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Remodelled track and what looks like brand new colour light signalling being installed....
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Splendid!
The four classic destination lightboxes at Earl’s Court tube station, dating from 1905 have started working again after they were restored and connected to a new signalling system being rolled out on the railway.
The four classic destination lightboxes at Earl’s Court tube station, dating from 1905 have started working again after they were restored and connected to a new signalling system being rolled out on the railway.
Earl’s Court tube station’s historic destination signs have been restored
The four classic destination lightboxes at Earl's Court tube station, dating from 1905 have started working again after they were restored and connected to a new signalling system being rolled out on the railway.
www.ianvisits.co.uk
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How do I change this 'custom title' thing then?
Escaped giant tortoise halts Cambridge to Norwich trains Escaped giant tortoise halts Cambridge to Norwich trains
Puddy_Tat
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don't think the late reggie perrin ever had 'giant tortoise on the line' as reason for being 22 minutes late...
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One minute it was there, the next, whoosh!!! ...gone
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Driverless tube trains?
London needs driverless Tube like Paris, says Grant Shapps
The transport secretary's comments come as the government offers Transport for London a new bailout.
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cybershot
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He's great, got a book coming out too, which will no doubt be shit, and he got used by Gucci campaign recently. Fair play to him, he's living the life I'd have loved to have lived at his age making money pissing about train spotting and the rail workers love him.
There's some funny TikTok reaction videos where on one he not only reveals his girlfriend, but that (not that it matters) she is really pretty. It would seem he has lots of fangirls, who are all gutted.
Good to many want nerds & geeks in their life and not jocks.
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That's great news!
Welsh timber working between Aberystwyth and Chirk made permanent
Welsh timber is back on Welsh railways, and this time its here permanently. Following a successful trial in April, Colas Rail has agreed a permanent contract to move raw timber logs from the coastal town of Aberystwyth to the Kronospan processing plant at Chirk, just south of Wrexham in the...
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davesgcr
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Looks like a very standard "Black 5" - LMS design , superb engines that could do almost anything.
Designed of course by WIlliam Stanier - Swindon trained and so on , so appropriate it is at Southall.
teuchter
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Could it be Bahamas?
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It ran a tour on Thursday (saw it come past me here in South London on its way to Kent).
Steam engines for tours starting from london are often/usually stabled at Southall - which I think is WCRC's centre of operations.
LMS Jubilee Class 5596 Bahamas - Wikipedia
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It ran a tour on Thursday (saw it come past me here in South London on its way to Kent).
Steam engines for tours starting from london are often/usually stabled at Southall - which I think is WCRC's centre of operations.
Puddy_Tat
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london transport museum's 1938 tube stock is out to play at the far end of the metropolitan line on 3 / 4 september
www.ltmuseum.co.uk
not cheap to travel, but then it's not cheap to restore and maintain such kit either...
Art Deco train journey | London Transport Museum
Be transported to a bygone era on a 1938 Art Deco-style vintage train this September with our heritage train events.
not cheap to travel, but then it's not cheap to restore and maintain such kit either...
teuchter
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On the picket line: we show you how to model workers on strike
World of Railways is the UKs biggest Railway themed website, incorporating British Railway Modelling, Garden Rail, Narrow Gauge World & Traction
www.world-of-railways.co.uk
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Less than 2 weeks away now for our annual pilgrimage and it pretty much has everything you could wish for, even a steam loco in last few years. Home - The Great Dorset Steam Fair
davesgcr
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london transport museum's 1938 tube stock is out to play at the far end of the metropolitan line on 3 / 4 september
Art Deco train journey | London Transport Museum
Be transported to a bygone era on a 1938 Art Deco-style vintage train this September with our heritage train events.
not cheap to travel, but then it's not cheap to restore and maintain such kit either...
Well , NYC manages to host some impressive vintage trains on the system - for a swipe of a Metrocard. They had the 1930's stuff out on Saturday , and of course will be running the usual Xmas specials ....
Their finances are as challenging as London , but they somehow manage to keep the heritage stuff operational and accessible to the public.
(London has always made it "top dollar" expensive for trips out , apart from the much missed "Steam on the Met" days back in the past , when as a BR employee I helped out with gratis loco and stock "loans" - but then we did not have the contractual nonsense of today. I could have used stronger language)
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I suspect this has hit the buffers.
teuchter
je suis teuchter
Don't think so - unless that's happened since November last year
27 November 2021 | Bringing back THE BRIGHTON BELLE
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teuchter
je suis teuchter
It's obviously delayed but I don't think you should give up on it yet.
Leighsw2
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Let's hope not, I was really hoping it would run again.
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If you grew up using this station I don't imagine you'd ever think it would be reduced to rubble
Doune village station in Scotland.
Opened in 1858, losed in 1965, demolished around 1968.
(From https://www.facebook.com/groups/195968191185657 )
Doune village station in Scotland.
Opened in 1858, losed in 1965, demolished around 1968.
(From https://www.facebook.com/groups/195968191185657 )
