{"id":3211,"date":"2023-09-30T01:30:28","date_gmt":"2023-09-30T01:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/saturday-variety-10\/"},"modified":"2023-09-30T01:30:28","modified_gmt":"2023-09-30T01:30:28","slug":"saturday-variety-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/saturday-variety-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Saturday Variety"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0On The Bright Side<\/span><\/p>\n

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fbb can remember several articles in the Railway Press that painted a sorrowful picture of train travel in the USA. The thrust of these articles was that everybody flies everywhere or drives a huge gas-guzzling car!\u00a0<\/div>\n
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Over the past ew years, fbb has been following the development of Brightline, which lays claim to being the first privately owned USA railway operation for over 100 years.\n
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The service began by linking West Palm Beach with Miami on the east coast of Florida. Here is the southern terminus at Miami Central.<\/p>\n

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Everything about this line is new including some very spectacular stations.\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n

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This year the line has bern extended from West Palm Beach to Orlando with a station adjacent to the new Terminal C at the airport.\n
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Again it is spectacular …<\/p>\n

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But the station is dwarfed into insignificance …<\/p>\n

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… by the airport as a whole!<\/p>\n

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Somewhere to the south of the terminus, Brightline have been able to squeeze in a depot.<\/p>\n

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There is an on-line video of the first trial train to run from depot to terminus. It looks equally impressive!<\/p>\n

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… as was the razzmatazz for the opening of Orlando station.<\/p>\n

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Yep, it looks real good!<\/p>\n

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The lounges (waiting rooms in old-speak) are lush …<\/p>\n

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…and you can book an add-on minibus for that extra mile from station to hotel.<\/p>\n

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Currently, trains run every hour …<\/p>\n

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… taking something over three hours for the full length of the line.<\/p><\/div>\n

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The map (above) shows that the next target is Tampa.<\/div>\n
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And a promotional video:-\n
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How is it going with High Speed 2, RishI?<\/p><\/div>\n

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When Trains Were Trains And Men Were Men!<\/span>\n
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Back then we were not too concerned about greenhouse gases. The locos were oil-fired.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Naff Network?<\/span>\n
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This weekend’s booby prize must go to Stagecoach on Skye with its superbly helpful network map.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Stirling Uni – A P.S.<\/span><\/div>\n
Some detail from the branding of this service, a brand which will be appearing on the buses soon.\n
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Travel is FREE if you have your Union Card with you. If not, you are “toast<\/span>“.<\/p>\n

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Scottish Holiday – A P.S.<\/span><\/div>\n
What is (was?) going on here …\n
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… and here?<\/p>\n

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Maybe involving one of these?<\/p>\n

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Answer tomorrow.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Fellowship Meetings – Harvest<\/span><\/div>\n
Tomorrow and Monday our duplicate meetings involve some Harvest Festival stuff. Here is part One of a quiz (fairly simple) to identify the missing words from a well known hymn.\n
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Some pictures that might help?<\/p>\n

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Another verse tomorrow!<\/p><\/div>\n

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\u00a0Next Variety blog : Sunday 1st October\u00a0<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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