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The County Donegal Railways #2

This is part two of the tribute to the famed County Donegal narrow gauge railways which closed on the very…

A Euston station era ends #2

This is the second part covering the Euston station underground taxi rank – and features some more stuff that has…

Crossrail to Heathrow in 2021?

Amidst all the reports this week on the openings of Crossrail is one that was greatly missed (as well as…

A Euston station era ends

They haven’t closed Euston station – not yet! The HS2 machine is still marching on relentless however as reported sometime…

By Rail to the Mumbles

Today is the sixtieth anniversary of the closure of South Wales famous electric railway, the Swansea and Mumbles. It was…

Welder on the Tube

Welder Dave’s message ‘Have a wonderful day.’ People have been thanking Dave the welder – but who is he? He’s…

The County Donegal Railways

Sixty years ago this week the last passenger trains rain on the County Donegal Railways. Its popular knowledge the last…

Whatever happened to Brunel’s bridge?

The famous (since 2004) bridge was dismantled and taken to Portsmouth where it currently resides at Fort Cumberland in Eastney.…

Riders on the München Looping

Everyone probably thought I’d forgotten all about the München Looping… nah it was just the way things happened and its…

London rail stations’ bygone Xmases

Every year our railway stations have xmas trees (or Eiffel Towers if they so wish!) But what were those decorations…

alondonblogger on Stages 1/2 CBTC up and running!: “Oh its everywhere! Even the Jubilee/Victoria which ideally should be entirely flat bottomed rail!” Jan 19, 18:26

mike durell on Stages 1/2 CBTC up and running!: “Suprised that there's still that awful bullhead rail at E R .” Jan 19, 16:43

CJ on Old tube station reveals itself!: “The old footbridge is lit as it’s both an area for the cleaners equipment and a storeroom. (On the picture…” Jan 19, 11:40

Westville13 on Whatever happened to Brunel’s bridge?: “Fascinated to see this as I was working at English Heritage at the time and visited the bridge with Steven…” Jan 17, 20:13

alondonblogger on Old tube station reveals itself!: “Probably lit to facilitate access to the substation (assume its accessed via the green door on the South Acton platform.)” Jan 12, 21:35

mike durell on Old tube station reveals itself!: “I noticed that the footbridge and stairs seem to be fully lit with flourescent lamps. Is there a reason for…” Jan 12, 21:19