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Thread Author: Tigger Replies: 17
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 Fri 19 Nov 10 21:30 
 'railtrack' letters - Tigger
I've just come across this. Some of the letters are hilarious.

After the assets of Railtrack plc was sold to Network Rail, the name
'Railtrack' was removed from the Companies House register.
Subsequently, a Scottish gentleman registered Railtrack Ltd as a
company in Scotland. Despite its registered address now being an
Edinburgh tenement and the company (Company No. SC249080) being
dormant since its foundation, numerous solicitors, debt collectors and
private individuals have written to Railtrack Ltd.

www.fitlads.net/tmp/railtrack.pdf (238kB file)

with more letters at watch.mewank.co.uk/RailtrackAndOtherLetters.pdf
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 Fri 19 Nov 10 22:03 
 'railtrack' letters - Bellboy
im only half way down and cant stop laughing
my father used to do stuff like this and i just recalled him sending the pall bearers to his sisters house to collect the poor deceased,she wouldnt speak to him for 6 months after
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 Fri 19 Nov 10 22:09 
 'railtrack' letters - spamcan61
Strangely compelling reading. Currently on page 71 of 299 of the pdf.
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 Fri 19 Nov 10 22:23 
 'railtrack' letters - Bellboy
only on page 40 here
some real treats..
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 Fri 19 Nov 10 22:38 
 'railtrack' letters - CGNorwich
Hull City Council is a good one!
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 Sat 20 Nov 10 00:30 
 'railtrack' letters - bathtub tom
Brilliant! In particular:

“During fog and falling snow, into the bothy we shall go”.
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 Sat 20 Nov 10 07:08 
 'railtrack' letters - MD
You swine Tigger, it hurts.
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 Sat 20 Nov 10 08:52 
 'railtrack' letters - Tigger
Glad you're enjoying them!
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 Sat 20 Nov 10 09:02 
 'railtrack' letters - Iffy
...Glad you're enjoying them!...

Yes, thanks for posting the link.

Some of it is quite funny, but I do wonder about the motivation of the guy who registered the company name.

Looks like a deliberate attempt to waste peoples' time.

And to what end?

The incompetent solicitors will all be very competent at charging for every letter they send.

Who pays for that?

Ultimately, I suspect we do.

Railtrack has to pay the compo and increased costs, which in turn means they charge the train operating companies more for providing the infrastructure, which in turn feeds through to higher fares.



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 Sat 20 Nov 10 15:55 
 'railtrack' letters - Tooslow
Thanks Tigger. Hilarious. p29 is my favourite.

John
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 Thu 5 Sep 13 00:16 
 'railtrack' letters - Scotsbear
It has now been published in full as a both paperback and e-book

www.amazon.co.uk/Railtrack-and-Other-Letters-ebook/dp/B00CMCCHOG
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 Thu 5 Sep 13 14:56 
 'railtrack' letters - FocalPoint
When I try to access

www.fitlads.net/tmp/railtrack.pdf

I'm told that the requested URL was not found.

watch.mewank.co.uk/RailtrackAndOtherLetters.pdf

is a tiny file that just tells me where to buy the book. Am I missing something?
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 Thu 5 Sep 13 15:00 
 'railtrack' letters - neiltoo
Probably that the original post is nearly three years old.

8o)
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 Thu 5 Sep 13 15:06 
 'railtrack' letters - DP
No, the author has published a book. The second link contains links to Amazon etc to purchase it.
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 Thu 5 Sep 13 15:38 
 'railtrack' letters - Duncan
I find it interesting that 'scotsbear' joins the forum, makes one post and that is to recommend a commercial product.

Nasty suspicious mind?

Not me Shirley!
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 Thu 5 Sep 13 21:25 
 'railtrack' letters - VxFan
>> I find it interesting that 'scotsbear' joins the forum, makes one post.....

Donning my detective hat, I can confirm Scotsbear is the author of Railtrack.

Whilst we don't normally allow self promotion of an item or product, in this particular case we'll "turn a blind eye" as this might actually be of use to someone, instead of the usual tat that people try and self promote.
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 Thu 5 Sep 13 16:27 
 'railtrack' letters - Pat
>>watch.mewank.co.uk<<

I'd be wary of that part of the URL FP.

Pat
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 Thu 5 Sep 13 18:23 
 'railtrack' letters - FocalPoint
"I'd be wary of that part of the URL FP."

Absolutely. I was trusting Avast to block it if it was as nasty as it sounds.

Ugh! Whatever next? Porn on the internet?
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