New Mill’s mystery ‘DMU’ tunnel
A recent video from Our History Underfoot (26th May 2026) covering the former Hayfield branch in De…
The Morden-Edgware line
When it comes to the history of the London Underground, the Morden-Edgware Line is essentially unkn…
The Wetterhorn Aufzug
Switzerland’s first ever cable car was once to be found near Grindelwald. Sometimes it is ext…
The Surrey Iron Railway
Plateways, characterized by their flat-topped rails or “plates” often laid on stone blo…
From revisionist to factual
Remember the post A Revisionist Surrey Iron Railway? This post goes further that the detail feature…
Was canal breach partially due to hidden culvert?
A quick post on the latest involving the Llangollen canal at Whitchurch especially after a comment …
Waymos – the way to go!
A short post on those exciting (or in the eyes of some, infernal) new autonomous driving vehicles s…
Canal Breach news (2)
This is the first canal breach post since 29th January 2026 when the last one was done! However I h…
In brief…
The main news is Euston’s new Assisted Travel Lounge that recently opened. More on that in a …
A revisionist Surrey Iron Railway?
2026 is the 180th anniversary of the closure of one of the world’s earliest public railways. …
Artemis 2 (10/4)
The final day of the space mission, including splashdown, which takes place in the early hours of t…
Artemis 2 (>9/4)
This is an intermediary post, as I’m keeping the number of posts towards splashdown to a mini…
Artemis 2 (6/4)
Its the big day! The one where they go round Luna and see the dark side of the moon (DSOTM) –…
The moon landings – the 50th anniversary
The 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 (July 2019) was widely commemorated. These celebrated the July 20…
Artemis 2 (5/4)
Even though this is currently day four of the Artemis mission, it was decided to start with Day 5 f…
Artemis 2 (4/4)
Artemis is over half way to the moon. This post continues from the first published yesterday (3/4/2…
Artemis 2
Ongoing updates on the first ever moon shot the world has seen in more than fifty years that has co…
Destination different
Its more than 50 years – 57 to be exact – since Apollo 11 landed on the Moon – Ju…
The tube loses track of time!
The Bakerloo line at Waterloo station is currently seeing the latest iteration in a long line of Tf…
Baker Street tube blows its crumpet!
For two days Baker Street became Bakers Street and crumpets featured as the station’s main ro…
Schwebebahn 125th anniversary
2026 is the Wuppertal Schwebebahn 125th Anniversary! The railway’s first ever test run took p…
Baker Street tube gets toasted!
Baker Street tube station got toasted? Wow! How did that happen? Well evidently that’s the ye…
Rail legacy issues and the Deaf
On March 2nd 2026 Chancellor Reeves inadvertently eulogised what the railways are most excellent at…
Men in the railways
This weekend’s March 8th 2026 is International Womens Day. Despite the advent of a number of …
Falcon’s Flight Six Flags Qiddiya
At 155 miles per hour (250km/h) Falcon’s Flight is the world’s fastest roller…
Boarding/alighting the Elizabeth line
One of the curiosities of city life is the transport systems and the sheer overcrowding that occurs…
Guinness minimalism at Covent Garden
Tottenham Court Road featured the full Guinness Open Gate advertising in the previous post on this …
Its a bold life for London’s tube!
These days one could query whether TfL is getting drunk on beer. But its not what things quite seem…
Waterways’ extra funding
England and Wales’ canal network will receive an additional £6.5 million in government fundin…
GWR Battery train in public service
Today (Saturday 31st January 2026) Great Western Railway’s battery train (Class 230) began pu…
Canal breach news
Which of the two major canal breach sites of 2025 will it be that gets to see its repairs finished …
Changes at Paddington station
The small and somewhat cramped accommodation on platform one at Paddington station has been replace…
Whitchurch boat rescue #4
The latest news re Llangollen canal and Whitchurch breach (21st January) is several boats have been…
Whitchurch boat rescue #3
The two boats Sefton and Ganymede have been refloated. Actually they were refloated for a short whi…
Whitchurch boat rescue #2
What will happen over the weekend? Not much unless the contractors are being paid extra to undertak…
Whitchurch boat rescue #1
Narrowboat Pacemaker was removed from the New Mills breach site at Whitchurch, Shropshire, today! I…
Llangollen canal breach #7
The Llang0.0llen Canal hasn’t been forgotten! There has been minimal progress. Many had thoug…
The Bakerl0.0 (#Three)
Many extolled the fact TfL had made a mess of the line maps at certain stations on the Bakerl0.0. I…
The Bakerl0.0 (#Tw0.0)
Oxf0.0rd Circus and Marylebone stations today joined TfL’s latest tube brew up! The former is…
The Bakerl0.0
This week the Bakerloo line gained new advertising! Its for Heineken’s 0.0 lager with pretty …