Philip Haigh@philatrail
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Freelance railway writer, former deputy editor at RAIL magazine - news, views and analysis of today's railway.
🚆 It's been a busy couple of days at @LocomotionSHD as APT-E has been brought out of the museum, reconfigured, and… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
A TPE service passing over the new 40mph curve from Carstairs South (Strawfrank) and Carstairs East pic.twitter.com/fE7gyIiBRK
Day 2️⃣1️⃣ of major upgrades at #Stalybridge
Engineers have been working through the night to install SPS and cant… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Urgent advice from RAIB after passenger fell from a train on the Great Central Railway in January.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Surprised this gantry did not already have clearance for electric wires. It was installed around a decade ago when… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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@BobGwynne @DavidShirres @Captain_Deltic I bought one! Second hand obvs…
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@Captain_Deltic @markannand We’d need a competition to decide where to build it.
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@Railpassion1 @Captain_Deltic On a Liverpool-Newcastle service via Woodhead too!
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Read and weep. DfT's 10-platform HS2 station at Euston is now set to cost more than the previous 11-platform design… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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@Captain_Deltic Although he admits Liner Trains were not his idea. And he didn't like the name.
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Beeching is best remembered for the many line and station closures that followed his report which was published on… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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@Captain_Deltic @PaulCliftonBBC @BBCSouthNews A bit before my time… hope you could claim back your £2 for two copie… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
When things go wrong unexpectedly. 37676 on the floor in Millburn Yard yesterday and 37403 shunting the stock two a… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Groundhog day at @StPancrasInt as the lift is out of order again.
One of the @trains_for_kids team, who is visibly… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
As we move into day 1️⃣6️⃣ at #Stalybridge, engineers are:
🔥 Welding the new track
📎 Installing clips on the point… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Introducing... the Penguin Book Vending Machine!
In 1935, Sir Allen Lane was inspired to create Penguin Books when… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
🏗️ It's day 1⃣4⃣ of major upgrades at #Stalybridge and we're continuing to make great progress which includes a ful… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Philip Haigh@philatrail
@RAIL @WilliamBarter1 @pipdunn Gnu?
Philip Haigh@philatrail