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1	All across the Great Western territory / Introductions and chat / Re: How many countries have you visited? Used a train in?	on: February 15, 2025, 15:26:33
Of the 25 listed - 24 with, perhaps surprisingly, Canada as the only escapee. Trains used in 11 of them. Several years back the Russian visa application form had a section which said something along the lines of, 'List all countries ever visited'. That was a memory-stretching challenge to complete. I must have satisfied them as they let me in on various occasions.

2	Sideshoots - associated subjects / The Lighter Side / Re: AQ17 - Correcting the subtitling, GWR	on: December 18, 2024, 14:09:40
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONWNWBoqTuM

3	Journey by Journey / Swindon to Gloucester / Cheltenham / Re: no train service 21 august to 24 august 2023	on: August 22, 2023, 11:35:11
Quote from: grahame on August 22, 2023, 10:16:25 From New Civil Engineer Quote Track work that was due to be conducted this week near Stroud train station in Gloucestershire has been delayed by Network Rail due to the discovery of dormice in the area. Quote Also included in this programme of works are plans to cut back overgrown vegetation and improve drainage between Kemble and Sapperton stations. Sapperton station? Is there something we should be told...?

4	Sideshoots - associated subjects / The Lighter Side / Re: Where is / was GrahamE - 21st March 2023	on: March 21, 2023, 16:50:40
Ah, the joys of US Immigration. I found an old, expired passport the other day and it has literally hundreds of US entry stamps in it. Each one probably represents a good couple of hours of d***ing about in immigration queues. I might add up the days of my life wasted and send Joe Biden a bill for my time So glad that my travelling days are largely over.

5	Sideshoots - associated subjects / The Lighter Side / Re: Where is / was GrahamE - 21st March 2023	on: March 21, 2023, 12:42:17
That looks like the Hilton in New Orleans...

6	Journey by Journey / Swindon to Gloucester / Cheltenham / Unexploded bomb found at Kemble	on: February 07, 2023, 14:41:05
Unexploded wartime bomb found near railway. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-64553825

7	Sideshoots - associated subjects / Campaigns for new and improved services / Re: Reopening of Kemble to Cirencester Branch Line (merged topic, ongoing discussion)	on: January 19, 2023, 14:27:54
Still smouldering away... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-64318647 And what on earth is the 'Local Democracy Reporting Service'? Edit: Ah, it explains itself further down the page.

8	All across the Great Western territory / The Wider Picture in the United Kingdom / Re: "Taking photos is against the law" London Waterloo, July 2022.	on: July 10, 2022, 16:21:14
Quote from: eightonedee on July 10, 2022, 16:17:00 This could be a grave threat to our favourite "where was I today quizzes" ........ Where was I today? A. Wormwood Scrubs B. Belmarsh C. Dartmoor

9	Sideshoots - associated subjects / The Lighter Side / This amused me	on: July 04, 2022, 12:28:01
The box in the top right-hand corner of the Coffee Shop home page says: "No 'On This Day' events reported for 4th Jul" I always suspected that the Americans were making a lot of fuss about nothing

10	Sideshoots - associated subjects / Heritage railways, Railtours, buses, canals, steamships and other public transport based attractions / Re: The end of coal	on: March 13, 2022, 15:06:50
Quote Llangollen Railway may have to cut services as it stops buying Russian coal: https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/local-hubs/mid-wales/2022/03/12/railway-to-shun-russian-coal/

11	All across the Great Western territory / Buses and other ways to travel / Re: All First Class coach service launched in the US. Could it work in the UK	on: January 25, 2022, 16:59:01
I'm curious about their financial model. $1,400 income per trip with two crew and CAPEX costs would suggest a pretty slim margin for the operator...?

12	All across the Great Western territory / The Wider Picture in the United Kingdom / Re: Trains told to get rid of torrent of 'Tannoy spam'	on: January 24, 2022, 15:46:44
There was also a piece on Radio 2 on Friday. Tina Daheley (a very refreshing stand-in for Jeremy Vine) interviewed Janine Cooper-Marshall - the current voice of GWR^▸ (Great Western Railway), she of the familiar 'Lundun Paddington' Welsh lilt. Starts at 1:37-ish - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0013jsl The Radio 2 schedule run-down at the end of the item is quite fun.

13	All across the Great Western territory / Across the West / Re: Great Western Main Line electrification - ongoing discussion	on: December 31, 2021, 16:03:42
I just saw this news item on the BBC^» (British Broadcasting Corporation - home page) website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-59825606 Quote It said further restrictions might be needed until the bridge "can be strengthened or replaced" Replaced? A little ironic given all the previous fuss...?

14	All across the Great Western territory / Active travel: Cyclists and walkers, including how the railways deal with them / Re: Pop up Bike parking design competition	on: November 04, 2021, 17:01:05
I'm surprised nobody has come up with the best pop-up bike stand: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0bUm8WOt_k

15	Sideshoots - associated subjects / The Lighter Side / Alight Here for Kemble	on: September 13, 2021, 11:21:57
Still unhappy with the brightness or colour temperature of IET^▸ (Intercity Express Train - replacement for HSTs (manufactured by Hitachi in Kobe, Japan)) carriage lighting? Try this simple solution: https://twitter.com/Andy_Wheatley/status/1436048696970514435 *Subject title unashamedly stolen from one of the replies...

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