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Wrexham & Shropshire railway campaign update

Wed 9th March, 2011Wed 9th March, 2011 - by editor - Leave a Comment

We raved about the fantastic service and lovely staff when we took a trip on the line and vexed like an angry rapper when we heard the news what it …

Brixton station in the steam era (1950s footage)

Thu 24th February, 2011Wed 23rd February, 2011 - by editor - 1 Comment

Filmed in the 1950s, this fascinating amateur-shot footage (below) shows a tantalisingly short glimpse of steam trains thundering through a Brixton station still controlled by mechanical signals.

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Photo of the day: trolleys, St Pancras station

Fri 4th February, 2011Fri 4th February, 2011 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Photo taken on a Ricoh GX100 digital compact, with a slow hand-held exposure (0.4s). I leant the camera against a bannister to keep things sharp. I took a few photos of the scene (that’s …

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The châteauesque glory of Box Hill railway station

Mon 31st January, 2011Sun 30th January, 2011 - by editor - 2 Comments.

I’m a big fan of Victorian railway architecture, and although a lot of fine vernacular buildings have been senselessly destroyed since the 1960s, it’s always heart-warming to find some inspiring examples still standing.

railways / wales

Wrexham & Shropshire railway company closes

Wed 26th January, 2011Sat 29th January, 2011 - by editor - 3 Comments.

This is really sad news. The Wrexham & Shropshire railway company – the best railway company I’ve travelled with for years – has just announced that it is closing for …

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St Erth for St Ives railway station – a country junction

Thu 20th January, 2011Thu 20th January, 2011 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Although it’s a station on the busy main line from Paddington to Penzance in Cornwall, St Erth retains the air of a Victorian country junction.

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Accumulator tower, hydraulics and bonded stores, Royal Mint St, E1

Sat 15th January, 2011Sat 15th January, 2011 - by editor - 2 Comments.

Abandoned for at least 30 years is this old ‘accumulator tower’ at Royal Mint St, by Tower Hill, London E1, which had been used for storing hydraulic power. “An accumulator …

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Closed railway station: Aynho for Deddington, Oxfordshire

Fri 31st December, 2010Fri 31st December, 2010 - by editor - Leave a Comment

The optimistically named Oxford and Rugby Railway managed to build a track from Oxford only as far as Banbury, with line being absorbed by the Great Western Railway before it …

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Banbury railway station: fog, semaphore signals and trainspotters

Thu 30th December, 2010Thu 30th December, 2010 - by editor - 3 Comments.

My train back from Cardiff yesterday ended up taking a curious diversionary route into Oxfordshire, with the HST ending up at Banbury station for 20 minutes before reversing out in the opposite direction. With the station …

London / Places / railways

Behold! Hendon Broadway and station

Thu 8th April, 2010 - by editor - Leave a Comment

I had to take a trip to Hendon last week. It wasn’t very nice.

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Remembering Broad Street railway station, London

Tue 30th March, 2010Sat 17th September, 2011 - by editor - 17 Comments.

Closed in 1986 after a long and lingering death, the once bustling terminus at Broad Street was in a parlous state at the end, with its extensive canopies cut back, …

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Deserted 57th Street station, Chicago, winter of ’99

Fri 26th March, 2010Fri 26th March, 2010 - by editor - Leave a Comment

After a lovely long walk across snow-covered parks and – unwittingly – over a frozen lake or two, I decided to catch the train back to my hotel in the …