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« on: June 25, 2010, 20:00:58 »
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Until reaching financial difficulty in 2002, much of Britainʼs railway infrastructure was operated by Railtrack plc. The company was sold to Network Rail.

The removal of ʻRailtrackʼ from the Companies House register allowed John Hein to register Railtrack Ltd as a company in Scotland, and so Railtrack Ltd was born in May 2003.

Those looking up the company would note that the Registered Office is that of an Edinburgh tenement and that the company has remained dormant since incorporation. The rebirth of Railtrack has caused confused solicitors, debt collectors and private individuals to address correspondence to Railtrack Ltd, and in turn, to receive entertaining replies.

Only replies to correspondence are shown. The original letters are not reproduced, but the nature of the original letter is inferred.

The PDF of the replies is available for download here: http://www.brokenmind.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/railtrack.pdf

I would not recommend drinking coffee while reading it!



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« Reply #1 on: June 25, 2010, 20:52:59 »
some of them made me laugh, just shows how bad and rip off some lawyer firms can be!
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« Reply #2 on: June 25, 2010, 21:14:54 »
Fabulous stuff, brings a tear to my eye that does. Sheer class. Three cheers for bringing it to our attention and an MBE to Mr Hein in the next round of birthday honours!
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« Reply #3 on: June 25, 2010, 21:17:01 »
I took your advice re: drinking coffee. Unfortuately I was drinking cider instead. You'll be hearing from my solicitors, TJ.  Wink
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« Reply #4 on: June 25, 2010, 21:19:03 »
Yes.. you ever warned against not drinking wine either.. Grin Wink very funny...
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« Reply #5 on: June 25, 2010, 21:34:56 »
Interesting URL there...   GrinLips sealed
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« Reply #6 on: June 25, 2010, 21:38:42 »
...suggest sticking with the URL as posted. The top level domain is..... well..... each to their own  Shocked Wink Smiley
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« Reply #7 on: June 25, 2010, 21:39:09 »
Yeah, the location of that had me a bit worried as well....
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« Reply #8 on: June 25, 2010, 22:01:31 »
Am currently at work and haven't plucked up the courage to click on the link yet... Probably not one to open here juuust to be on the safe side!
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« Reply #9 on: June 25, 2010, 22:07:18 »
ha ha.. I was home so didn't think twice about clicking on the link (like you I would have done at work).. The link is ok though...
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« Reply #10 on: June 25, 2010, 23:13:07 »
Yes: thanks, TerminalJunkie!  I, too, spluttered into my red wine over some of those letters!  Wink Cheesy Grin
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William Huskisson MP▸ (Member of Parliament, or Mile Post (a method of measuring the railway in miles and chains from a starting point - usually London), depending on context) was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830.  Many more have died in the same way since then.  Don't take a chance: Stop, Look, Listen.

"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner."  Discuss.
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« Reply #11 on: June 26, 2010, 10:27:25 »
The instigator is obviously a gricer with his referrences.

Was interested in the one "During fog or falling snow to the bothy we must go"

i first heard this in the mid sixties from a driver during a cab run down the Brighton line. It was a fairly cold and misty morning and he'd just whistled (yep old Southern units had air whistles) up a track gang on the line. He then said he was surprised to see them out considering the weather and uttered the above phrase. Although being down South he used lobby rather than bothy.

I wonder how universal the phrase was on BR▸ (British Rail(ways)).

Certainly a large number of rules and signal box instrucitons started "During fog or falling snow". Usually relating to fog working with and without fogmen.
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« Reply #12 on: May 05, 2013, 11:51:38 »
Updated URL ... old one not working ... http://www.brokenmind.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/railtrack.pdf

Still a great read!
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« Reply #13 on: May 05, 2013, 11:54:17 »
Hi,

I hope this post isn't unwelcome, but since members of Great Western Passengers' Forum clearly enjoyed reading the Railtrack Letters, I suspect you'll appreciate this.

Since the original PDF was published, over 100 new letters have been received - and replied to.

The book, Railtrack and Other Letters has been published as an eBook for Kindle: http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00CMCCHOG/

... and as a paperback: http://www.lulu.com/shop/john-hein/railtrack-and-other-letters/paperback/product-21005525.html
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« Reply #14 on: May 05, 2013, 13:28:05 »
Thanks for posting, railtrackltd - and may I offer you a very warm welcome to the Coffee Shop forum!  Cheesy

While we have a fairly tight rule on direct advertising on this forum, the fact that your correspondence has been referred to here in the past, and has clearly been enjoyed by many of us, leads us to allow this update on our 'lighter side' board.

Regards, Chris from Nailsea.  Wink
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William Huskisson MP▸ (Member of Parliament, or Mile Post (a method of measuring the railway in miles and chains from a starting point - usually London), depending on context) was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830.  Many more have died in the same way since then.  Don't take a chance: Stop, Look, Listen.

"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner."  Discuss.
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