August 13th 17, 03:04 PM
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external usenet poster
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First recorded activity at LondonBanter: Oct 2014
Posts: 2,990
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Waterloo pictures
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On Thu, 10 Aug 2017 14:12:55 +0100, Recliner
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I went along to Waterloo this morning and took a few pictures:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/recliner/albums/72157684802951344
A few observations:
- It was moderately busy, but no problems. Lots of blue-vested helpers
around, but they didn't seem to be needed.
The name used on the bottom of the poster that you have shown close up
is interesting,
The South Western Railway.
Is that South West Trains having a final dig that they consider
themselves to be the natural operator or has someone sensibly used a
name that covers both them and the new incumbent.
presumably South West Trains won't pull the plug on their web site on
the 20th and properly aren't allowed to do so by various agreements.
Must be tempting just to put up a page that says "Tough , ask the new
lot , we've gone.
I came across this time-lapse video (it's worth selecting HD quality):
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vcxGE7...ature=youtu.be
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