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    More dangerous lineside behaviour around Flying Scotsman

    Yes, but even the draconian level of H&S we have at the moment doesn't prevent trespassers or people climbing onto wagons beneath 25kV wires. Punishing steam enthusiasts and photographers by banning main line running is unlikely to save any lives. How many people have been killed whilst...
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    More dangerous lineside behaviour around Flying Scotsman

    No. And you'd expect anyone trying to do so to be picked up by Plod and escorted to a place of safety after being given some words of advice. But you can bus spot from the edge of a dual carriageway where the traffic might be travelling at motorway speeds. If you walked into the road and got...
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    More dangerous lineside behaviour around Flying Scotsman

    But people will still trespass on the railway.
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    More dangerous lineside behaviour around Flying Scotsman

    So we have a steam ban on the mainline, no need for droplight windows or Mk1 stock anymore. NR is happy, TOCs are happy and BTP are happy. But the world has become a little more soulless.
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    More dangerous lineside behaviour around Flying Scotsman

    Sadly, it isn't possible to manage, design or legislate away all risk. The UK has miles of substandard fencing because people keep pulling it down to take shortcuts across the railway. People WILL get hit by trains, just in the same way that they get hit by cars, buses and lorries. I'm not...
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    More dangerous lineside behaviour around Flying Scotsman

    That's not what I'm saying. The problem is that they're oblivious to the fact that they've just strolled in front of a dozen people all lining their shot up (HDR is so 2017). There are also idiots who plonk themselves in the wrong places with tripods and sound recording gear. I think what I'm...
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    More dangerous lineside behaviour around Flying Scotsman

    If we removed the compensation culture that causes TOCs and NR to fear being sued by the families of scum who kill and maim themselves whilst on railway land and made it clear that the responsibility for death & injury rests purely with the trespasser, then it might stop the problem (or at least...
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    More dangerous lineside behaviour around Flying Scotsman

    And the shots they were getting would be garbage too. If everyone had stood along the back edge of the platform in the video footage shown, they'd have been able to get an acceptable shot of the whole train passing through and the guy kneeling down wouldn't have needed to put himself in danger...
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    More dangerous lineside behaviour around Flying Scotsman

    Unfortunately what happens is that photographers will position themselves well in advance of the arrival of a special train (including those hauled by FS), then latecomers and Joe Public turn up with their phones, tablets and "once in a blue moon" cameras. These people tend not to think like...
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    More dangerous lineside behaviour around Flying Scotsman

    Swap the nameplates for those of another A3 and renumber the bloody thing as an unknown loco. Or just paint it bright orange, or matt black with no numbers. Then the mouth breathers with their iPads will have no idea what loco is running & the "master shot" merchants won't want to photograph it...
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    Railway stations you think need a refurbishment

    Luton Midland - draughty, dingy, dilapidated. The overbridge feels like its about to collapse. Access for mobility impaired passengers is very poor. Passenger information screens are woeful and all in the wrong places. The roof leaks like a sieve and the new waiting shelter is in totally the...
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    DfT Interference in running railways.

    If running rail franchises generates such a small profit, why do Virgin, Stagecoach, GoVia, Serco, Abellio et al spend so much money on trying to win them in the first place? There seems to be little fiscal sense in exposing your organisation to the brickbats & ridicule which await any train...
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    Arriva was Disqualified from East Midlands Franchise confirms DfT

    Unlikely. No insurer would agree to sign that blank cheque. They'd effectively be saying that they'd be willing to accept the liability for providing index-linked final salary benefits to existing pensioners, current active members and deferred scheme members. Even the best actuaries can't...
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    East Midlands franchise won by Abellio

    They don't want the MML trains clogged up with London commuters going home to Snorbans. Look what they've done to Luton & Bedford passengers already.
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    East Midlands franchise won by Abellio

    Thameslink Desiro City Class 700s were described as being "more spacious" too. That's code for more room to stand.
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    Stagecoach disqualified from three franchise competitions

    Because Sir Richard and his "brand" are seen as an ethical and effective one by the general public. His skill is in maximising the value of his brand whilst allowing other companies (usually Stagecoach) to take most of the financial risk. Virgin rarely have a stake larger than 10% in any rail...
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    Thameslink Services/Timetable from May 20th 2018

    Presumably their logic is that "We don't get paid for running that train with passengers, so we'll fill it with fresh air instead". Their monumental stupidity as a train operator is exceeded only by their gargantuan arrogance.
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    Littering/ waste along our railways

    The thing I notice most is how much abandoned rail is littering the side of the track. I'm not just talking about the odd scrap a couple of feet long, but great lengths, often in multiple "bundles". Does NR have any policy on removing and recycling all this scrap steel? There must be £millions...

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