Richard Clinnick Andy Bowes-Roden = = The worst are the PRs (or clients!!) that think they have editorial control 🤮

We have another phrase to ban from press releases along with 'delighted', 'world class', 'market leading' and so on. Pro tip from a sub-editor: 'fast' is shorter, more accurate and quicker to type than 'at pace'. A phrase which I will be nixing from all copy from now on.

Day 3 and it’s out and about on the network. Heading to Cornwall to visit stakeholders. A great opportunity to meet with GWR and Network Rail on board the train, and see Dawlish sea wall from the driver’s cab!

So much scandal in politics. What’s happening with the #honeytrap issue? That so many were targeted seems rather bigger to me than the other stuff going on.

YouGov Well that 12% can go and sit the sim assessments and rules,traction and route questions I've just sat through to renew my Safety Critical Card. 5 mins in the Train Drivers seat in the thickest fog and they would soon realise how intense it can get.

The rate of inflation is down... because after four years of falling living standards most people are too broke to buy anything. Not due to any interventions by the Government. This is not hard to understand.

Have you or company got a bright idea which is worthy of recognition? If so, we want to hear from you! Entries for the 2024 Railway Innovation Awards close on Friday - head to hubs.ly/Q02s_6Z20 to submit your entry!

*** Spneb the penguin video clip ***
Watch as 36 year old Spneb the penguin waits for the right moment to try and steal a fish from another penguin... 🤣
Video by Michelle

The first birds you will see just as you arrive at the reception desk are the Village Weavers. They are very busy collecting long grass to make the main structure of the their nests. Do stop a take a look, it's fascinating to watch.
Video clip by Director Alison

🛠️As part of our recent work in Cornwall, we upgraded four level crossings

🚆It's improved safety and made journeys smoother on the Looe and Gunnislake branch lines

👉Read more: networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/news/safety-im…

Thank you to the parliamentary candidate for unsolicited mail to me this morning. That's taken the chill off the living room in the log burner.

You can apply for free voter ID here. Clearly you shouldn’t have to, but hey ho.

gov.uk/apply-for-phot…

For the first time in UK #modelrailways an official World Record attempt is being made by Pete Waterman & the Railnuts at Model World LIVE with the newly extended Making Tracks: The Final Frontier 'OO' gauge layout!

🎟️Have you got your ticket?

👉Keymodelworld.com

#Hornby

In non-rail news, our family has had the first positive news we've seen in seven long hard months. Has a tide of ill fortune turned? We bloody well hope so...

FREE: ECML's December 2024 timetable deferred due to outstanding issues - hubs.ly/Q02sGgvv0

“If you desire peace, be ready for war” - history has proved this old adage.

Order battery units NOW to decarbonise rail, says RIA: hubs.ly/Q02sw_c-0

Perhaps there’s a valid argument for giving a few more of these workhorses a lick of paint before they’re finally retired?

NSE?
Southern Railway Green?
SETG?*

* - if SWR Help or Porterbrook want to talk to the SETG about a 455 paint scheme, please drop me a line!!

Our Junior Modellers are really looking forward to showcasing their Mothecombe layout at the
Hornby Magazine @keymodelworld Model World Live exhibition on 27/28th April at the NEC. Discount advance tickets are on sale now with full event details here: hubs.ly/Q02scJxd0

Finally got to see the superb SWR Help retro liveried 455 in person. When I suggested seeing it, Chris Denham called me a nerd but immediately said he'd come too. A fascinating potted history of the 455s from Ian Walmsley coming up in our May issue