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    60103 KX-YORK 25/2/2016

    Haven't seen a thread about this yet, so I thought I'd be helpful (innocent face) and start one. DBS are doing it, what with the other firm being...
    Thread by: geekfindergeneral, Jan 30, 2016, 550 replies, in forum: What's Going On
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    The Golden Arrow, 9th-11th October.

    Here you go Steven Nous avons vécu, ce WE, un grand moment de solidarité inter chemin de fer touristique, en retirant une belle épine du pied de...
    Post by: geekfindergeneral, Oct 18, 2015 in forum: What's Going On
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    The Golden Arrow, 9th-11th October.

    Crank the sound up and enjoy, or wince. Nothing says "Hooray! We are off to Paris...before dawn possibly" like a long loud death throes noise from...
    Post by: geekfindergeneral, Oct 17, 2015 in forum: What's Going On
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    3801 Overhaul

    I doubt you actually believe it 99Z - I certainly don't. Every press statement about 3801 since it started going wrong has been Weasel Words. The...
    Post by: geekfindergeneral, Oct 8, 2015 in forum: International Heritage Railways/Tramways
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    61306 Mayflower - Cathedrals Express (Sapperton Return) 24-09-15

    I cannot say what today's instructions hold, Alastair, I am old,past it, and sometimes smell of wee these days. But back when MNLPS and VSOE...
    Post by: geekfindergeneral, Sep 27, 2015 in forum: What's Going On
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    61306 Mayflower - Cathedrals Express (Sapperton Return) 24-09-15

    I am not certain if hatherton hall and 83B are one and the same, or if 63106 was (improbably) attended upon by two flawed individuals both getting...
    Post by: geekfindergeneral, Sep 27, 2015 in forum: What's Going On
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    61306 Mayflower - Cathedrals Express (Sapperton Return) 24-09-15

    Thank you for explaining, but I must decline the invitation to "Trust you". You obviously enjoyed the encounter and are proud enough of it to have...
    Post by: geekfindergeneral, Sep 25, 2015 in forum: What's Going On
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    61306 Mayflower - Cathedrals Express (Sapperton Return) 24-09-15

    Can you explain, because I don't get it, why this was a "brilliant moment"?
    Post by: geekfindergeneral, Sep 25, 2015 in forum: What's Going On
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    Royal Journey 9/9/2015: 10.33 Edinburgh to Tweedbank

    Congratulations and respect to all in the rail industry who made today happen in the face of awesome difficulties and doubts. There is an industry...
    Post by: geekfindergeneral, Sep 9, 2015 in forum: What's Going On
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    The Royal Wessex 5th Sept 2015

    Really, MrKnowwun? "All the evidence"? "a photoshop hoax"? I don't think so...but more importantly nor does the driver of the steam loco, or the...
    Post by: geekfindergeneral, Sep 6, 2015 in forum: What's Going On
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    61306 on CathEx to York, Sunday 16th August

    You would have to be a borderline psychotic not to feel for Marcus and his customers. 61306 did not go to Weymouth, and now it is not going to...
    Post by: geekfindergeneral, Aug 14, 2015 in forum: What's Going On
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    Royal Duchy 2015

    Yes, Big Al, it is. But you can't "never mind the reason". BR (W) load book says 252 tons for a Light Pacific on Hemerdon. Nice to see that the...
    Post by: geekfindergeneral, Aug 2, 2015 in forum: What's Going On
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    UKR "The White Rose" to York now 7th July, Deltic D9009 out,Tornado back

    Given that main line steam in 2016 is in about as fragile business and political/regulatory position as it has ever been, this is probably not the...
    Post by: geekfindergeneral, Jul 9, 2015 in forum: What's Going On
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    35028 Clan Line to Canterbury Saturday 23rd May

    WCR have already commented...by their silence. James Shuttleworth is reading this thread, as are some of his team, even if his Web-averse Chairman...
    Post by: geekfindergeneral, May 24, 2015 in forum: What's Going On
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    35028 Clan Line to Canterbury Saturday 23rd May

    Nice try but no cigar. It was a DBS operated train. DBS are not in "special measures" and are allowed out on their own without an ORR grown up...
    Post by: geekfindergeneral, May 24, 2015 in forum: What's Going On
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    35028 Clan Line to Canterbury Saturday 23rd May

    There was nothing at all wrong with the steam engine, the train, the crew, the paperwork, or the 67. It had been properly planned by WCR staff,...
    Post by: geekfindergeneral, May 23, 2015 in forum: What's Going On
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    35028 Clan Line to Canterbury Saturday 23rd May

    It is nothing to do with door locks or engines making electricity. The train was fully resourced by DBS, with a 67 on the back and a grown up...
    Post by: geekfindergeneral, May 23, 2015 in forum: What's Going On
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    35028 Clan Line to Canterbury Saturday 23rd May

    If a psychiatrist had been present at Carnforth yesterday, the diagnosis would have been "psychotic episode" and a long term sick note for David...
    Post by: geekfindergeneral, May 23, 2015 in forum: What's Going On
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    35028 Clan Line to Canterbury Saturday 23rd May

    Sadly it is 100% true. I think this covers it more eloquently than any of us could [MEDIA]
    Post by: geekfindergeneral, May 22, 2015 in forum: What's Going On
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    WCRC Licence Suspended

    Connex used to put two fingers up to the regulator as a matter of course. They had two of the biggest passenger franchises. You probably don't...
    Post by: geekfindergeneral, May 4, 2015 in forum: What's Going On
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