: 19/1/08 Preston Docker Railtour 67029 London Euston-Preston Ribble Steam Railway 37401 Preston Ribble Steam Railway-Ribble Junction 67029 Ribble Junction-Morecambe 37401 Morecamble-Heysham Port 67029 Heysham Port-Morecamble 37401 Morecambe-Carnforth 67029 Carnforth-Preston-London Euston
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    On this day in history.

    30/11/96 The Berwick Barbeque 86424 London KX – Edinburgh D9000 Edinburgh Waverley – Berwick-upon-Tweed (57½ glorious miles – shame it wasn’t 393) 37702 Berwick-upon-Tweed – Newcastle 86430 Newcastle – London KX (arrived 3 hours late)
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    On this day in history.

    Had to go to ticket office at Preston and obtain a free "boarding pass". In true BR fashion, this just consisted of a small piece of paper with the words 'InterCity APT Boarding Pass' photocopied to the nth degree. The ticket clerk would then stamp this pass and write your coach and seat number...
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    On this day in history.

    Fast! Left Preston 25 minutes late, arrived in Motherwell only about 5 mins late. That was my one and only journey on it, as by then it's days were already numbered - a great shame.
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    On this day in history.

    Notable dates for me were: 14 Nov 1997 D9000 Warrington-Preston 15 Nov 1997 D9000 Carlisle-Preston 16 Nov 1984 APT Preston-Motherwell

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