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  1. Macwomble

    Workington bridge closed? (29/02/2024)

    One of the things that this closure does highlight is the huge number of different classes of traction that can/can't be operated/maintained by particular depots. Had we had a "standard" class of DMU it'd make things a whole lot easier in dealing with situations like this.
  2. Macwomble

    Workington bridge closed? (29/02/2024)

    Update from Network Rail https://www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/news/emergency-anti-erosion-work-underway-for-cumbrian-viaduct Emergency anti-erosion work underway for Cumbrian viaduct Region & Route: North West & Central: North West Passengers are being advised of urgent repair work on the...
  3. Macwomble

    Level crossing problem

    Write to DVSA & request a written driving test report which must specify the reason for the fail. If your daughter doesn't agree with the report then complain on the grounds that the test was "not conducted in accordance with the regulations". If that's successful it won't change the original...
  4. Macwomble

    Status of the Stirling-Alloa-Kincardine line

    So far as I know still in use for Fife Circle/Stirling "Steam Specials" & I'd guess the odd engineering train too.
  5. Macwomble

    Michelle Handforth, Network Rail Regional Managing Director resigns

    What I don't get is how someone whose previous job was CEO of the Port of Aberdeen & who still lived there could do a railway based management job in the south of England. Surely someone holding the position should be required to have a railway background. Strikes me she was square peg in a...
  6. Macwomble

    Trivia - stationless towns with the nearest station in a different county

    Without checking Google Maps........wouldn't Thurso be closer to Lerwick than Wick?
  7. Macwomble

    Pause HS2 land sale, says government big projects adviser

    This government never seems to listen to experts........so why should anything change now?
  8. Macwomble

    A cartoonist's view

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  9. Macwomble

    A cartoonist's view

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  10. Macwomble

    Severe weather Saturday 7th October, some ScotRail services suspended.

    Gawd, I hope that little lot doesn't come down.........it'll cause absolutely carnage to services in/around Glasgow
  11. Macwomble

    I drove through a level crossing

    Amber means STOP....if you can do so safely. if there was another car on your rear bumper you can argue that had you stopped you may have got "rear ended".
  12. Macwomble

    East Kilbride/Barrhead electrification updates

    I take it there's still no word on what's to happen about the road bridge at Clarkston Toll. ....or have I missed something :D
  13. Macwomble

    Levenmouth rail link to reopen: project updates

    Crossover at Leven Station now installed https://www.railscot.co.uk/img/86/969/
  14. Macwomble

    Petrol and diesel prices - how much have you been paying?

    138.9 for both at my local Sainsburys today
  15. Macwomble

    Rishi Sunak and the Conservative Party.

    ....and get a nice little "golden handshake" in the process
  16. Macwomble

    Decarbonising Scotland’s Railways

    As there is bound to be a lay over time at Stranraer why not have a (very) short section of overhead there then you can have charging of the BEMUs at either end of the shuttle.
  17. Macwomble

    2022 Conservative Leadership Election - Liz Truss chosen as party leader (and subsequent reshuffle)

    Picked Sunak....simply because he's the least worst choice. Frankly I would let any of them near No 10....they're all tainted (some worse than others to be fair).
  18. Macwomble

    Trivia: Zoological Stations

    Dunrobin Castle

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