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    GWR Rewards

    The GWR website is lamentable, but there is a workaround: Log into GWR and start a search for your journey. Enter your promo code and pin here (not at payment stage) and choose a destination station such as Hungerford (not Paddington). Run the search. If it doesn't work, try a different...
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    How long for did GW use Phil Sayer and Celia Drummond announcements?

    Last time I was down in Devon earlier in the year Phil Sayer announcements were still in use. Definitely heard him at Newton Abbot.
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    The Forum Turns Twenty!

    Awesome news well done :)
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    Anyone live beside the railway.

    My wife used to live above the Watford tunnels if that counts, you could hear the trains day and night!
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    Class 43 disposals

    Someone has gone for a cruise in the guards compartment on 007 over in Mexico. I like the retained livery :)
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    Storm Isha may affect your journey in parts of England, Scotland and Wales on Sunday 21 and Monday 22 January

    GWR have already put up a travel warning with details of speed restrictions imposed by Network Rail. I‘ve moved my tickets, no way I’m travelling tomorrow! https://www.gwr.com/travel-information/travel-updates/live-network-updates
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    Portishead approved

    The vote was a resounding yes. DFT submission is next I think.
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    PERTIS (Permit to Travel) machines and how they were used

    I used to dump all my compatible change in the one at London Road Brighton and then exchange for a ticket upon arrival at Brighton. This was back in the early 2000s.
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    TRIVIA - What's your birth loco?!

    56058 which I'm really pleased with!
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    Favourite individual trains

    Nothing else has looked this good IMHO (Not my Photo) https://www.flickr.com/photos/bonedome/5503358385
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    Long or high railway bridges you can walk over

    Royate Hill Viaduct is a nature reserve and walkable.
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    Long or high railway bridges you can walk over

    Cann, Riverford, Bickleigh and Ham Green viaducts, all on the Plym Valley trail.
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    speculation - could Motorail make a come-back in the age of the electric car?

    https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/queues-stretching-for-hours-show-what-it-s-really-like-owning-a-tesla-at-christmas/ar-AA15JE54?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=f5a922daf7874530851256f3a1ee4e75 "Tesla owners were having a truly British Christmas this year by queuing for hours to charge their electric...
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    AVR drunk driver bridge bash

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-63881999 “A man has been arrested after a lorry caused havoc in a village in south Gloucestershire. Police were called to Willsbridge at about 17:15 GMT on Tuesday following reports a lorry had struck a bridge. Residents reported the...
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    Potential Grand Union stock?

    As long as you can plug in a phone charger at your seat and still use your phone with zero interference then I'm not bothered!
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