Nigel Harris (@railnigel) 's Twitter Profile
Nigel Harris

@railnigel

Co-presenter Green Signals podcast. Former Managing Editor/Events Director, RAIL. Contemp/hist rail tweets, politics & other 'stuff'. RTs not endorsements.

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(((Rezina))) 🌹🐝 (@rezinachowdhury) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We closed Abbeville Road in Clapham to cars for a few hours today & something truly radical & transformative happened. We saw a community grow. People came out to chat, laugh, listen, gossip, eat, drink & share. Just proves that streets are for people not just for cars.

We closed Abbeville Road in Clapham to cars for a few hours today & something truly radical &  transformative happened. 

We saw a community grow. 

People came out to chat, laugh, listen, gossip, eat, drink & share. 

Just proves that streets are for people not just for cars.
Jon Stone (@joncstone) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Abbeville Road in Clapham was closed to cars today as a one-day trial and the results were... incredible. Basically unrecognisable

Abbeville Road in Clapham was closed to cars today as a one-day trial and the results were... incredible. Basically unrecognisable
Dom Lucre | Breaker of Narratives (@dom_lucre) 's Twitter Profile Photo

πŸ”₯🚨BREAKING: Here is footage of the passengers and workers of the Mexican navy tall ship CuauhtΓ©moc that ran into the New York Brooklyn Bridge. They were celebrating America’s 250th birthday.

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Lowest cost is the major driver of decision making by the DfT - hence the sub optimal seats, too few carriages…you name it. Prone reason why they should be removed from a position of control so that GBR can be empowered.

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Dead simple: it costs more so they won’t do it. Lowest cost to them is all that matters - not the operator and end user.

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I’m having a clean & polish day on my 7.25in gauge β€˜Sandy River 2-4-2 β€˜Peggy’, sitting there on shed. This is my view for lunch in the shade under the trees at Weston Park MPD. Birds singing, sunshine, a nice sarnie and passing trains: today is a good day!

I’m having a clean & polish day on my 7.25in gauge β€˜Sandy River 2-4-2 β€˜Peggy’, sitting there on shed. This is my view for lunch in the shade under the trees at Weston Park MPD. Birds singing, sunshine, a nice sarnie and passing trains: today is a good day!
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The fruits of my labours thus far today, cleaning and polishing my β€˜Sandy River’ 2-4-2 at Weston Park. Hope to meet a few Green Signals here when we get it running in the next couple of weeks.

The fruits of my labours thus far today, cleaning and polishing my β€˜Sandy River’ 2-4-2 at Weston Park. Hope to meet a few <a href="/greensignallers/">Green Signals</a> here when we get it running in the next couple of weeks.
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Actually, it’s a brass casting and AM makes his using stainless steel - they are essentially a welded fabrication. He is making me one, though…!