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Does anyone know the purpose of this blue sign at Malvern Link, which is only 10m after the other one?

@FlywheelMedia1 Looks quite Eastern Europe

How good does this look? Huge credit to 71A Locomotive Group for a wonderful restoration job on 33012. #Diesel

@WestMidRailway when can we expect reopening of the main station car park at Malvern Link? Only 5 spaces remaining in the old car park at 0545 today @midlads

An overdue visit to London today. TfL app recommended Lancaster Gate to get to Chancery Lane from PAD and the new Western side exit made that even easier. Active travel in action!

@inwed21 #INWED21 @EngHeroes

I'm supporting Women in Rail and here is my Engineering Hero vote @INWED1919

@RAIL I am grateful that it was so easy to join the club. 20 years on and it is still my favourite holiday. This year starting 15 miles from home to tackle Tardebigge with 7 great friends. Who else having a moan has taken the trouble to pass the RYA helmsman course?

So....are we to assume the two boats on the left are hire boats, moored in a really stoopid place? Because yes, that IS a tight squeeze. I have to say, I worry that the whole holidaying in the uk thing is going to drive fleets of morons into hire boats and onto the waterways....

@RAIL @passengeraction I am very grateful that it was so easy to join the club. Fastest way to slow down. 20 years later and it is still my favourite holiday. This year hiring only 15 miles from home to tackle Tardebigge with 7 good friends. Has anyone else moaning taken the RYA helmsman course?

@passengeraction Really hacks me off that they get turned out with the thick end of 20 tons of boat after maybe 15 mins of instruction and then get p*ssed..........they’re a menace.

It gets better. Only 2 coaches on the 0743 MVL-BHM. Nothing much has changed in 14 months 😕 passengers standing to keep social distancing @midlads @WestMidRailway

Decided to try the train today. The car park at Malvern Link has been leased to the adjacent car dealer. Hopefully not for much longer as I was lucky to get one of the last spots outside the booking office @midlads @WestMidRailway

Heather really good article on BBC news yesterday - thank you for encouraging us. I shared it at our weekly team meeting this morning.

@ardler67 Egypt

Right. Where am I ? Wrong answers only..

@CDPL1 @Captain_Deltic Yes, not much weight though and some air resistance

@Captain_Deltic Doing night shifts at Maryland it was amazing to see the length of Ford trains passing through with just a single loco on the front.

Finnish Railways are introducing 7,000 tonne freight trains. Must be around 30 years since I footplated Foster Yeoman's first 5,000 tonne aggregate train with a mighty 59 on the front. It was a lovely sunny late afternoon run from Merehead to Acton.

New school LEDs behind the lenses

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Should have waited till he came to a proper winding hole.

@grump323 The problem is with creating the gap for the Camp Hill trains to turn back at King's Norton. Ideally, the island platforms need to be reinstated.

@malvern170 With the times of the Plymouth/Bristol, Cardiff and Hereford trains, I would change it to a 15min frequency - south XX03/XX33 - Bromsgrove, XX18/XX48 - Redditch. Then going north XX05/XX35 - Lichfield and XX20/XX50- Four Oaks. Every 15 mins 6 cars on all. Same time between each.

Not just 4 tph but uneven departures from new street, one hourly gap is 21 mins, from memory. How will that work at peak times?

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