Category: Waterways
-
When one thinks of railways and ‘canal tunnels’ one thing would come to mind and its the Canal Tunnels that belong to Thameslink! They are indeed named after the Regent’s Canal beneath which they pass. Its misleading however because they are not strictly a tunnel like that nearby at Islington where the same canal passes…
-
A few days ago much of northern England was shivering in temperatures of minus 6 or more. That didn’t stop the preserved railways running services, even though some began their operations late because of the need to unfreeze equipment or water supplies. The countryside was resplendent in glorious white scenery however and that was also…
-
Many things have been happening in the aftermath of the Bridgewater canal breach which occurred in the early hours of New Years Day 2025 where the navigation crosses the River Bolin valley. The location is just a short distance from the National Trust’s Dunham Massey house. This past couple of days there’s been a Boater’s…
-
In my archives I have a book commemorating the reconstruction of the Bridgewater canal following a massive breach that occurred in 1971 – and the surprise is the same thing has happened again at pretty much the same location – except this time its much worse than previous. Its not the first canal breach I…
-
Its intriguing to see Trekking Exploration’s (formerly Trekking and Towpaths) walk along the Cromford Canal! So far there have been three videos covering this. First there was the canal from Langley Mill to the Beggarlee diversion, then the Pinxton arm and the local railways, and thirdly the walk up the Golden Valley to the Butterley…
-
The railway tunnel at Sapperton is no doubt famous and modern sleek Class 800s IETs from Paddington to Gloucestershire pass through it daily. There’s a much bigger tunnel through the same hills yet its popularity and awareness depends on where one is coming from. Even in the days before the railways arrived in the Golden…
-
It is often claimed Robert Browning came up with the idea the area he lived in should be known as Little Venice. At no time did he ever claim any notion of this nor did he write anything that indicated this should be the case. So who was it responsible for naming this part of…
-
Ship impact protection? What the heck is that? Well its a means of protecting something from being hit by ships. You know ships can be pretty nasty if they collide with something, say another boat, a quay or even buildings sited alongside water. Thus its said that Canary Wharf is the only Elizabeth Line station…
-
This is the third part of the feature on Thomas Telford’s achievements. The first part of this feature used colour versions of the Rosoman painting located on the left hand side of the work sourced from the Internet with some upscaling involved. Th post depicts the structures on the right hand side of Leonard Rosoman’s…
-
This is the second part of the feature on Thomas Telford’s achievements. Telford was of course one of Britian’s greatest engineers – except he built few railways but mostly roads or canals. Many of his canals in fact supplemented railways built by others. In the first part we looked at Telford’s Wesh achievements namely the…
Search
Latest Posts
- Falcon’s Flight Six Flags Qiddiya
- Boarding/alighting the Elizabeth line
- Guinness minimalism at Covent Garden
- Its a bold life for London’s tube!
- Waterways’ extra funding
Categories
- .
- Advertising
- America
- Architecture
- British Railways
- Closed Railway
- Historical
- International
- Ireland
- Japan
- London
- London Transport
- Narrow Gauge
- Other Transport
- Shinkansen
- Standard Gauge
- Tube
- United Kingdom
- Waterways
Tags
accessibility america anniversary breach canada canal canals closed railway coasters commuter rail deep level tube elizabeth line europe great western branch great western main line great western railway high speed rail industrial archaeology infrastructure japan london history london underground metro operational issues paddington publicity quirky rail history railway railway history railway problems railway station roads station street theme park tokaido line tramway transport tube tube station tunnels underground railway walking water transport