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    Yorkshire signal box listed

    This is a nice little video of a box on a line that must have more examples of British signals than any other I can think off. York to Leeds via Harrogate http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-25147978
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    Derwent Valley Light Railway in music video

    The Derwent Valley Light Railway in York has been featured in a Christmas video for The People's Soprano Rebecca Newman. It's a lovely little operation just outside York and the Staff and Volunteers were so helpful during two nights filming back in early November...
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    East Coast emergency stop video

    There is a little more to this story apparently , There's a piece in The Northern Echo tomorrow about it. It will be on the Northern Echo website too.
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    East Coast emergency stop video

    ive had a quick search and cant find this on here so forgive me if ive missed an original thread but have you seen this. What happened when someone missed their stop at Darlington 1'44" in o3nQ2AuY6qM
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    Police presence on late night trains.

    interesting point , but if you examine race day trains in York and the last York to Middlesboro on a Saturday you'd be best off increasing the legal minimum age to 65
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    Museum of Science and Industry/ National Railway Museum under threat?

    It was packed this afternoon . People supportive of reintroducing charges VIDEO http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YF6o3uzFAE York Press coverage www.thepress.co.uk
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    Landslip at Hatfield Colliery (near Doncaster) line to Hull/Scunthorpe now reopened.

    http://youtu.be/Y8MgECNh_2Q Been reading all this with interest , so seeing as I was catching a train at Selby today i thought id catch a few clips of the diversions. Hope you enjoy it. It's only iphone footage
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    Advice wanted on house next to rail lines

    Fascinating reading all this. I owned a house at Beningbrough R/G crossing for several years. Back in 1997 it was the only way i could get land and a big house, it was about 30K cheaper than anything else similar in the Vale of York. The house was 10 feet from the line (125mph) and the...
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    Power cut hits ECML tonight: Video

    Funny that .:D It was actually quite strange. I thought you'd enjoy having a look at a wider problem that affected the railway. Was anyone on the station when the lights went out cos when i looked from my window at one point it apeared to be in pitch darkness for a moment.
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    Power cut hits ECML tonight: Video

    I thought they had an independent power source BUT the signalling centre which is in York and controls Leeds too is subject to blips and problems that need a PC reset or something like that . Over to an expert now ,
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    Power cut hits ECML tonight: Video

    Well since that was made i discover that it was signalling issues. Which is kinda safety reasons. The video is shot for a wider audience more interested in the actual city centre power cut. Its uploaded for your interest.
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    Power cut hits ECML tonight: Video

    More delays tonight on East Coast line. This time at York. A city wide power cut. Here's some video http://youtu.be/xFkKdQNRiRA xFkKdQNRiRA
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    Campaign for Malton-Pickering reopening to allow services to Whitby

    The centre of Pickering is a bit of an issue. It's hard to imagine how a double track railway every made its way thru there now.
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    Ride on north bound ECML

    How strange that this thread should be the first thing i see today because that's exactly what I was thinking about the run from Darlington to York yesterday. Felt very rough in places , especially Thirsk and Tollerton
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    Staff accused via Twitter

    It used to be that Journalists were the only people who had to be careful about what they wrote/said. . Now Social Media means we're all "journalists" Reporting via Twitter and Facebook about this and that. Already we're seeing members of the public appear before the courts for naming...
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    Flooding and Weather Disruption (Nov 2012)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMw45nQbFeM A bit of iphone footage taken from the 1411 York- Harrogate - Leeds train today. This is Skip Bridge where the River Nidd passes under the railway. Felt more like Dawlish this afternoon
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    ECML Closed near Darlington due to fire (now cleared)

    So that's why i saw an East Coast HST on the Northallerton to Middlesborough line at 1630 today ?
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    Will Be Sad To Say Goodbye To East Coast In 2013

    I take your point on that issue :cry:
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    Will Be Sad To Say Goodbye To East Coast In 2013

    I do think the way they interact with customers on Twitter is pretty good.
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    Electric Spine

    I know the wiring train was on a tea break and couldnt do the other side :lol:

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