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« on: May 24, 2025, 16:43:21 »

SWR» (South Western Railway - about) comes under public ownership on Sunday at 0159. The next service would normally be the 0227 from Guildford to Waterloo, but that has been cancelled.

BBC» (British Broadcasting Corporation - home page)
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« Reply #1 on: May 24, 2025, 16:47:47 »

That link doesn't work for me
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« Reply #2 on: May 24, 2025, 16:58:15 »

That link doesn't work for me

Nor me. How ironic!
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« Reply #3 on: May 24, 2025, 17:13:53 »

Here it is:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy90x5p2gn3o
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« Reply #4 on: May 24, 2025, 17:20:31 »

My understanding is that the first train out of Waterloo will be a GBR (Great British Railways) rebrand....
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« Reply #5 on: May 24, 2025, 18:22:40 »

My understanding is that the first train out of Waterloo will be a GBR (Great British Railways) rebrand....
This picture of a 701 with a bit of sticky tape along the side is on railforums, though I think it was "leaked" first via Reddit. Why it hasn't been used officially is a puzzle: that does look like an official Heidi Alexander. And while we might think it's such a limp squib it's too embarrassing to crow about, DfT» (Department for Transport - about)'s PROs don't embarrass easily (if at all).
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« Reply #6 on: May 24, 2025, 18:24:07 »

Errrr....what picture?
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« Reply #7 on: May 24, 2025, 18:53:21 »

Errrr....what picture?


I've taken a look at the URL posted and it appears that the image will only be visible to members who are also logged in to railforum ... "You must be logged-in to do that" is what I got when I tried to load the image.
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« Reply #8 on: May 24, 2025, 19:10:43 »

Errrr....what picture?


I've taken a look at the URL posted and it appears that the image will only be visible to members who are also logged in to railforum ... "You must be logged-in to do that" is what I got when I tried to load the image.

Ah. yes it does work that way, doesn't it. Well, if I upload a copy it will have the same restriction here (but may be a bit bigger than ideal):
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« Reply #9 on: May 24, 2025, 19:27:07 »

The only URL that I can see in this thread is for the BBC» (British Broadcasting Corporation - home page) News item. No URL for railforums that I can see.
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« Reply #10 on: May 24, 2025, 19:54:47 »

The only URL that I can see in this thread is for the BBC» (British Broadcasting Corporation - home page) News item. No URL for railforums that I can see.

If you quote source on stuving's post you will see

[img width=900]https://www.railforums.co.uk/attachments/ta52ncozle2f1-png.180546/[/img]
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« Reply #11 on: May 24, 2025, 20:20:55 »

No, before your post.

At 1853 you posted about a URL....
I've taken a look at the URL posted and it appears that the image will only be visible to members who are also logged in to railforum ... "You must be logged-in to do that" is what I got when I tried to load the image.

Stuving posted that pic from Railforums at 1910. So what were you referring to?
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« Reply #12 on: May 24, 2025, 20:26:02 »

No, before your post.

At 1853 you posted about a URL....
I've taken a look at the URL posted and it appears that the image will only be visible to members who are also logged in to railforum ... "You must be logged-in to do that" is what I got when I tried to load the image.

Stuving posted that pic from Railforums at 1910. So what were you referring to?

I was referring to his earlier post at 18:22
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« Reply #13 on: May 24, 2025, 20:50:42 »

Aaah...ok, thanks.
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