David Andrews

Straight Outta Campden
Archaeologist turned Engineer

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#railwaymuseum #Gresley

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@kurakensama @Drachinifel Answer to the trivia question "What ship links the Huascar and the Battle of Tsushima?"

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@NikkiGroarke @Gerrarrdus https://t.co/PvXCz6qUJ4.

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@Gerrarrdus @NikkiGroarke Hwicce actually.

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@RailStory @GarethDennis ...however both 125 and 126 were mentioned in July 1938... (Derby Evening Telegraph 11/7/38)

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@RailStory @GarethDennis I don't think there was anything suspicious; Gresley only trusted an average over 5 seconds, his less experienced and more enthusiastic subordinates thought they could see 126 for one second. (Carling discusses this). I thought that the 126 only came out in 1948 (Loco Exchanges)

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@CalumDouglas1 https://t.co/JlSI4Vxe8H

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@Femi_Sorry ...hindrance from government and neighbours. This country's culture is the summation of our different and individual characters.

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@Femi_Sorry "we in the West somehow earned our position of privilege" - we didn't earn it, we created it and recreate it every day. People come here at great cost and risk to life because they see this as a better to culture in which to live your life as you want to live it with minimal...

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@LawDavF "9. As Rules 1-8 are self-evident those political leaders who ignore them and launch a war are apt to achieve surprise, simply by being stupid."

"Madness is however an affliction which in war carries with it the advantage of SURPRISE"

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@mambolica @bermonkey1096 @DEHEdgerton One book in this area that I've never read (but should have) is

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@Nir_Kahn C'est magnifique mais ce n'est pas la gare.

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@Gerrarrdus Easy to forget when it's next door to Barnack I suppose.

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@Gerrarrdus Are St Mary's bells on the hour real or a recording - as they seem unfeasibly accurate and only chime in the day?

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@leena_lindell A frequent contributor to the discussions in IMechE and ILocE papers.

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@jesse_history https://t.co/wlBkylHQT7
"1918 - The Fall of Eagles" Dr John Bourne

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@RAIL @LNER In the last 25 years we've had LNER, East Coast Trains, Great Northern, Great North Eastern. As they may be running out of names, may I suggest the Great North & South Railway for the next rebrand.

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@PhillipsPOBrien ...leaving the EU did not mean we were turning our back on the world. The EU's attitude to the UK has never considered in times of crisis EU capitals in the east were more likely to look to London than Berlin, Paris or Brussels for help.

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@PhillipsPOBrien There is no evidence that the UK would have persuaded Berlin to do more if it had been in the EU. The UK would have supported Ukraine regardless - but I'm sure Brexit has given it a little edge. The opportunity to remind the EU of the UK's value to Europeans and to show...

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@LNER @RAIL @networkrail Please can the ticket machines on the station sell the cheaper tickets on the slow train as well as the LNER ones.