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« Reply #135 on: January 21, 2021, 13:33:14 » |
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I think if Boris wants to give Joe a treat he should arrange a trip up the line in a "heritage" DMU▸ so he can travel in the front passenger seats with the blinds up and enjoy seeing the route on the journey
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« Reply #136 on: January 21, 2021, 15:31:43 » |
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I think if Boris wants to give Joe a treat he should arrange a trip up the line in a "heritage" DMU▸ so he can travel in the front passenger seats with the blinds up and enjoy seeing the route on the journey
Or an autocoach with a GWR▸ Pannier tank behind it. |
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« Reply #137 on: January 21, 2021, 16:38:00 » |
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I think if Boris wants to give Joe a treat he should arrange a trip up the line in a "heritage" DMU▸ so he can travel in the front passenger seats with the blinds up and enjoy seeing the route on the journey
Or an autocoach with a GWR▸ Pannier tank behind it. Or the Steam Railmotor. |
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« Reply #138 on: January 21, 2021, 20:22:23 » |
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I think if Boris wants to give Joe a treat he should arrange a trip up the line in a "heritage" DMU▸ so he can travel in the front passenger seats with the blinds up and enjoy seeing the route on the journey
A trip on a nice GWR▸ 150 would be treat enough......genuinely Hope it happens. It just might. |
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« Reply #139 on: January 22, 2021, 04:31:44 » |
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Just like to say, thank you for all those excellent photos.
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« Reply #140 on: January 22, 2021, 13:29:10 » |
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That is almost worth a poll !!
Given the opportunity, what should Boris use to late world leaders on a trip to St Ives?
Heritage DMU▸ , Autocoach and Panier, Steam Rail Motor, or 150 ?
Clueless as to how to set up a poll, so will park that idea !!
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« Reply #141 on: January 22, 2021, 14:08:25 » |
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That is almost worth a poll !!
Given the opportunity, what should Boris use to late world leaders on a trip to St Ives?
Heritage DMU▸ , Autocoach and Panier, Steam Rail Motor, or 150 ?
Clueless as to how to set up a poll, so will park that idea !!
Clues given at http://www.passenger.chat/24565 ... it IS worth a poll - so please unpark the idea and make sure I've not overlooked anything. Other members welcome to post polls too! |
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« Reply #142 on: January 22, 2021, 14:18:56 » |
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Given the opportunity, what should Boris use to late world leaders on a trip to St Ives?
Must have been thinking of Trump...  |
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« Reply #143 on: January 23, 2021, 19:46:04 » |
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Thinking about this, if the G7 actually agrees on something significant, people may be arguing 50 years hence about whether something is a breach of the "Carbis Bay Agreement".
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« Reply #144 on: January 23, 2021, 19:54:15 » |
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Thinking about this, if the G7 actually agrees on something significant, people may be arguing 50 years hence about whether something is a breach of the "Carbis Bay Agreement".
Just so long as the leaders are not still bickering about the "2021 G7 car/bus bay agreement". |
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« Reply #146 on: January 25, 2021, 21:47:39 » |
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It does say part-way through: He and Joe Biden are said to have bonded over their mutual love of rolling stock in the first call between the two men since the new US president took office.
The prime minister is understood to have asked about Mr Biden?s Amtrak train journeys across the country and his daily commute by train from his home in Delaware to work in Washington when he was a senator. His commitment to the US rail network and his battle to win more public funding for the sector earned him the nickname ?Amtrak Joe?. He was said to have been disappointed that security concerns scuppered his plan to travel by train to his inauguration last week. The rest is largely boring politics, but it does make the prospect of a Presidential rail trip whilst over here seem a little more likely. |
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« Reply #147 on: January 26, 2021, 15:01:42 » |
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Some more pictures, from National Rail's Twitter feed:    The accompanying text says@ We've got just under two weeks left on the St Ives branch line, where we've replaced worn sleepers and track, laid fresh stone, installed guard rail, (it's not narrow gauge) and we have drainage work to do. |
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« Reply #148 on: January 26, 2021, 15:32:20 » |
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Some more pictures ... The accompanying text says ... I know what it says .... but I still half expect Countess or Southern Maid to appear around the corner! |
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« Reply #149 on: January 26, 2021, 16:49:28 » |
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May someone enlighten me as to what the four green wires are that are plugged into the 'rails' with a blue connector?
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