Southend’s Kursaal 50 years on
This year is a milestone in terms of Southend’s famous Kursaal buildings. Its 50 years since the Kursaal Amusement Park’s…
Young’s brewery canal
This is a follow up to the post I did the other day on Young’s Ram brewery at Wandsworth. The…
Young’s Brewery
This is an anniversary post! Its not any special one but rather its thirty years since I had a tour…
London Underground's first 'ATO' system – 1932
The tube was the first passenger railway in the UK to adopt any form of automated train control or rather…
Brindley, Wet Earth Colliery, nr Manchester
I am writing this because I have seen two of Martin Zero’s videos on the excellent work by James Brindley,…
Whatever happened to the North Downs Railway?
North Downs Steam Railway? Never heard of it! Surely you mean the North Downs Line? No it wasn’t that! Where…
The Tokaido Shinkansen
While we in the UK battle wits over whether a new high speed railway should be built or not, I…
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…
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.…
The Hex River Pass
Trans Karoo express traversing the Hex River vineyards. This week its the 30th anniversary of what was initially Africa’s longest…
Holborn Viaduct
This stupendous Victorian construction has reached its 150th year. The reason for its construction was to enable a completely level…
Rosemary Branch N1
A branch line in London N1 perhaps? Nope. Its a part of London that’s been known by this name since…