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Journalist, author, book publisher and photojournalist.

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@ChimeWhistle

Chime Whistle Publishing

4 months

Books that combine the horror,humour and history of rail travel in the UK – much of it never in the public domain before now. 'A funny Thing Happened on the Train to London' and 'A Funny Thing Happened on the Train to the Midlands'

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A Funny Thing Happened on the Train to the Midlands. COMING SOON – now down to limited availabili...

The second book in the ‘A Funny Thing Happened on the Train’ trilogy. Just as book one , ‘ A Funny Thing Happened on the Train to London’ , looked at the shocking, saucy and horrific incidents that...

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@KingBobIIV Such people are so convinced (almost to clinically insane levels) of their own righteousness, they convince themselves that whatever they do is for the greater good. It's this mentality that leads to them justifying their actions internally,when everyone else thinks they are mad.

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@Markgsparrow @OldLondonW14 @AldiUK @waitrose @sainsburys @Tesco @asda I bet everyone has butterflies 🤣

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@Angus_Duncan Some people are just so ungrateful.

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@katharinerudden That was lucky, Scotsman almost ruined your video of the Voyager🤣

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@RMTunion A few days ago I saw a guard guide a visually impaired passenger off his train and to the stairs, not leaving her side until he was sure she was OK. Imagine what would happen if there was no onboard or station staff.

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A retired driver who posts pics of rail staff from the 1970s, says he has had a DM from a H&S rep at a rail company, asking him not to post pics of drivers line side (relieving a train on the man line etc) as it undermines today's safety culture.

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@MrJonDePlume His media advisor must really hate him, to keep setting him up like that🤣

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@BRATTYBARBl I heard she threatened to start singing until someone opened a till for her.

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Labour is a frenemy where rail is concerned. It started with Beeching cuts, after standing on a campaign ticket to halt them and has continued the betrayal. @Telegraph Labour scraps dozens of planned railway lines in blow for small town Britain

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Labour scraps dozens of planned railway lines in blow to small town Britain

Chancellor’s cost cutting feels like a ‘mini-Beeching’, say campaigners

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CrossCountry has just announced that staff passes are banned on six of its busiest services. It hasn't gone down too well!

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It's Just been said on Radio 4 that a Which report has shown Trainline to be better value than station ticket machines. Why not throw ticket office staff into the mix? Trainline would have been trounced.

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@la_lea_la @BrentToderian @stellaomalley3 I've heard a minority of publishers say working from home is impossible. Covid comes along and suddenly it's possible. Ultimately,as with most things, it's about having the right mindset and can do attitude,rather than thinking of a million reasons why something can't be done.

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Hearing that a major TOC has paid managers a near £3,000 'thank you' bonus for helping the operator become financially "strong" and working hard through covid - while front line staff have received nothing. I've seen the correspondence. @TodaysRailways @RailwayMagazine

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@Andy_Wheatley @rlonguk He was travelling light 🤣

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DfT to offer staff: 5% pay rise for 2022,20 months of uncapped back pay,No compulsory redundancies,No change to T&Cs. Must go to ref.If accepted, strike ballot is over for now. Talks commence in Feb to discuss 2023 pay. @RAIL @TodaysRailways @RailwayMagazine @Modern_Railways

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Does anyone have any examples of where a ticket office member of staff helped passengers get cheaper tickets than were being offered at the ticket machine/on line? It's for a positive news piece on why we need ticket offices. DMs open if people don't want to post publicly.

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@FakeShowbizNews Where's the fake news bit?!

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Uploaded a pic of East Coast driver James Woolfe,with the final train he will drive before retirement.James was also at the controls of 91031 in 1995,when it reached 154mph. Next month will be 45 years since he became a driver. @RAIL @TodaysRailways @LNER

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@Northern_Travel CrossCountry is in the middle of a trial to 'nudge' passengers off its trains and onto other TOCs. The XC press office doesn't like talking about it though – it's not a good look. If it's deemed a success it will no doubt be rolled out across its network.

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@nytimes I suspect that will not end well for Macron – politicians are rarely forgiven for going against such strong feelings from their country's citizens.

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Grant Shapps - what a total numpty. Apparently digital signalling will make Birmingham to Manchester route every bit as good had HS2 gone ahead north of Birmingham. What's the betting HS2 trains will be signalled using absolute block around Stockport?

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I've heard that CrossCountry is to team up with rail consultants on how it can stop short-distance commuters using its trains and making it uncomfortable for long-distance passengers - Cov to B'ham,for example.Image from Rail Picture Library: @RailPicture

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@YourWullie You've got to admire the marketing team @GreggsOfficial for coming up with such an original advert 🤣🤣🤣🤣

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@kynohy @ClarkeMicah Amazing how in the space of a few months e-scooters have become 'essential' for saving the planet – people conveniently forgetting that a diesel truck deposits and picks them up and that the batteries are mined using slave labour!One numpty recently described them as “lifesavers”

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Robust piece in tomorrow's paper regarding Wednesday's announcement on ticket office closures. The DfT is going to need smelling salts when it reads it. The plan isn't working out quite as it envisaged. Big thanks to all the rail staff that helped. @ABCommuters @RMTunion

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@ClarkeMicah Japan House London creative street crossing specially designed by artist Tokolo Asao. Part of a special summer season at Japan House London celebrating the role of Japanese designers at Olympic Games past and present.

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@ClarkeMicah @ZRicht In the 1950s a local MP ( later mayor) worked as a signaller in Stafford number 5 signal box. Hard to imagine anyone with a full time job outside politics becoming an MP now.Instead,we have people self isolated from those they are elected to represent.We all suffer because of it.

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Yesterday a driver stopped his train and detained a trespasser until the BTP arrived.

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@CMY1952 Maybe being a councillor isn't a job for them! If all they want is unadulterated praise, they should apply to be the leader of North Korea!

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@MetroUK He needs a couple of 37s outside his bedroom, for extra ambiance - wouldn't you agree @TheGrowlerGroup ?

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A news agency has been in touch to ask me to write a piece about stations with big gaps/steep climbs between train and platform. Can anyone tell me of particular extreme examples? @RAIL @TodaysRailways @railwaymagazine

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@JohnLewisRetail @April_1970s There has been a bit of a Carrie on🤣

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On Radio 4 it has just said that UK farmers are dismayed at the news that Morrisons is to launch a trial to import lamb from New Zealand. Supermarket says British lamb is too expensive. How on earth can it be cheaper to import from half way around the world?

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I've been told that the official announcement regarding ticket office closures will be made next Wednesday. DfT has instructed TOCs and the RDG to make it – so it can distance itself from the decision and the huge amount of flak it will generate. @ABCommuters @RMTunion

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@bakerloormt @RMTLondon @RMTunion Having spoken candidly with train cleaners - they can't speak publicly because of draconian social media policy from HR - they have to deal with some awful things from the public. Body fluids (all kinds!) dirty knickers and worse are just everyday occurrences!

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@BorderAdventure That's enough about the nurse – how did the dog behave?

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@MetroUK Reminds me of the Roger Melly episode where he built a pool in his garden, in the name of charity 😀

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@PatMac139 @RMTunion The guard on a @GWRHelp sleeper had a knife pulled on him recently and was spat at by people trying to force their way onto the train. Imagine what would have happened if there was no guard to protect passengers.

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@AllisonPearson @NaomiLWood @chealie @BorisJohnson Tomorrow's @FreightTracks magazine talks about how Germany is planning to get through the crisis by keeping its coal-fired power stations going and investing in gas storage facilities. In the UK we close and blow up our power stations,on the alter of green dogma.

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@NoContextBrits unexpected item in bagging area!

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@seatsixtyone DfT asks LNER how it can increase income – LNER proposes ticket 'simplification' – LNER takes the flak when it all goes wrong, as it can't/darn't backchat to its paymaster.

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Very petty and jobsworth. When everyone has a camera in their 'phone, trying to impose ridiculous conditions makes TWM a laughing stock. Crime must be zero on the network, if management has time to focus on stopping photography. @chris_railway @railnigel @todaysra

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We're happy for people to take 'family snaps' and selfies while on Metro, but if you’re interested in the stations or trains for larger projects – including as an enthusiast – you can speak to us first to gain permission. Find out more on our website ^DT

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@LikeEngineer Amazing how so many people have intense anger just bubbling beneath the surface. Makes one wonder if they should actually be driving if they can't contain it.

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You will shortly be able to read in the newspaper, my piece where I mention many ticket office staff only learnt of their office closing by reading their TOCs press release - higher management not being able to tell them beforehand. Terrible behaviour.

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Support is slowly ebbing away from WCR – just ripe for LSL to step in. It's very foolish to try and take on the ORR over safety issues – there was only ever going to be one outcome. Highland firms slam Harry Potter train operator as tourism bookings fall

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'They have behaved atrociously': Highland firms slam Harry Potter train operator

Businesses in the north west Highlands have criticised the operators of the Jacobite steam train for failing to comply with safety regulations that…

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@RosieisaHolt Other Top tips: Can't afford food – eat out at the subsidised HoC restaurant, need more money – employ a relative as a PA, even if they do FA. The one train that isn't affected by strikes is the gravy train – all aboard, first stop expenses Junction.

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@EurostarJustinp @northernassist @Conductor_Amos Blackpool North station staff are on standby to repel any photographers - so, business as normal then 🤣 @chris_railway

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Have spoken with the DfT this evening about the controversy around the CAF/LNER new train contract, it's trying to distance itself from it,with the DfT saying: “This procurement competition was carried out by the operator, not the Government” being one part of the conversation.

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Marylebone station staff have just, very candidly, told me that the @retrorailtours HST failed to call at Banbury - where it was meant to pick up Chiltern staff.

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A big thanks to @Modern_Railways for agreeing to feature the kickstart for the socially important book 'If She Can, So Can I. Rail Women in the 21st Century'. The book aims to encourage more women into the rail industry,but needs help to make it a reality:

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@Chris_TheDriver Know alls like Douglas 'let's automate' Murray don't really get it.

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3 years

@ClarkeMicah Meanwhile UK reverts to diesel hauled freight trains because of soaring cost of electricity. When a huge company such as Freightliner says electric trains are too expensive,the UK really is in trouble!

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@implausibleblog He doesn't like it now he's under investigation. A sort of poetic justice.

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A BR long service certificate from 1971 has been found in a jigsaw from a Lockerbie charity shop and a call has gone out to try and trace the relatives of the person named. It's Railman William Barnfather (of Carlisle) and it thanks him for 53 years of service. @RailwayMagazine

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The Chief Mechanical Engineer at Vivarail posted this, yesterday: “But there is still a glimmer of hope that we might be able to create a leaner, meaner 'Vivarail Mk2' out of the ashes. Watch this space.”

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So, return tickets to be "scrapped" in favour of two singles - which will equal the cost of a return. Sounds like a fare rise to me, as I doubt if the total will be equal to the cheapest tickets currently available. Trains and track to be brought together too. Welcome back BR!

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Parish council left red-faced after 'Anus Society' error on minibus

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Parish council left red-faced after 'Anus Society' error on minibus

The unfortunate wording caught the attention of Christmas shoppers in Weston-super-Mare

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Comment from the Severn Valley Railway, ref diesel day: “A small group of people attended who decided to lean far too far out of windows, to shout obscenities at our staff and other passengers and generally behave in a very unsavoury manner...It could put at risk future events.”

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The National Railway Museum has confirmed to me today, that Flying Scotsman will remain on the mainline in 2024 and although its future is being “carefully considered” it will not be 'stuffed and mounted' as some have feared. @TodaysRailways @chris_railway @RailwayMagazine

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@HannahAlOthman @midland__london If you look at Real Time Trains website, it should tell you the booked platform that your train will depart from, before it's announced. The Euston stampede is a infamous occurrence – something that rail journalists (myself included) have complained about for a long time.

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@Abilty_PTR @therealRitchP @ABCommuters @MSE @LordOrk @deafpassenger George the cat has the right idea – fighting to keep ticket offices and staff on stations. My piece from the @DailyMirror @RMTunion

The VERY special train station worker who faces being made homeless by closures

George lives at the busy Stourbridge Junction station in the West Midlands, which is one of up to 1,000 across England where the ticket office is at risk of closure

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@Tanni_GT Erasing of TUAG, like so many decisions, is made by people that don't have to suffer the consequences of their decisions. At best it's thoughtless, at worst it's downright selfish. Who would ever have thought that things would be going backwards in 2023?

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Someone said something rude about one of my books. To show that I don't hold grudges, I've treated them to a hot air balloon ride across the United States!

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Farewell class 58s. 58001 and its 22 fellow class members at Alizay ECR depot in France are soon to be no more. Due to be scrapped in the next 4-5 weeks.

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Nine bridge bashes yesterday (yes nine!) with the Romsey one being the worse. It caused 700 delay minutes and 13 trains to be cancelled, with 45 trains part cancelled. @AndyRoden1 @RAIL @chris_railway @railexpress @railwaysillus @PaulCliftonBBC

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Just heard that Tom Joyner has left @CrossCountryUK with Immediate effect. HR director Zoe Kennedy said “It has been agreed with Tom Joyner that he will stand down as MD with immediate effect” adding that Joyner will “pursue other opportunities” @RAIL @TodaysRailways

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@beckymbarrow I interviewed a BTP sergeant for a newspaper a couple of years ago. He said such behaviour is "self selecting" in so much they draw attention to themselves in such a way that those in authority begin to take a special interest in them.

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@BRATTYBARBl I heard the security guard followed her around the shop, after being told she had a terrible criminal record. The LP wasn't much better either.

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Just when you think you've heard it all. Today,someone dropped paint off a bridge and over 55019 “Royal Highland Fusilier” at the @GcrGreat .Its first day in service after a repaint.Pic of it at the @svrofficialsite in happier times. @RAIL @RailwayMagazine

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55019 “Royal Highland Fusilier” departs Kidderminster on 15 May 2018. Chime Whistle Publishing railway books. www.chimewhistle.co.uk/shop

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@MetroUK Was the father called Greg?

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@chris_railway @KatiePennick @PassAssistance @RailwayMagazine @C_Eglinton If the people who formed policy actually listened to users - and I don't mean lip service,but took onboard what they were told and acted accordingly - that would be a start. Ultimately, I suspect it's all about the money!

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@KingBobIIV @PrincessofWails Such people would already have shown such mental traits in 'normal' life - waiting for an opportunity to embolden them. Just as one can always sense the individual with anger bubbling just under the surface, no matter how they try to hide it.

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@RAIL @FrancyneJohnson I've been in signal boxes when emergencies have kicked off and the last thing anybody thinks about is profit before safety. Pass on the ground will often have no perception of just how hard it is to deal with an evolving situation and of all the effort being made to deal with it.

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Big thanks to rail staff for whistle blowing and tip offs (keep them coming!)for my numerous pieces in the @DailyMirror A few days ago (thanks to tip off)I caught one operator blatantly misleading passengers,ref ticket office consultation. Operator didn't even deny it. @RMTunion

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@historyinmemes Give peace (and quiet) a chance 🤣

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I've just been to a small village where the church is constantly open - even when unattended by staff - parcels are left on doorsteps without fear that someone will steal them and there's a nice pub serving a wide range of food. To top it off, it is within sight of a railway.

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@kynohy @ClarkeMicah @afneil Final coal train to a UK coal fired power station, runs at end of month. Power station closes in September and will no doubt be blown up. Germany recently reactivated its CFPS to 'keep the lights on', maybe we could learn a thing or two from them.

Why we should mourn for the final coal train — Railway books and calendars

Imagine a country that doesn’t destroy its coal fired power stations when they close – instead it mothballs them. Imagine a country that in times of need, reactivates them and gives coal trains...

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48 hours ago I received information from more than one inside source regarding extremely serious allegations against a TOC MD. I put these allegations to the press office and there has been no response - not even an acknowledgement. Most unusual not to receive a denial.

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@Joannechocolat @Bambigoesforth People arguing for a reduction in copyright terms are free to give their own work away if they are so inclined. They are not free to dictate that others do. As ever, it's easy to be generous with other people's money/work.

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From @svrofficialsite Over 6,500 enthusiasts attended gala. Figures boosted by hundreds of shareholders travelling on passes/complimentary tickets. This was the highest number of visitors the SVR has recorded for a diesel event. Attendance exceeded the expected numbers, by 44%.

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@ClarkeMicah Is it not an job creation scheme for arms manufacturers?

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From @ClarkeMicah column. Too many politicians are style over substance. What use are such people in authority – especially in a crisis? We don't want beautiful, smart politicians, but people who have met a payroll, raised ... via @MailOnline

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Peter Hitchens: our Head of State is the true defender of our freedom

PETER HITCHENS: The strange thing about her reign is that, while her personal popularity has grown, respect for the Crown and understanding of what it means have shrivelled away.

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@militaryhistori World Service saying that Germany and Italy are considering keeping coal power stations open longer than anticipated/reactivating closed coal power stations - as measures to avoid Russia holding them to ransom.Also talk of drilling for gas, regardless of environmental damage.

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@ClarkeMicah We currently have a major rail freight company that has switched to diesel traction because the cost of electricity has made operating its electric fleet of locomotives too expensive. Ironically, many of the routes they use are electrified!

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@Flipthecoin3 @AvantiWestCoast @ASLEFunion @MickWhelanASLEF @RMTunion Isn't Sunday outside the working week - so drivers are just choosing not to work overtime?

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Thanks to @SteamRailway @RailwayMagazine @railexpress @railwaysillus and @bestofbritishuk for agreeing to review our 2022 rail calendars.Thanks also to all those that have already bought them! plus

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I had a sneak look a few days ago at the 2023 event calendar for a certain heritage line. I asked why there are far more family events than enthusiast ones. Apparently, the cafes do better (was told enthusiasts tend to bring own food) and the book sales do better too!

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@wikivictorian Thank you for remembering some of the many people from that tragic night. Have you seen this interview (1979) of one of the crew that survived. The last sentence about nightmares (he was 90 at the time of interview) is very moving.

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#OnThisDay 1912: The Titanic sank on its maiden voyage, with the loss of more than 1,500 lives. In 1979, Frank Prentice described how he managed to escape death on the liner, where he was working as an assistant purser.

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@ClarkeMicah @JonnyTate Who would have thought lockdown would have financial and social consequences?!

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Class 90s for sale. @ClarkeMicah This is because the freight operator can't afford the electricity bill. It told me that operating diesel trains costs 50% less than electric. If Gov was serious about green issues, it would step in and help.

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Assets such as locomotives, wagons, coaching stock and nameplates that are surplus to requirements are made available to buy from DB Cargo UK.

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@SoVeryBritish Who is coming to the Christmas party? 🤣

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All being well, there should be a piece in a national paper tomorrow, highlighting the violence and general abuse that rail staff habitually contend with. Thanks to everyone who contacted me in confidence - it will make shocking reading.

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@ST0NEHENGE Not all publicity is good publicity – as I suspect they are about to find out. For 'change' to happen, you have to take people with you – not alienate them.

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@RMTunion If Grant Shapps went on strike, would anyone notice? #askingforafriend

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@NoContextBrits Good job it wasn't pasta, or he may have put penne to paper 😂

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The first phase of a rail decarbonisation scheme to electrify the Fife route has been granted approval to move to the construction stage. This initial phase will commence with electrification of the section between Haymarket and Dalmeny.

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@SimonCalder When PR goes wrong! People need to realise that LNER is being used as a human shield by the Government - getting it to take the flak from passengers, while the Gov keeps its hands clean. All rather cowardly.

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The news you've all been waiting for! 2023 book looking at inspirational women in rail 'If She Can, So Can I. Rail Women in the 21st Century' Background to book here : (too long for Twitter!)Hopefully it will inspire more women to join this great industry.

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@TrinovantesD @Ian_Willoughby While researching about him and Kindertransport for a book, I discovered that he became frustrated with certain countries who refused outright to take Jewish children. He said at least 2000 more could have been saved if they had had done.

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