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| BBC video Euston 14/10/2024 at 14:44 #158847 | |
bill_gensheet
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Being plugged to day on the BBC site is this from when Euston opened. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cgeyp940y28o A few seconds inside the PCB and images of the station throat towards the end Bill Log in to reply The following user said thank you: kbarber |
| BBC video Euston 14/10/2024 at 15:48 #158849 | |
bugsy
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bill_gensheet in post 158847 said:Being plugged to day on the BBC site is this from when Euston opened.I watched it this morning. Pity it wasn't a bit longer though. As well as SimSig, the BBC News website opens automatically when I open my default browser 🙂 Everything that you make will be useful - providing it's made of chocolate. Log in to reply |
| BBC video Euston 14/10/2024 at 18:41 #158852 | |
DonRiver
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Can't think of Euston without thinking of Peter, Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill, of Imber in the county of Wiltshire, CBE in his former role as chair of Network Rail telling an engineering firm they would get no further Network Rail contracts unless they fired an engineer who'd stated the station today is dangerously overcrowded and unsafe. https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-rail-minister-peter-hendy-fired-gareth-dennis-engineer-safety-concerns-trains-london-euston-station/ https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/euston-trains-station-delays-london-overcrowding-cancel-b2527730.html (named for the one in Tasmania, not in Russia) Log in to reply The following user said thank you: Tempest Malice |
| BBC video Euston 14/10/2024 at 20:48 #158856 | |
Steamer
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DonRiver in post 158852 said:Can't think of Euston without thinking of Peter, Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill, of Imber in the county of Wiltshire, CBE in his former role as chair of Network Rail telling an engineering firm they would get no further Network Rail contracts unless they fired an engineer who'd stated the station today is dangerously overcrowded and unsafe.Had the complaint been made via proper channels I may have some sympathy. Rabble rousing on Twitter against your employer's client will pretty much guarantee your dismissal in any industry. "Don't stress/ relax/ let life roll off your backs./ Except for death and paying taxes/ everything in life.../ is only for now." (Avenue Q) Log in to reply |
| BBC video Euston 14/10/2024 at 21:16 #158857 | |
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DonRiver
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That isn't what happened, though. He wasn't "rabble-rousing on Twitter" - he was interviewed by the Independent. Following this, Peter, Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill, of Imber in the County of Wiltshire, CBE and Chair of Network Rail at the time, started a campaign to find out which company employed him and then blackmail that company's CEO to sack him. To my knowledge he didn't tweet about it until after he was sacked.
(named for the one in Tasmania, not in Russia) Log in to reply |
| BBC video Euston 14/10/2024 at 23:17 #158861 | |
postal
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This started as a topic about a BBC clip showing Euston as it was when first rebuilt. Rather than cluttering up this topic and advertising the chips on our shoulders perhaps people might like to read the topic on WNXX about the Gareth Dennis situation. This has a lot of detail and information. It was up to 13 pages at the last count - https://www.wnxxforum.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=38995&start=300.
“In life, there is always someone out there, who won’t like you, for whatever reason, don’t let the insecurities in their lives affect yours.” – Rashida Rowe Log in to reply The following user said thank you: bill_gensheet |
| BBC video Euston 15/10/2024 at 07:51 #158867 | |
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kbarber
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I'd love to know who the bobbies were. Probably long gone by the time I knew the London Division (they looked pretty senior on the clip). But that job was just as heavy, in its way, as any mechanical box... the pressure was such that there were a number of nervous breakdowns in the early days and in the end a third signalman had to be rostered on each shift, with the rule being no more than 4 hours on Station End where the real pressure was.
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| BBC video Euston 16/10/2024 at 20:39 #158894 | |
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clive
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kbarber in post 158867 said:the pressure was such that there were a number of nervous breakdowns in the early days and in the end a third signalman had to be rostered on each shift, with the rule being no more than 4 hours on Station End where the real pressure was.I remember you telling us about the bobby who woke up to find himself signalling the bedroom wall. Log in to reply |