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    2018 Barns Green crossing collision - RAIB report?

    Not true. If you read the report it doesn’t mention Accident just Misadventure in the statistics narrative. But if you look at the graphs, they show the 25% for Accident/Misadventure. Seems very poor proof reading, and the categories may have been merged. None of the recent reports in local...
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    Mystery station - Manchester area?

    To my eyes the line in the distance is starting to curve slightly to the left. (and thats before I looked at the AI enhancement which seems to comfirm).
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    Skegness to Newcastle/summer Saturdays mid 80s

    Agreed, I spotted at Skeg on summer Sats in 82, due to working on a project there; and there were no directNewcastle services.
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    1970s / 1980s Station Buffet & Bar - Do you remember 'The Gantry'?

    Good to see it solved - it rang a very vague bell but all I could think of were places it wasn’t.
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    Great Western Society - Chief Executive

    Don’t need to read between the lines. Board decided they were in charge ….. of everything including day-to-day operational matters. Telling how graceless their statement was.
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    LNERs binned sausage rolls served to rail passengers

    Sounds like he’d fit right in at TPE.
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    Railcard boundaries in silly places

    Yes, but originally the NSE railcard boundary was short of Exeter. My memory seems to think it was Pinhoe! but it might have been Honiton.
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    Class 40 nostalgia to Stranraer

    Chesterfield had a dreadful reputation back in the day for actual hatred for all Railway enthusiasts young or old. The Blackpool North of its day. Well out of my areas of interest so only went there once, it lived down to its reputation. Horrible staff throughout. I actually ended up calling...
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    First use of disposable cups and last use of proper crockery in buffet cars

    Paddington-Worcester service 83ish real crockery in the buffet, a couple of teaspoons chained to the counter.
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    Class 40 nostalgia to Stranraer

    Dunno, I started bashing in 81 and tickets were needed and checked at least down South and West. There were regional rovers for some areas then and £5/10/15 tickets on YP railcards to destinations countrywide in the Eighties on certain days, which could allow some “flexibility”. I used to do...
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    Class 40 nostalgia to Stranraer

    A superb story, very different times just a few years before I started bashing.
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    Network Rail removes Islamic message on King's Cross display boards after fierce criticism

    Ezekiel 7:7 would be far more appropriate for those poor sods having to travel out of Kings X or Euston.
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    PERTIS (Permit to Travel) machines and how they were used

    The one at Beaulieu Road was working about half the times I passed it last summer. Which was a major improvement over the past few years.
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    Best Train spotting stations (updated)

    Agree with Eastleigh, plenty of space, its a bit bleak but you won’t get hassled. Wetherspoons just outside. I don’t really do much spotting these days but enjoy passing a few hours there.
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    Can staff refuse to let you through a barrier when abandoning a journey?

    In theory whats to stop the OP claiming the delay repay anyway as recompense towards the Uber cost?
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