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Ron Rybs
@Ronrybs (21503)
• London, England
29 Jan 25
On my way to the Millennium Bridge you pass two Blackfriars bridges. In the top photo you can see, on the left, the modern Blackfriars rail bridge and on the right is the Blackfriars road bridge and between them are the red...
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Scott Ganschow
@teamfreak16 (43579)
• Denver, Colorado
15 Mar 20
File these guys under the Never Made it as Big as they Should Have category. Rail, the 80's metal band from Seattle (well, Bellevue, to be more precise) should have been huge; if you take a "big picture" look at 80's metal as a...
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Ron Rybs
@Ronrybs (21503)
• London, England
20 May 19
Hunting around for a place to have a cup, I ended up in London's Saint Pancras station, the UK's only international railway terminal... at the moment. Well, not really, there are a couple more along the route to the Channel...
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Faye
@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
24 Jul 17
So far I have only experienced rail travel once - and have found it to be a great experience.
The attendants are helpful and polite, and the seats give you a lot of leg room. There are huge windows, though if the windows aren't...
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Scott Ganschow
@teamfreak16 (43579)
• Denver, Colorado
10 Mar 17
Obviously, the groups in my Favorite Bands You Might Not Know series either have, or had, released and sold records in their time, so people know of them, yet they've all flown under the radar of the general population. We are at...
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dpk262006
@dpk262006 (58679)
• Delhi, India
3 Mar 17
Railway journey has its own charm. If you are travelling a long journey by train, you could enjoy the various scenarios on your way from green fields, forests, hills, rivers and bridges and what not.
In the era of air travel and...
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Scott Ganschow
@teamfreak16 (43579)
• Denver, Colorado
9 May 16
#7 in my Top 10 Favorite Opening Acts series takes us to Seattle, home of 80's metal band Rail.
You might remember an MTV contest in the 80's called The Basement Tapes. Against the band's wishes, a video tape was sent to the...
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Koalemos
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
8 Mar 16
Despite living all my life in England, I had no idea that these rail stations still existed.
Yesterday I took a trip over to my home town of Bolton, which involved catching the Clitheroe train from Manchester. As the train was...
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Koalemos
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
19 Nov 15
Today I decided to have a change from the usual stroll around Manchester city centre. While waiting for the Metrolink tram at my local station, I thought about visiting my home town of Bolton.
Instead of staying on the tram a few...
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maximax8
@maximax8 (31042)
• United Kingdom
15 Mar 13
I watched a program about a new train service in the Wales going from villages to Cardiff the big city. South Wales has many unemployed people due to the bad recession. The new train line needed some staff so they had some jobs...
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LetranKnight25
@LetranKnight25 (33117)
• Philippines
26 Sep 12
Wow, that's it.
it's really visible with this territorial crisis in the South china Sea, even our current deals and investments with China are really into tense. recently, they have decided to cancelled out funding...
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maximax8
@maximax8 (31042)
• United Kingdom
6 Sep 12
I haven't yet been to Iceland. I would have to fly there because I don't fancy going there by sea. I would like to visit Cyprus and that is another island. I would have to fly there and could do so on a low budget island. I wish...
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maximax8
@maximax8 (31042)
• United Kingdom
4 Sep 12
For seven years I have lived within walking distance of a train station. From my bungalow I can walk down a close, cross the road and be on a flat pathway that takes me all the way to the train station. In addition my local train...
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ParaTed2k
@ParaTed2k (22940)
• Sheboygan, Wisconsin
22 Sep 11
Many states have spent or budgeted millions to fund a plan that would connect US cities by a network of high speed trains. Before some states even got anything more than a promise that the money will be there, legislators have...
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maximax8
@maximax8 (31042)
• United Kingdom
14 Jan 11
Would you ever think of flying one way and then staying in a lovely place before coming home by train, bus and ferry? An example would be fly from London to Athens then to visit one of its islands. Then get a bus to the port then...
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3SnuggleBunnies
@3SnuggleBunnies (16374)
• United States
30 Jan 10
Do you think it'll ever happen in WI? They keep talking about all this Federal money to connect Milwaukee with Madison & the Racine & Kenosha areas as well. Though someone did have a valid point depending on where the stops are...
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