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In January 2015, Waterman announced the sale of the bulk of his model railway collection, to fund the training of rail apprentices in restoring his steam locomotives 5224 and 5553, which in May 2015 were moved from Crewe to Peak Rail. In April 2015, the collection sold for £627,229 at the auction in Birmingham. [29]
Under the Conservative government of Margaret Thatcher elected in 1979, various state-owned businesses were gradually sold off, including various auxiliary and supporting functions related to the railways – Sealink ferries and British Transport Hotels by 1984, Travellers Fare catering by 1988 and British Rail Engineering Limited (train ...
The Beeching cuts were a reduction in the size of the British railway network, along with a restructuring of British Rail, in the 1960s.Since the mid-1990s there has been significant growth in passenger numbers on the railways and renewed government interest in the role of rail in UK transport.
– Shanghai–Suzhou–Nantong railway began passenger and freight services. [33] – N700S trains began operation on the Tokaido and Sanyo Shinkansen lines. [citation needed] N700S Shinkansen trainset at Musashi-Kosugi Station, July 2020. July 7 – Three new stations open on the Athens Metro. [34]
To work on the railway, the railway, the railway, Oh, poor Paddy works upon the railway. [6] Several versions of this chanty were audio-recorded from the singing of veteran sailors in the 1920s–40s by folklorists like R. W. Gordon, J. M. Carpenter, and William Main Doerflinger. Captain Mark Page, whose sea experience spanned 1849–1879, sang ...
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A 14-year-old song has sparked a viral TikTok meme and it's so emotional. People are lip-syncing to a cover of Secondhand Serenade's 2008 song "Fall For You" from the album A Twist In My Story.
As the band felt they had "screwed up" the video, further footage of Michael singing the song onstage was later shot at the Lyceum Theatre, London. [47] [citation needed] The video performance (1984 version) was officially uploaded to the George Michael YouTube channel on 24 October 2009. As of October 2024, the video had surpassed 1.3 billion ...