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We think it's time to tinker with the Forum to reflect what we believe the Members want.

The Profiles Section will become a Child Board of General Discussiion.

Bettng Tips & Sports Diiscussion will become a Main Board in the General Category.

Put simply, we intend to swap them over.

Both boards are absolulutely fine, in our opinion, but Betting Tip & Sports Discussion has proven very popular. In around 7 months, it has attracted nearly 500 New Topics, & it genarates an average of 1200 Posts per month - in fact, a great deal more recently. Despite beng a Child Board, it's about the 4th most used Board of late. (I think we have 9 Boards in total right now). It's time to give it a little more exposure.

So there you go. We feel sure if you are not happy, you might just mention it......

weee at last. well done guys.

Superb idea me thinks :)up

Did someone mention changes?
 ;scarymoment;

 :)up

perhaps we could have a new board......................fascinating facts about trains


i am sure the people of blonde would approve this

We've already got one
(Strange, I posted a link to the GWR thread, but when you click it, it leads to the wrong place)

Did anyone see Pete Watermans Trains last night? Brilliant!!

Sounds good booder

Was it naughty RED?

Brilliant!

We could have.....

Train Histories

Train Profiles

Trains General

Tran Live Updates (of Train Journeys)

Train Analysis

Train Tips

Train Timetables

Train Norkage

The list is endless.

Then we could do Railway Stations - I'm becoming fascinated by them - I think I have a book in me.

Top Man that Booder.

What about the Train bitching?.......

Losing Train tickets, having proof of purchase but forced to pay again anyway.

Unsympathetic staff.

Having the same seats reserved for 3 different people. General overbooking/crowdiness

Extortiante Prices

Broken Air Conditioning

Other people's children  ;tk;

The only ones running to schedule are the connections you're trying to catch.

careful Tank - you could be on your way to getting yourself banned!

But well worth it for the pleasure we get. Many are those who consider a good train journey is better than, well, "congress".

I Concur. I hate American politics

If we did have a Trains board there would certainly be changes to the Blondepoker forum.

We'd first have to change at Crewe, then change again at Rugby...

Rugby is a bit naff, but Crewe is magnificent, steeped in railway history, with the old Railway Works never far from one's thoughts. But electrification always changes the character of a Station, & though the Train Shed is fine, up to a point, it's a stopping point for Wooly Jumper's Plastc trains, which is a big negative, & the Station does not make my 2006 Top Ten.

Your top ten??????


go on then



amuse yourself. Make it convincing now, reasons wise

Might make my top ten

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ok please refrain from talking about trains any more well for next 24 hours anyway as i have some boards to swap round and i cant do it if i kill myself first

I saw The Who on Sunday. (They still totally rock, I never thought a 60+ year old could make windmilling look cool)

When they played "Who are you" the graphics on the big screen made me think of ol' Tikay.

It was a speeded up black and white train journey.

A camera was mounted on the front of the train, and we saw a speeded up journey, occasionaly cutting to a pic of the driver. Loads of stations and tunnels to get excited about.

I was more concerned with bouncing up and down trying not to land on people. 

Paddington. History, family connections, the London pierhead of Brunel's mgnificent masterpiece, the GWR.

St Pancras. For sheer architectural majesty. The world's most beautiful Raliway Terminus.

Moscow Station, St Petersburg, Russia. most inaptyly named Station in Europe, except the Station in Moscow which is called....St Petersbrg Station. Because the train goes to St Petersburg.......

Helsinki Station. Jen & I spent a wondrous 2 hours there, & she let me sit in an express carriage for a while. I even drew the curtains.

Newcastle. One of several catherdral like stations on the GNER.

Edinburgh Waverley. Just awesome.

Manchester Piccadilly, though it's gone downhill.

Wootton Bassett Halt. Probably closed now, but childhood memories.

West Acton. So many happy memories.

Derby - so much to look at, always, the most eclectic collection of Locos & Rolling Stock in the UK.

I am struggling to keep it to 10, so many to choose from. Aldgate East, Hammersmith, Ealing Broadway, Fort William, Leeds, Penzance, Exeter St Davids, Swindon, Waterloo, Birmnigham Snow Hill, Bristol Temple Meads, Whatstandwell. Each have their own appeal, & hundreds more.

But for the worst, it has to be.....

Luton

Waterloo International

Birmingham New St

Birmingham NEC

Sheffield

Stafford

London Bridge

Kings Cross Thameslink

Shadwell (DLR)

Paris Gard Noir (spelt wong?)

That would be the famous London to Brighton (in 1 minute) film - I have it on tape somewhere.

Cant believe Colchester doesnt make the top 10 just for its "longest platform"

Ahh, so you ARE interested in trains.

Hull Platform is longer, & better, than Colchester.

Not even a mention to poor old Glasgow Central, you have shocked and appalled this young Glasweigan.

Not seen it, but it's on the "must visit" list.

and to think you were within Zimmer distance when you were here for Blonde bash 2

London Underground, Euston, Northern Line, Southbound (Bank Branch).

Best train platform ever.

(No kidding.)

 ;goodvevil;

What about Birmingham Moor street??

you lot are all banned

and I thought Canbridge had some claim to fame in the 'long platform' stakes??

/:-| "Tickets please"

Its massive in depth.

Elaborate please?

sad gits the lot of you!!!

May I interest you in one of these?



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Ahhh, a new Hoodie. ::)

The mosty interesting tube platform for me is Sloane Square, as not only did it used to have a pub on it, but it also has a river running through the top of it.

A pub? On a tube station? Wow.

As to the river, many Tube stations have subterranean watercourses running over, under, or alongside them, often yoi can hear the water, too. As one can at Shadwell &, I think, Whitechapel (East London Line platforms only).

(http://www.bart.gov/images/map500.gif)

best underground ever ever!

Don't be silly - the London Undeground RULES!

Also love South Kensington, just because of the massive tunnel that goes directly from the station into the heart of museum-world.

Nemesis is right, the Euston platform I mentioned is at least twice as deep (from edge of platform to back wall) as any other, a real singular oddity.

I deffo think we need a Train Thread, sub-divided into Trains, Stations, Lines, & Platforms.

It's clear there is HUGE interest, particularly in Stations.

Why is the Euston (Tube) platform so "deep"? These "oddities" fascinate me.

They have a really weird "mini-signal" on two tracks (just 2, not all 4) at Whitechapel, which is really odd.

Shall we have a Poll?

as long as we dont mention Virgin trains coz they stink.

Has to be because of the fact that it is on the City line and that it is a major station for commuters.

But many - most - of the City Line platforms are normal depth.

I have cast my vote, and have gone for ...NO !!!

FFS Please please please vote NO .... pretty pretty pretty please.

The Trains are winning by a considerable margin.......

Go on Kev, yield to your desires.

i have voted yes..............fascinating subject....................bored with all the football/rooney/ronaldo/anti england/sven threads

You should not try to influence the Vote.

 :redcard:

You are a TOP BLOKE Boo.

My Flabber is well and truly Ghasted ..... I hope this is just an early rush for the yes vote, and the NO's will win the day.

It's decided them.

It was always the plan that first to 8 won.

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Much!

But it appears to be an LMS or LNER Loco attached to GWR Rolling Stock. Odd?

And Mr Booder ... that is exactly why we dont want a train thread... people whi think trains are better than Norkage should NOT be encouraged .... VOTE NO !!!

thats exactly what i thought tony , wondered if you could explain why

poetry in motion.............moves me to tears





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I'm loosing the will to live

trains not your thing rob?         perhaps you would like to start a thread about something you love





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You are not wrong - it's a design fault, around the vestibule areas & they truly pong awful. I think Wooly Jumper left his Wooly Jumper there.

Tikay the poll rigger...

It's hardly poetry in motion, the Flying Scotsman is well over-rated, damn LNER & LMS were always second-rate.

Give us a GWR Loco - King George V ideally. A proper Loco, like.

No need Nem. The people have spokenededed. The Poll is over as far as I'm concerned.

The Euston platform depth is due to "dangerous congestion."

There are some words that I just like for some reason, vestibule is one of them. another is propinquity. Nothing propinques like propinquity!

i much prefer the scotsman, although the king george is undoubtably a fine choo choo



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Well I am sure you are right, but that argument applies to scores, if not hundreds, of LU Statiions. There must be another reason, no?

No.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=why+is+euston+northern+line+platform+so+big&spell=1

Wow, what an AMAZING page you have found for me there Nem - I will be immersed in that all night. Thank you.

I highly recommend all of you to have a gander - it's fascinating stuff, I have been looking for that sort of detail on LU for an absolute age.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euston_tube_station

"At Euston the single island platform on the Northern Line City branch was suffering from dangerous congested[sic], so a new City branch northbound platform was constructed some way to the south and the old northbound track was removed to provide a wider southbound platform."

Nicely done, Nem...  8)

I was trying to find that quote, but I couldn't! :)up

did you know..........

london waterloo has the most platforms in britain......38

the most northernmost station in the british isles is...thurso

the intercity 125 is a class 43 locomotive

ETHELS were class 25 locomotives used to provide electric train heating for class 37 hauled sleeper trains in scotland

the tyne valley line was built along the route of Hadrians wall

sigh.........................................

I voted yes - lets keep all the train enthusiasts segregated - they can natter to their hearts' content on their special thread, and any mention of trains anywhere else can get moved by the mods - everyone's happy!

:goodpost:

Can't you get tablets for that?

Question, why do I get party poker pop ups everytime I visit this site, guess I'll have to get myself a popup blocker... ;goodvevil;

LOL ::)

lol I'm being serious, just dont understand why Blonde Poker would be advertising another company.  ::)

I don't get them?
None blocked either.

No party pop ups here either

I guess its time for a spyware/virus scan then  :D

lvlarc you got it, looks like you have been infected spywayre and as you come to a site about poker it advertises a poker site for you clever people these advertisers pity they couldnt put there minds to something clever like a block on all mentioning on the word train on what used to be a decent forum

ps people the forementioned change has now taken place

I haven't voted yet!

looks like the ananoraks have lost

I suspect some funny buisness.

I can confirm that we do NOT have any deal with Party Poker for them to advertise on here.

However, if they want to vote "YES" on the Train Poll, I could be persuaded. How come I am offline for 24 hours & the anti-train lobby get the upper hand?

VOTE TRAINS

I'll support the train thread if you also start a space-hopper thread. (My preferred method of transport)

The seem to be strange swings in the voting patterns.

Where's Peter Snow when you need him?

If you voted for choo choo, click on remove vote, then click on yes again.

You'll notice a strange swing. Ironside may or may not be.... a poll rigging fish.

I will try that now....

outrageous!!!!

What happens Claw?

And DO NOT call them "choo-choos". They are Locomotives. OK?

So, what's this about poll-rigging? Spill the beans, someone, please.

You say locomotive, images of early Kylie came to mind.

Not such a bad thing I suppose, so I suppose I can use that word.


Ironside clicked on edit poll, he deleted Yes and wrote no, deleted No and wrote yes.

Effectively swapping everyones vote.

The reason I suspect it was Ironside is the lack of capital letters in "yes" and "no" where a capital is present in the unedited "Maybe".
This coupled with his gloating when "no" appeared to be in front, paints a picture of guilt that it is impossible to ignore.

I say, let his wheels down.  ;yellowcard;  :D

Ironside the poll rigger.

Tank, start a new 'who's the biggest rigger' poll.

I would, but I fear for it's integrity.  ::)

They haven't. Your administrator is bent...

I voted 'yes' originally, but when I removed my vote it came off the 'no' vote.  So, my refined skills of detection lead me to beleive that Ironside swapped some of the votes.  This is worse than the US Elections.

It doesn't take a genius to work out that our esteemed director of "entertainments" is as bent as a 2 bob note.

gee thanks!  And there I was polishing off my Mensa membership card!