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    Future of the 350/2s

    Understand Class 350/2 units are being returned to Porterbrook. Does anyone know where their future lies ?
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    Class A1 Tornado Steaming after overhaul..

    Visit to Nene Valley Railway not taking place on Bank Holiday Weekend..Oh dear !
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    Class A1 Tornado Steaming after overhaul..

    Nene Valley have posted that Tornado will not be visiting as planned ..As per faceache..
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    Class A1 Tornado Steaming after overhaul..

    Has Tornado started her steam trials ?
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    WCRC loses judicial review in High Court

    Well problem solved !….
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    WCRC loses judicial review in High Court

    Thankyou for posting this .. As someone who spent his life in Industry … mess with the safety authorities at your peril.. At a loss to know how West Coast gets insurance cover ..
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    GBRF confirms conversion of Class 56s to Class 69s

    If you look at at the other end of 69005 you will notice it’s got a black eye… #windscreen replacement
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    Merseyrail Class 777 introduction updates

    100% agree..my granddaughter was fortunate this morning her train did run …pure luck..
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    Merseyrail Class 777 introduction updates

    Looking at Merseyrail‘s X feed there are failures all over the system this morning .. What a fiasco !
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    Dangerous boarding procedures at Euston

    Maybe ORR might do a West Coast on them and insist on changes..?q
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    Dangerous boarding procedures at Euston

    Nobody boards until the arriving train has been cleared for boarding ..quite easy to achieve because doors remain closed ..
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    Dangerous boarding procedures at Euston

    One day soon there’s going to be a serious accident.. An urgent rebuild separating arriving and departing passengers needs to take place.. If fast turnarounds are required a dock system could be the answer.. departing passengers on one side and arriving passengers on the other side.. Big...
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    Hornby 2024 range

    Have one word to describe the Hornby 2024 announcement.. Underwhelming…..
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    Class 701 'Aventra' trains for South Western Railway: progress updates

    I’ve often wondered how this would have turned out if Thameslink class 700 would have been ordered. As a passenger on the Peterborough line they work just fine..
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    Merseyrail Class 777 introduction updates

    Looks like it’s gone TU at Headbolt Lane this morning….
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    East-West Rail (EWR): Alternative options

    The proposed route through Bedford towards Camborne is politically dead in the water.. A Bedford South Parkway kills all the birds… 1. Keeps existing connection for freight and local service. 2.Avoids knocking half of Bedford down 3.Gives adequate parking. 4.Connects to North South and East West...
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    Merseyrail Class 777 introduction updates

    Class777 introduction … Mayor of Liverpool Region gone quiet…. Needs warts and all statement from Merseyrail…not public relations fluff..
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    Merseyrail Class 777 introduction updates

    Not a hatchet job.more a response to 777 unreliabilly. Granddaughter travels this route and her train was cancelled this morning. An echo editor uses the Ormskirk line and has experienced numerous delays . Merseyrail named Stadler as working to fix things. Someone needs to be honest with the...
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    Merseyrail Class 777 introduction updates

    It appears that service to Headbolt Lane is back on track..

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