Daily Archives: January 8, 2024

Show Preview: Retail Supply Chain & Logistics Expo

The Retail Supply Chain & Logistics Expo is the UK’s leading retail-focused logistics exhibition. Key UK automation distributor RARUK Automation Limited will be showcasing the latest robotic technology to improve the efficiency of internal logistics operations. The event will be taking place on the 27th and 28th of February at the ExCel London. RARUK Automation is a dedicated automation company…

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Monday’s Friday Reads – 8 January 2023

• London Tube strikes called off as more pay talks planned (BBC News) • Weight limit for Albert Bridge to stop it suffering same fate as Hammersmith Bridge (Standard) • More details about plans to open the Holborn tunnels to the public (Ian Visits) • HS2 Project Update, January 2024: Video (HS2 Ltd) • Channel tunnel 30 years on –…

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Monday Mini-Blog

 Master Cutler – a P.S. The train (from yesterday’s blog) was a relative newcomer to the named trains game. It first ran in October 1947 between London Marylebone and Sheffield Victoria calling at Leicester Central and Nottingham Victoria and using the Great Central main line. Its normal loco was an A3 pacific but occasionally a “streak” would appear. With the…

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