The Tokyo to Osaka Line: A history #1
Writing a comprehensive history upon the origins of Japan’s Shinkansen is a large project indeed – and few in the…
London Overground’s final 315
First it was the final Class 315 on the Romford-Upminster line and just two weeks later the final one too…
New posters for TfL’s 2020 tube map
Tradition has decreed posters are created to complement the latest iteration of London’s tube map and the previous, ‘Morden,’ was…
The Romford to Upminster Line
On 4th October 2020 the final Class 315 to be seen in London Overground colours on the Great Eastern main…
Trains no more across the River Taw
Let it be said, trains do indeed still cross the River Taw in many places, eleven times this happens in…
Seventy years of main line signalling in London
The recent decommissioning of the London Bridge power box on 24th July 2020 was in many ways a missed occasion…
TfL’s new tube heritage leaflets
In terms of the tube very little has been published in the way of paper documents since March 2020. Life…
GWR’s NHS Thank You tribute
Recently I spotted GWR’s special liveried Class 800 (number 802020) at Paddington and I thought a post on it would…
A new cableway for Piz Gloria
The Schilthornbahn has been in operation for 55 years. The first stage from Stechelberg to Mürren/Birg opened on 20th June…
Those defunct TfL Twitter accounts!
Yes they were pretty boring much of the time but they were at times useful too! Perhaps that’s why TfL…
Grand Central Blackpool
This week the news arrived, perhaps somewhat unsurprisingly, that Grand Central had dropped its bid to start new Euston to…
Crossrail operations at Royal Oak
An important but brief stage in the Crossrail testing regime began on 6 September when a number of trains began…