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Post by 21146 on Apr 5, 2008 19:28:39 GMT
To start with I think Airwaves cost around £300+ each and they're still going missing from DMTs' offices
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Post by c5 on Apr 5, 2008 20:14:08 GMT
Got us (Mets) to stop at Wilesden Green, north and south. This begs the question as to why are not air-wave radios kept at every single station in Zone-A? All it would take is 10 radios at each station just for these types of emergencies. Do you mean zone 1? Airwaves will only work above ground (at the moment). LUL's ones piggy back onto the MetPol bands |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 8, 2008 18:27:11 GMT
Indeed - and the BBC's lead story on the subject contained a photo showing the Chancery Lane derailment train, dressed up as the recent Jubilee Line problem. I put in a complaint that this was misleading and painting yesterday's issue to be worse than it was, and interestingly the picture got changed PDQ! But this is what we have come to expect from a broadcasting corporation which is nowadays little better than the tabloids. Yeah because the BBC are train nerds like us  Is it possible that nobody had given the BBC a picture yet so they used one they already owned the rights to? Saving license fee payers money > annoying LU workers/fanatics and I'm inclined to agree. |
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Post by Chris M on Apr 8, 2008 18:57:36 GMT
Alternatively they could have headed over to Wikimedia Commons and used one of the freely licensed images there.
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Post by North End on Apr 9, 2008 0:51:18 GMT
Indeed - and the BBC's lead story on the subject contained a photo showing the Chancery Lane derailment train, dressed up as the recent Jubilee Line problem. I put in a complaint that this was misleading and painting yesterday's issue to be worse than it was, and interestingly the picture got changed PDQ! But this is what we have come to expect from a broadcasting corporation which is nowadays little better than the tabloids. Yeah because the BBC are train nerds like us Is it possible that nobody had given the BBC a picture yet so they used one they already owned the rights to? Saving license fee payers money > annoying LU workers/fanatics and I'm inclined to agree. There's a difference between using any old picture of a train to illustrate a railway story, and using a very specific photo showing a train which has clearly been involved in an accident, with accident investigators present and bits of damage train littering the surrounding area. That is clearly misrepresentation, and if the BBC could not find a suitable picture then they should not have used one at all. As for train nerds, you may speak for yourself, however for those of us who work for LUL, these episodes contribute to making our job more difficult than it needs to be. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2008 9:07:15 GMT
They have used other pictures before and could have used them. IE they have a picture of the 67TS and 09TS next to each other than they tend to use for Metronet related stories. Seems the Chancery Lane picture is now the standard "big problem" picture the BBC will use.
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Post by suncloud on Apr 9, 2008 10:08:54 GMT
In these days of the visual media they couldn't possibly have no picture!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2008 16:34:33 GMT
 a can of worms I see |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2008 18:28:55 GMT
I was only stuck for 15mins Just outside Baker St SB
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