Annoying / amusing use of completely irrelevant stock photos to illustrate press articles

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[TonyK]

...well here is an interesting photo on the BT website of a level crossing incident in Texas USA illustrated by a photo of two signals at Cambridge UK^▸ (United Kingdom) 

I watched the video. Nutters are not confined to British rail crossings.

[JayMac]

From elsewhere on the forum:

From Stroud News and Journal:

Plans for Stonehouse to Bristol railway screech to a halt



Plans for a railway station in Stonehouse which could provide a direct route to Bristol have screeched to a halt.

Article illustrated with a HST^▸ (High Speed Train (Inter City class 43 125 units)) at Yeovil Pen Mill. 

[bobm]

From Getwokingham

Overnight closures at Waterloo Level Crossing for rail inspections

Apr 28, 2014 09:18
By Laura Miller


The crossing will be closed from 11pm to 5.30am for Network Rail contractors to carry out rail inspections.
 

The crossing will be closed from 11pm to 5.30am for Network Rail contractors to carry out rail inspections.

Drivers are warned the Waterloo Level Crossing will be closed every night this week.

The crossing will be closed from 11pm to 5.30am for Network Rail contractors to carry out rail inspections.

The alternative route for motorists will be via Old Wokingham Road, Easthampstead Road and Waterloo Road (western section), or by this route in reverse.

For more information call Wokingham Borough Council on (0118) 974 6000.

Might have to inspect more than the crossing......

[grahame]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2625396/Revealed-Britains-used-railway-station-EIGHT-passengers-year.html

I don't think there's anything new in this article about Teeside Airport.  Except, perhaps, some of the problems may lie in the station's signage as the second picture clearly says "Dorking West"

[Red Squirrel]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2625396/Revealed-Britains-used-railway-station-EIGHT-passengers-year.html

I don't think there's anything new in this article about Teeside Airport.  Except, perhaps, some of the problems may lie in the station's signage as the second picture clearly says "Dorking West"

Someone from DMGT must subscribe to this forum - the second picture (a 2006 view taken from Wikipedia!) now shows TEA.

[John R]

More likely someone has read the comments to the article which point out the error.

[LiskeardRich]

Pacers getting wifi now, which I'm assuming is something more modern in reality!

Not my photo,

[SDS]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2633282/Family-train-fares-double-half-term-Rail-firms-admit-prices-times-increased-demand-deny-profiting-hard-pressed-parents.html

Interesting Livery.

[Timmer]

Great picture though. I did like the original Great Western trains livery and interior.

[JayMac]

GWT Merlin. My favourite. 

Anyone know the location of the picture? A Google image search draws a blank.

[Rhydgaled]

Pacers getting wifi now, which I'm assuming is something more modern in reality!

Not my photo,

Not a pacer, but I'm pretty sure this had WiFi at some stage (now removed I believe). Although at least one other 53-plate vehicle has WiFi, I haven't seen any mode of transport with WiFi that appears as old as the bus pictured (the other vehicle I know of is a much more modern-looking model).

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2633282/Family-train-fares-double-half-term-Rail-firms-admit-prices-times-increased-demand-deny-profiting-hard-pressed-parents.html

Interesting Livery.

GWT Merlin. My favourite. 

Anyone know the location of the picture? A Google image search draws a blank.

I do quite like the Great Western Trains livery, particularly the older version which retained the INTERCITY text from Swallow livery on the coaches. One thing that could have been improved though was if the 'Great Western' on the coaches (probably not the power cars) had also been in the INTERCITY font to match the INTERCITY text.

[John R]

Going back to the story, so advance tickets for travel next week are more expensive than those for travel in a month's time. Duhhhh, of course they are. The nearer you get to travel, the less likely the allocations of cheaper tickets are still available.

Never let accuracy get in the way of a good story, eh.

[JayMac]

Not a pacer, but I'm pretty sure this had WiFi at some stage (now removed I believe). Although at least one other 53-plate vehicle has WiFi, I haven't seen any mode of transport with WiFi that appears as old as the bus pictured (the other vehicle I know of is a much more modern-looking model).

Plenty of First Bristol buses older than '53' plate with WiFi fitted. Regularly have 1999 'W' reg deckers on my local route, that have had WiFi fitted.

Think there may well even be some vehicles older than 1999 in First's West of England fleet that have had WiFi retro-fitted.

[Chris from Nailsea]

Going back to the story, so advance tickets for travel next week are more expensive than those for travel in a month's time. Duhhhh, of course they are. The nearer you get to travel, the less likely the allocations of cheaper tickets are still available.

Never let accuracy get in the way of a good story, eh.

Two words: Daily and Mail. 

[JayMac]

Story posted elsewhere on the forum.

New parkway rail station is now 'closer than ever'

WORCESTERSHIRE is closer than ever to getting a new parkway railway station, the county council has insisted.

I'm fairly confident that if this station is built the third rail will be unnecessary. 

Although, anyone who knows about the history of railways in Worcestershire will be aware that in the mid 19th century spurious rails were quite common. Mixed gauge having been required in many places to satisfy parliamentary bills and to keep the GWR^▸ (Great Western Railway) onside. Despite the legal requirements to lay a mixed gauge, the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton (OWW^▸ (Oxford Worcester and Wolverhampton) or Old, Worse and Worse) did everything possible to not lay rails for broad gauge trains, and when they eventually did, after numerous visits to the Court of Chancery, they still made it nigh on impossible, for many years, for the GWR to run through broad gauge trains to/from London. All this in spite of the fact that the GWR were supposed to be partners with the OWW and had provided the majority of the capital to build the OWW lines.