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“Keeping Locomotion No. 1 in Darlington is crucial for our 2025 celebrations – it’s unthinkable to imagine it anywhere else but Darlington for the 200th anniversary of the world’s first passenger railway."
Anywhere else, really. What was it called again, the Darlington and Darlington Railway?
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Mighty lucky with my LNER service today, as not only was it on time but my reserved seat was still unoccupied (apparently other people on here have lost theirs). Other LNER trains have been hugely delayed, overcrowded (standing room only) and cancelled from all the knock-ons of yesterday, so my luck is in so far.Last edited by Arturo; 10-02-2020, 16:02.
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Because otherwise there would have been no one to run them from Wednesday.
current contracts finish tomorrow, OLR not set up to take on two more franchises.
very nice terms once the current six months revenue support ends.
Also, a pointer as to the William's review not ending franchising in any way.
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Not looking good in Scotland. Major incident just south of Stonehaven.
Appears either an earthworks defect or a collapsed bridge has caused a major derailment to an HST. One power car is down a bank, with the cab missing and on fire.
One carriage has been split lengthways with two other carriages on top of it, one upside down.
Two reported dead so far, though apparently only 9 people on the train.
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That looks dreadful. The timeline is a bit confusing, the train left Stonehaven just before 7am but the emergency services were only called at 9.43am, when did the accident actually happen? Was the train waiting at Carmont for almost 3 hours before turning back, or did it derail straight away and then take that long to realise it had gone missing?
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BBC reporting 3 deaths. This is dreadful. 2020 has suddenly decided to turn its baleful face towards Aberdeen.
we had a delude of biblical proportions last night/ this morning. Flooding like I’ve never seen in the town. This crash seems to be down to flooding causing a land slip or bringing down a bridge. It is very difficult to access the site.
I know first responders who are on site. I feel for them and everyone involved. Nae good.
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Originally posted by Fussbudget View PostThat looks dreadful. The timeline is a bit confusing, the train left Stonehaven just before 7am but the emergency services were only called at 9.43am, when did the accident actually happen? Was the train waiting at Carmont for almost 3 hours before turning back, or did it derail straight away and then take that long to realise it had gone missing?
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- The House with the Golden Windows
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And another one joins the movement:
Shop in Drumlithie refuses to stock Sun newspaper.
Journalists "aggressive and underhand"
Oh.
And the front page headline
https://twitter.com/robinurquhart/st...82724157276160
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Initial report from the Rail Accident Investigation Branch:
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/p...-aberdeenshire
*EDIT* ... and yeah, The S*n newspaper can get (even further) to f*ck after their "Death Express" headline. Ghouls.Last edited by The Red Max; 14-08-2020, 13:14.
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Originally posted by Snake Plissken View PostI understand that but I felt that it was probably better to be a bit more circumspect as they were obviously taken at the scene while most news sites were still showing stuff from a distance.
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Without wishing to go too far into it, the key words I kept using were "at this time". At the time I removed them, those photos weren't on the BBC or the news websites which were restricting themselves to long shots and helicopters. Those actual photos from the scene were not being broadcast widely, I certainly didn't know if they were "official" and having such closeups posted such a short time after what was clearly a serious accident felt... uncomfortable.
It was purely a judgement call, which I figured that I would get questioned on either way. So I went with my gut feeling.
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