...there are now over 100 train heritage steam lines operating in the UK today. Take that, Beeching!
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According to Ian Hislop...
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Originally posted by MrMark View Post...there are now over 100 train heritage steam lines operating in the UK today. Take that, Beeching!
Beeching and that guy Malthus always get a beating from lefty lecturers etc
I never understood why, and I was always too scared to ask, or even mention it. I still am
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Beeching didn't cut enough. He expected that his report would be seen in a holistic way, which was rather naive. If he had taken a more realistic view he would have recommended cutting far more, and in this way it would have saved more. Wasn't it something like 40 year after the recommendation they started installing high speed switches, and that was because the French insisted on them as part of the chunnel deal. Talk about foot dragging...Comment
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Originally posted by BrilloPad View PostAny here been on all of them?
Are you suggesting that any of us are sad anorak-wearing, clipboard-carrying nerds?
Oh, hang on a minuteComment
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Originally posted by EternalOptimist View PostIts funny that.
Beeching and that guy Malthus always get a beating from lefty lecturers etc
I never understood why, and I was always too scared to ask, or even mention it. I still am
Speaking gibberish on internet talkboards since last Michaelmas. Plus here on TwitterComment
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Originally posted by Purple Dalek View PostBeeching didn't cut enough. He expected that his report would be seen in a holistic way, which was rather naive. If he had taken a more realistic view he would have recommended cutting far more, and in this way it would have saved more. Wasn't it something like 40 year after the recommendation they started installing high speed switches, and that was because the French insisted on them as part of the chunnel deal. Talk about foot dragging...Comment
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Originally posted by NickFitz View PostAccording to one of the experts Hislop had on the programme, about one-third of the lines Beeching cut would be profitable if still in operation today.Comment
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I wish the gimp could come back from the grave and sort out the bawsacks that work on the Glasgow-Edinburgh line.Comment
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Originally posted by NickFitz View PostAccording to one of the experts Hislop had on the programme, about one-third of the lines Beeching cut would be profitable if still in operation today.Will work inside IR35. Or for food.Comment
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