The Model Railway Club, based close to Kings Cross Station, has a great
logo. I'm wondering if it is an original creation or if it references
some older railway logo of which I'm unaware.
https://www.themodelrailwayclub.org/wp-content/themes/mrc-2/img/logo.svg
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Basil Jet recently enjoyed listening to
1980 - Hard Objects - Art Objects
The airline is closing all its long-haul bases and returning its 787 fleet.
The 1100 pilots and cabin crew employed at Gatwick will be laid-off. It
will retreat to its origins as a small Nordic short-haul low fare carrier:
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/1-100-uk-jobs-go-as-norwegian-air-abandons-long-haul-services-fzw956s6w?shareToken=61da473a9f7d23c10a593ab178d9fe55
So that's another...
There's a tweet from Tim this morning reminding us that today is the 157th
anniversary of the opening of the Metropolitan Railway, complete with
then-and-now pictures of Baker Street station:
https://twitter.com/mrtimdunn/status/1348212174574014464?s=21
At opening, there were broad gauge tracks, but narrow platforms; now, there
are visibly wider platforms that take advantage of the narrower...
The W&C has been closed since March, with no prospect of reopening before
this March. I wonder if the opportunity has been taken to do any long-term
maintenance or deep cleaning of the trains or infrastructure during that
time?
It looks like half a dozen people spent a full 8 hour shift down there.
https://twitter.com/CrimeLdn/status/1342860699136045056
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Basil Jet recently enjoyed listening to
Big Flame - 1984 - Sink
As a child in the 1950s and 1960s I wasn't aware of more than one
moquette - it was all essentially the same to me. In fact I probably
didn't become aware that there were different designs for different
underground lines and buses until sometime this century.
My question is therefore how many designs of moquette has LT/TfL used
over the years and for (roughly) what periods?
Geoff celebrates the belated return of Thameslink to TfL's Tube Map, after
a long absence. And it's not just the core section, but as much as fits in
the extended zones. So the map now features over 500 stations:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZ5SQcdC48o
The Supreme Court has given the go-ahead for LHR R3. Of course, HAL isn't
going to be in any hurry to build it.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-55322340
Now that London is entering Tier 3, where most non-essential travel is
discouraged, these are the new TfL Tier 2 route maps, where travel is
unrestricted:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EpNiUjkW8AAf8kf?format=png&name=900x900
https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/blow-for-north-london-station-plans-23-09-2020/
Transport for London (TfL) has said it cannot fund plans to modify the
under-construction Brent Cross West station to enable a connection to
the proposed West London Orbital (WLO) railway.
Platform space has been reserved at the station for the WLO railway – a
London Overground extension which would...
I just spotted this tweet from Geoff Marshall:
Geoff Marshall
@geofftech
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3h
So I rode the ‘38 yesterday. Today there was no train. Then this has just
appeared … no trains for another WEEK; what if it still doesn’t resume
after that! Did I just inadvertently manage to ride on the last day that
they were in service … ?
"Roads minister Baroness Vere, who heads the task force, told
the meeting that a full repair of the bridge would take six and
a half years, more than twice as long as previously feared.
It also emerged that a ferry service to allow pedestrians to
cross the Thames will not start operating until the...
