@Marshrail

Railway professional 53 years, railway journo/author/volunteer. Photographer 58 years! Railway 200 Steering Group member. On Bluesky more and more.

 Milton Keynes
royaltrain.co.uk
Joined May 2016
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Behind the scenes on a British institution.
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Captions please!
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Is that Calvert Signal box lamp room in Phil's first picture and as it was in 1974 and 1975? @GcrGreat
Phil Marsh@MarshrailOct 24
Calvert. The railway is looking real. Four years ago and 3 days ago. @HS2ltd
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From a rabid brexiteer. Didn’t do us any favours Bob. Admit it!
Bob Seely
@IoWBobSeelyOct 25
In the Makerfield by-election, @andyburnham categorically ruled out reopening the EU membership debate. Now he’s got what he wanted, they are reopening the debate in a myriad of different ways. This isn’t about what’s good for the UK. It’s about the obsessions of the left, and working out someone or something to blame when @UKLabour fail. telegraph.co.uk/politics/202…

Rayner: We’ll ask voters to decide on freedom of movement

Housing Secretary says nothing should be ‘off the table’ when discussing closer ties with Brussels

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Andy Comfort@andycomfortOct 25
Is the game all over for BBC Local Radio? Why do the BBC & Ofcom not understand it? A very thorough and informed piece which is worth reading…
📻 David Lloyd
@DavidLloydRADIOOct 25
As BBC local radio proposes yet more change despite ample budget in decent hands - is the game all over? How has it come to this? Who's responsible? I've tried to pull it together davidlloydradio.com/post/why…

Why do the BBC and Ofcom not understand local radio?

BBC local radio prepares to reduce its service yet again.Yet more programmes are to be shared - including local breakfast shows on Sundays reeduced from fourteen to just six across England. It's...

davidlloydradio.com
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🚧 Latest Video 🚧 HS2; significant progress over summer, despite the challenges. Focusing on a 3.5km long section in Northamptonshire. Link 👇 #HS2 #Brackley
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UK support for #Ukraine being put to good use, helping save innocent Ukrainian lives.
OSINTtechnical
@OsinttechnicalOct 23
Ukrainian forces carried out a Storm Shadow cruise missile strike tonight on Russia's Proton plant in Oryol, a producer of electronics for ballistic missiles. Comes days after the UK supplied Ukraine with a new package of Storm Shadows to hunt down Russian missile capabilities.
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Calvert. The railway is looking real. Four years ago and 3 days ago. @HS2ltd
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East West Rail: Bedford mayor's £2.7m interest in scheme - BBC News This makes interesting reading!
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Replying to @Marshrail
Got to ask how long the RMT can keep this nonsense up, ruining one of the most significant railway improvements in recent years and giving anti-rail naysayers some unfortunate talking points. Good pics nonetheless, the weather suits the ghost train atmosphere...
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Absolutely agree and the @RMTunion will be to blame if the Treasury withdraws more funding from the Industry because of this ridiculous political campaign of theirs.
Mike Bellew@MikeB_LDSOct 21
Replying to @Marshrail
Please can someone knock some heads together. This is a terrible advert for investing in railways; new infrastructure & jobs, so rather than celebrate let’s have a row. Who would want to invest in this next stage of EWR?
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Today marked the 2nd anniversary of EWR between Bicester and Bletchley opening. Two Class 196s met at Winslow. And the TRU in Claydon Loop. Yes the rain was torrential so images not the best. But possibly historic.
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That'll stop the Euston-St Albans service then.
Chris Howe (Rail Focus) 🏳️‍🌈@EngFocusOct 19
FFS 🤦 watfordobserver.co.uk/news/2…
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There is a whisper that the Boris wave may be somewhat to blame after BREXIT. So not really the whole story Diana. The Tory legacy continues I'm afraid. Prisons, Railways, Defense, energy .................... @_CallumAnderson will confirm.
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50 years apart. Saltley TMD. The pylons provide the reference points and the block of flats on the right hand side. @RAIL @railexpress @RailwayMagazine @Modern_Railways @PaulMBigland @Paul03391 Thanks to @HS2ltd for enabling today's images possible from Duddeston No. 1 viaduct.
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kev@kevinsm17554523Oct 12
Replying to @Marshrail @diana_blamires
Every Conker operator requires a guard for safety
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And Spurs were winners back then!
Bryan@Elwick70Oct 12
I remember the world before the internet. It wasn’t unconnected. It wasn’t inconvenient. I remember when we read books, newspapers, used pens, wrote letters, used cash. I remember watching the news at 5:45 and that was enough news. It was absolutely fine.
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Most of my family perished in the holocaust German camps. What you are saying is totally out of context when you look back 85 years. A snapshot in time. @EbonySoltani can explain far better than I and lets also not forget just 3 years ago the massacre. Of Israelis.
Gareth Dennis@GarethDennisOct 11
Feels like Israel is in some combination of a "1978 in Rhodesia" or "1984 in South Africa" situation, except if we'd given both countries the nuke. It's going to collapse as a state in its current form, albeit at a slower rate than those two did. But collapse is inevitable.
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But it's an inconvenient truth Diana. Check out when the scheme was being designed, who signed it off and when it physically commenced. Well before the 2024 election. My politics are my business as is the rail industry where I'm in my 54th year.
Diana Blamires@diana_blamiresOct 7
Replying to @Marshrail
@Marshrail - I know you are anti-Conservative so will always blame the Tories! The truth is both Governments are to blame. The last one was too slow getting off the starting blocks.
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But Diana presumably the previous Government signed this project off so it’s a tad disingenuous to blame The current Government.
Diana Blamires@diana_blamiresOct 6
So now Lord Hendy says East West Rail won’t open til 2029????!!!!!
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Mapping the future Chris! Great piece of work.
Chris Howe (Rail Focus) 🏳️‍🌈@EngFocusOct 6
Thrilled to see my map published in the recent issue of @RAIL, and this article, which I've been wanting to write for quite some time. I'm not just saying this, but it's a must read for anyone who believes the myth that #HS2 is gold plated or was a politician's vanity project
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