Tinpot Railways: Terminal decline
The good old British railway system! One of the fighter points for the UK’s successful tinpot railway system were its…
Long rail videos – UK
A two part feature covering the longer driver’s eye rail videos in the UK. I thought about doing this by…
Introducing The New Tokaido Line #3
To begin with the new line was affectionately named Yume no Chōtokkyū – or the ‘Super Dream Express.’ The earlier…
Tinpot Railways: The double deck conundrum
A few weeks back I had written most of a post – not yet quite finished called Britain’s Tinpot Railways…
Introducing The New Tokaido Line #2
This is the second part of the planning/construction of the Shinaksen. Its straight in to the history! The construction of…
Introducing the New Tokaido Line
During previous research on the Shinkansen, I found few construction pictures and it appeared there was little in the way…
The Victoria Line at Green Park
Green Park tube station is unusual that it has had two lots of Royal openings! The first was for the…
Ludgate: Requiem für eine Stadtbrücke
No this is not some weird 1972 film review. I am aware of a film that goes by a similar…
Croydon Tramlink 20th Anniversary
Its 20 years since Croydon’s new trams began service. These, known as Tramlink, began in May 2000. The anniversary is…
Construction Of Oxford Circus Station 1962-69 #2
This is an overview of the stations and route forming the third part of the Victoria Line in 1969. The…
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…
Long You Tube rail videos #1
With everyone having so much time on their hands due to the current enforced lockdown, I thought a guide to…