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Topic: Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Freedom Pass at risk?
Posted by: Chris Veasey
Date/Time: 14/11/09 09:05:00

One-off stunt runs is one thing, but for many years early 20thC the fastest regular station-to-station train run in the British empire (which may well also have meant in the world) was the Darlington-York section of a NE-SW long-distance express service, till the GWR accelerated the Cheltenham Flyer early 1920s to beat it.

Perhaps if the Westminster govt hadn't meddled with the ownership of the railways early 1920s and saddled the NER with all those barely profitable or unprofitable London-based and Scotch railways the well worked-up NER scheme for electrifying the mainline from York to Teesside and Tyneside would have happened in the 1920s, making steam-powered speed runs, stunt or regular, a complete irrelevance.


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Mayor's outrageous fare increases16/10/09 18:15:00 Ali Khan
   Re:Mayor's outrageous fare increases16/10/09 20:06:00 Jamie Smith
      Re:Re:Mayor's outrageous fare increases16/10/09 23:05:00 Alan Brainsby
         Re:Re:Re:Mayor's outrageous fare increases19/10/09 08:57:00 Chris Veasey
         Re:Re:Re:Mayor's outrageous fare increases21/10/09 11:52:00 Tony Colliver
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Mayor's outrageous fare increases21/10/09 14:30:00 Alan Brainsby
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Mayor's outrageous fare increases22/10/09 13:59:00 Tony Colliver
         Re:Re:Re:Mayor's outrageous fare increases12/11/09 00:44:00 Damaris Lakin
   Re:Mayor's outrageous fare increases19/10/09 08:32:00 Chris Veasey
      Re:Re:Mayor's outrageous fare increases19/10/09 14:50:00 Peter Chadburn
      Re:Re:Mayor's outrageous fare increases19/10/09 22:20:00 Ali Khan
         Re:Re:Re:Mayor's outrageous fare increases19/10/09 22:47:00 Chris Veasey
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Mayor's outrageous fare increases19/10/09 23:21:00 Peter Chadburn
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Mayor's outrageous fare increases20/10/09 07:48:00 Chris Veasey
         Re:Re:Re:Mayor's outrageous fare increases @ Ali20/10/09 09:06:00 Ed Yelland
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Mayor's outrageous fare increases @ Ali20/10/09 11:25:00 Peter Chadburn
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Mayor's outrageous fare increases @ Ali21/10/09 18:42:00 Ali Khan
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Mayor's outrageous fare increases @ Ali21/10/09 19:44:00 Alan Brainsby
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Mayor's outrageous fare increases @ Ali22/10/09 11:41:00 Eric Alan Leach
                        Freedom Pass at risk?12/11/09 01:41:00 George Knox
                           Re:Freedom Pass at risk?12/11/09 06:12:00 Eric Alan Leach
                              Re:Re:Freedom Pass at risk?12/11/09 20:30:00 Alan Brainsby
                                 Re:Re:Re:Freedom Pass at risk?13/11/09 05:38:00 Eric Alan Leach
                                 Re:Re:Re:Freedom Pass at risk?13/11/09 08:14:00 Chris Veasey
                                    Re:Re:Re:Re:Freedom Pass at risk?13/11/09 22:08:00 Alan Brainsby
                                       Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Freedom Pass at risk?13/11/09 22:24:00 Chris Veasey
                                          Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Freedom Pass at risk?13/11/09 22:34:00 Alan Brainsby
                                             Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Freedom Pass at risk?13/11/09 22:57:00 Chris Veasey
                                    Re:Re:Re:Re:Freedom Pass at risk?13/11/09 22:38:00 Alan Brainsby
                                       Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Freedom Pass at risk?13/11/09 22:55:00 Chris Veasey
                                          Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Freedom Pass at risk?13/11/09 23:59:00 Alan Brainsby
                                             Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Freedom Pass at risk?14/11/09 09:05:00 Chris Veasey
                                 Re:Re:Re:Freedom Pass at risk?13/11/09 12:42:00 Tony Wood
                                    Re:Re:Re:Re:Freedom Pass at risk?13/11/09 13:46:00 Chris Veasey
                                       Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Freedom Pass at risk?13/11/09 14:39:00 Robert Darke
                                       Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Freedom Pass at risk?13/11/09 15:11:00 Tony Wood
                                          Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Freedom Pass at risk?13/11/09 15:26:00 Chris Veasey
                                             Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Freedom Pass at risk?13/11/09 17:10:00 Tony Wood
                                                Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Freedom Pass at risk?13/11/09 18:41:00 Chris Veasey
                                                   Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Freedom Pass at risk?13/11/09 19:57:00 Tony Wood
                                                      Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Freedom Pass at risk?13/11/09 20:02:00 Chris Veasey
                                                         Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Freedom Pass at risk?14/11/09 10:29:00 Tony Wood
                                                            Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Freedom Pass at risk?14/11/09 10:44:00 Alan Brainsby
                                                               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Freedom Pass at risk?15/11/09 08:47:00 Tony Wood
                              Re:Re:Freedom Pass at risk?13/11/09 22:16:00 Alan Brainsby

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