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Turnip Rail's Waiting Room: "We would have the public…somewhat more mindful" a view on the benifits of railways from 1856
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Tuesday, 17 June 2014. We would have the public…somewhat more mindful" a view on the benifits of railways from 1856. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Welcome to 'Turnip Rail's Waiting Room.' On this site there will be no great text, not great theses, I'll leave that for for my other site - Turnip Rail. I hope you enjoy! I am a doctor of railway studies with the University of York's Centre for Lifelong learning. I am also a beer enthusiast and business historian. View my complete profile.
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Turnip Rail's Waiting Room: October 2013
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Tuesday, 8 October 2013. Dismissed for being drunk - 1899. These chaps were dismissed by Great Northern Railway in 1899 for having a bit too much. Pallender, J.W. - Parcels Porter, Peterboro' Passenger [station], for being asleep and under the influence of drink when on duty. Thorndike, Geo. Wm. - Superior Foreman Prorter, Manchester Goods [station], for being under the influence of drink, and asleep in a wagon whilst on duty. Thursday, 3 October 2013. Attempting to enter a train in motion. In the Waitin...
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Turnip Rail's Waiting Room: Dismissed for being drunk - 1899
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Tuesday, 8 October 2013. Dismissed for being drunk - 1899. These chaps were dismissed by Great Northern Railway in 1899 for having a bit too much. Pallender, J.W. - Parcels Porter, Peterboro' Passenger [station], for being asleep and under the influence of drink when on duty. Thorndike, Geo. Wm. - Superior Foreman Prorter, Manchester Goods [station], for being under the influence of drink, and asleep in a wagon whilst on duty. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). I hope you enjoy! View my complete profile.
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Turnip Rail's Waiting Room: "No sound is heard in the cold air" - Observations on the arrival of trains in 1849
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Monday, 14 July 2014. No sound is heard in the cold air" - Observations on the arrival of trains in 1849. Stokers and Pokers, 1849. London and North Western Railway. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Welcome to 'Turnip Rail's Waiting Room.' On this site there will be no great text, not great theses, I'll leave that for for my other site - Turnip Rail. I hope you enjoy! View my complete profile. Complaining about the habits of Victorian railway . No sound is heard in the cold air - Observations.
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Turnip Rail's Waiting Room: Complaining about the habits of Victorian railway passengers
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Thursday, 31 July 2014. Complaining about the habits of Victorian railway passengers. It seems that the gripes Victorian railway travellers had about their fellow passengers were very similar to ours. London Bridge, 1858. Miss Hepworth Dixon, Ladies Pictorial. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Welcome to 'Turnip Rail's Waiting Room.' On this site there will be no great text, not great theses, I'll leave that for for my other site - Turnip Rail. I hope you enjoy! View my complete profile.
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Turnip Rail's Waiting Room: Advertising Christmas: Posters for Christmas trains before 1914
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Tuesday, 24 December 2013. Advertising Christmas: Posters for Christmas trains before 1914. London and North Western Railway - 1853. York, Newcastle and Berwick; York and North Midland and Leeds Northern Railways - 1853. Stockton and Darlington Railway -1856. Liskeard and Looe Railway - 1906. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Welcome to 'Turnip Rail's Waiting Room.' On this site there will be no great text, not great theses, I'll leave that for for my other site - Turnip Rail. I hope you enjoy!
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Turnip Rail's Waiting Room: April 2012
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Monday, 30 April 2012. When greyhound or other large dogs are booked by a train.". I found this interesting instruction in a Caledonian Rule book from 1863. If you would like to know a bit more about the transportation of dogs by rail in the Victorian era, I wrote a whole post on the topic last year. However, there seems to have been very little written on the topic, so I am open to expanding my knowledge on it. They can be changed at the terminal station. Sunday, 29 April 2012. So here's the round-up:.
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Turnip Rail's Waiting Room: August 2014
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Tuesday, 5 August 2014. INSTRUCTIONS TO RAILWAY TRAVELLERS - 1843. INSTRUCTIONS TO RAILWAY TRAVELLERS. To nearly all the Railways in Great Britain. Proceed at once to the booking-office and procure a ticket for the class carriage you intend to travel by, and if near the time of starting, enter the departure shed. Take care of your ticket to deliver at your journey's end, or to the attendant at starting, as the case may be. No smoking is allowed at the stations, nor in any of the carriages. Children under...
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Turnip Rail's Waiting Room: London and North Western Railway Criminal Prosecutions - December 1878
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Thursday, 3 October 2013. London and North Western Railway Criminal Prosecutions - December 1878. In December 1878 the London and North Western Railway prosecuted the following number of cases:. Attempting to enter a train in motion. Travelling in a superior class of carriage to that for which tickets were. Held obstructing the company’s servants in the execution of their duty. Travelling without a ticket. Interfering with comfort of passengers obstructing the company’s. Travelling with platform tickets.
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Turnip Rail's Waiting Room: July 2014
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Thursday, 31 July 2014. Complaining about the habits of Victorian railway passengers. It seems that the gripes Victorian railway travellers had about their fellow passengers were very similar to ours. London Bridge, 1858. Miss Hepworth Dixon, Ladies Pictorial. Monday, 14 July 2014. No sound is heard in the cold air" - Observations on the arrival of trains in 1849. Stokers and Pokers, 1849. London and North Western Railway. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). I hope you enjoy! View my complete profile.
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