Yearly Archives: 2024

Sheffield Catch-Up (1)

fbb Never Knew That! The above pictures appear in the “Shades of Brown and Cream” book and represent a big idea for trains in Sheffield; but whose idea is not at all clear. The cunning plan was to run a “big train” loop under the city centre. There would be a station at Commercial street … …with trains taking the…

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Sheffield Catch-Up (1)

fbb Never Knew That! The above pictures appear in the “Shades of Brown and Cream” book and represent a big idea for trains in Sheffield; but whose idea is not at all clear. The cunning plan was to run a “big train” loop under the city centre. There would be a station at Commercial street … …with trains taking the…

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Sheffield Catch-Up (1)

fbb Never Knew That! The above pictures appear in the “Shades of Brown and Cream” book and represent a big idea for trains in Sheffield; but whose idea is not at all clear. The cunning plan was to run a “big train” loop under the city centre. There would be a station at Commercial street … …with trains taking the…

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Sheffield Catch-Up (1)

fbb Never Knew That! The above pictures appear in the “Shades of Brown and Cream” book and represent a big idea for trains in Sheffield; but whose idea is not at all clear. The cunning plan was to run a “big train” loop under the city centre. There would be a station at Commercial street … …with trains taking the…

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Sheffield Catch-Up (1)

fbb Never Knew That! The above pictures appear in the “Shades of Brown and Cream” book and represent a big idea for trains in Sheffield; but whose idea is not at all clear. The cunning plan was to run a “big train” loop under the city centre. There would be a station at Commercial street … …with trains taking the…

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Sheffield Catch-Up (1)

fbb Never Knew That! The above pictures appear in the “Shades of Brown and Cream” book and represent a big idea for trains in Sheffield; but whose idea is not at all clear. The cunning plan was to run a “big train” loop under the city centre. There would be a station at Commercial street … …with trains taking the…

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Sheffield Catch-Up (1)

fbb Never Knew That! The above pictures appear in the “Shades of Brown and Cream” book and represent a big idea for trains in Sheffield; but whose idea is not at all clear. The cunning plan was to run a “big train” loop under the city centre. There would be a station at Commercial street … …with trains taking the…

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Sheffield Catch-Up (1)

fbb Never Knew That! The above pictures appear in the “Shades of Brown and Cream” book and represent a big idea for trains in Sheffield; but whose idea is not at all clear. The cunning plan was to run a “big train” loop under the city centre. There would be a station at Commercial street … …with trains taking the…

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Sheffield Catch-Up (1)

fbb Never Knew That! The above pictures appear in the “Shades of Brown and Cream” book and represent a big idea for trains in Sheffield; but whose idea is not at all clear. The cunning plan was to run a “big train” loop under the city centre. There would be a station at Commercial street … …with trains taking the…

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A Gift From A Celeb (2)

A P.S. From Yesterday fbb mentioned the “split step” as one of the SYPTE innovations. Brighton and Hove had similar on their back loaders yonks ago, but this aid to access was very new when it arrived in Sheffield. It is unfortunate that there was a lump of bus intruding into the bottom step to spoil the simplicity of the…

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