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Thank you all. It seems as though I have managed to spark a sensible debate (krisk excluded). Just to clarify, I do not believe the plans are ultimately the workable option for the line. Indeed, overhead wiring as per what is available at Leeds and York is clearly the most desirable...

Reading through this thread has reminded me of why I stopped posting on this forum and now only use it to research current events on the rail network. An awful lot of nonsensical gibberish written by people who have little idea about what they are describing and to whom common sense is...

Latest update from Ashbrooke http://ashbrooke00.webs.com/updatejuly2010.htm

Latest update at Ashbrooke http://ashbrooke00.webs.com/updatejuly2010.htm

Dancing In The Street - David Bowie & Mick Jagger

May be me being thick, but can someone tell me how a train crashed into a tree?

Surely the 350 fills a much bigger hole in the market, though? Lots of West Midlands stock floating around with the gaps being the EMU's. The 350 would fill that beautifully. Perhaps also with catenery becoming more widely available off the shelf, it now makes a bit more sense? I can't...

My opinion is that the model railway makers do not provide enough modern image. Sure, there is a huge demand for nostalgia but, every time i go to an exhibition, there is a distinct lack of modern image, which means that the next generation of modellers are now being catered for. Hence, the...

I'm going to be honest with you Mumrar. I'm glad there are people out there trying to ensure everyone pays for what they receive and respect other people. Having worked in security, it is immensly annoying that people believe that they are entitled to whatever they want for whatever...

As I have posted elsewhere, here is mine - in the very early stages of development. www.ashbrooke00.webs.com

Finally got around to starting mine. Like many, I am limited by space but that has not stopped me being fairly ambitious. The track plan I have come up with models a medium sized station with through and terminating platforms, the junction outside the station and a small but well equipped...

1/ I have acknowledged that all forms of travel cannot accomodate everybody all the time. Please read my posts. 2/ I have not mentioned the taxpayer element because I have no desire to do so. Whenever anything has to be paid for, inevitably the money has to come from somewhere. DDA...

Sigh. Ok. Asking her to fold a buggy up is not discriminatory. Telling her to stop having kids is. My point about being unable to use a train if one has a pushchair is entirely seperate from my opinion on this particular case. I believe it would be classed as discrimination if someone...

In this situation, the argument of taking money away from roads and using it on railways will not go down very well with a large number of voters. The primary reason being that people pay an awful lot of money to use the road - what with car tax, fuel tax, VAT, green taxes on new cars, not to...

I'm fairly safe in my belief that if you re read my posts, at no point have I stated that being asked to fold a buggy up amounts to discrimination. All I brought up was that the railway needs to look at how they can transport the population without discrimination. When questioned on my...

Let me make it clear. Had this person been discriminated against due to the colour of their skin, it would have been a national scandal. As it is, she was discriminated against due to her category. This is not a national scandal. However, the actual act of discrimination was still apparent...

I knew my comment would create an amount of debate. My argument is that a section of the community is being discriminated against basically because of who they are and what they do. In this respect, not allowing a mother on for having a pushchair is exactly the same as not allowing a person on...

I agree with GearJammer regarding the systems in place at level crossings - a more conventional system would be more useful i think. Sounds stupid, but in my experience, drivers have a more common sense approach to ordinary traffic lights. I think, perhaps, we can go further without being...

My last journey was on a 2car class 144. A very nice journey, though Industrial West and South Yorkshire does not provide an awful lot of spectacular scenery......

Whether the comment in question was said as a joke or not, an important subject has been brought up - namely that sections of society are discriminated against by the railway. I wonder how seriously it would be taken if Northern Rail allowed a black person on "just this once"? I will probably...