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    Limited Edition Oyster Cards

    Yeah, that's the one... I've got one in my collection, and know the going rate - which suggests there weren't that many issued... Some have been as low as 500 issued (The adidas trainer ones), 1000 for the Adidas Arsenal one.. up to 1,500,000 for the Buckingham Palace Jubilee one... I'm...
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    Limited Edition Oyster Cards

    I've been spending some time researching the various limited edition oyster cards, and trying to find out how limited they are especially the Tutunkhamun visitors oyster. I put an FOI into TFL -...
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    Limited Edition Oyster Cards

    Thanks both, I hadn't come across this before - it's definitely not an actual oyster card though, just a wallet.... Appreciated :-)
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    Oyster Card - Still Valid

    You're probably better off selling the first generation cards on ebay - the ones with the red roundel are going for £40-50 currently...
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    Limited Edition Oyster Cards

    I've currently got a collection of over 20 different Oyster card variants, and whilst digging around for information on them all (and looking for new additions to my collection) - I've come across one on the Wikipedia article entitled "2015 London Design Awards "Girls Night Out" at...
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    6A11 (Robeston Sidings - Theale Murco) on fire near Llanelli (27/08)

    Indeed.. This short clip shows how a vacuum implosion can happen on tanks... YouTube clip of tank implosion
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    Abellio Greater Anglia - Trainee Train Drivers

    It's a common problem I've had... I live in Mid Wales myself and have applied to various TOC's with a mixture of success rates... Had interviews with Northern (however - I put my mums address in Hull on the application - which is where i'd be if I got the job...) - interviews and assessments...
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    TOPS Requests (including headcodes, allocations, traction, etc) [Instructions in Post 2]

    43076 is today on 1B16/1D22/1B43/1D47 43061 is today on 1C22/1D32/1B53 so no on that count :-) Can't help you on these sadly....
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    First Great Western - Trainee Drivers

    Yeah, external to FGW, though work elsewhere on the railway in a non safety critical role... My original application went in back in April 2013 .. That's what I was told by the managers at the end of my interview when explaining what the next steps where, should I be successful... I...
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    First Great Western - Trainee Drivers

    I sat my final interview (for Bristol) on Friday and sadly I'm out.. I've been given some positive feedback to work on for the future, which I'm grateful for. Good luck to those remaining.. I was told that the people starting the course in May were at interview back in November/December - so...
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    London to Barcelona

    I've just done a similar trip myself - London to Barcelona - but I did it slightly different... I did Eurostar to Paris - £62 (couldn't get cheaper as i'd left it a bit too late to get the £40 fares.. Then I did Paris to Perpignan on the Tren De Nuit - for the loco haulage and to save on...
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    Intercites de Nuit - Motive power?

    Thanks - I'm hoping for one of the 7200 loco's - however they both look interesting :-)
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    Intercites de Nuit - Motive power?

    I'm a euro-newbie - and travelling to Barcelona by train, and flying back... Eurostar to Paris obviously - then the Intercites de Nuit to Perpignan overnight... Anyone know what I'm likely to have hauling the train south? I understand there are three portions :- Paris-Austerlitz to...
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    1P10 06:30 Manchester Airport - Middlesborough 08/04/14

    Track Circuit Failure at Ashbury's - resulting in it being sent (presumably) west to Salford, then back in through Manchester Victoria and through to Stalybridge that way.. There are no reports of it between Piccadilly and Stalybridge (where it reappeared late) on RTT so that's all I can...
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    Birmingham New Street - Permissive Signalling

    On some occasions, yes - as we were due to sit there another 3-4 minutes.. Though on other occasions we were late - and could/should have gone straight out - and we were despatched literally as soon as the guard stepped back onto the platform - so where perhaps stationary the second time for...
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    Shrewsbury Platform 3

    I'm in Shrewsbury most days - and I've only ever seen LM 170's on Platform 4 once about 2 years ago at 7am.. And that was a complete cock up as it blocked the platform for about 20 minutes... Never seen them in any other platform than 5/6 apart from this one incidence.. 11th June 2012...
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    Birmingham New Street - Permissive Signalling

    Just a quick question regarding Birmingham New Streets signalling... Today I arrived into platform 1B from the Wolverhampton side with a 4 car train, and stopped short of the mid platform signal - and once boarding was complete we departed towards Birmingham International... The signal mid...
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    ATW Trainee Drivers Pwllehli & Machynlleth

    At the bottom of the advert, it states :- "NB: Please disregard the closing date for this postion, it will remain open until we have a sufficient number of applications. However, to avoid disappointment, we recomend you apply as soon as possible." If this was a test as part of the...
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    Buying a ticket at the 'first available opportunity'

    The quoted problem wouldn't happen, as I'm sure they could ask before boarding.. Ie when the guard was getting the ramp.. Any guard who says no in such situations is probably going to open a huge can of worms for themselves leaving a disabled passenger at a station who was willing to pay...

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