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 …
Llangollen canal breach #6
Kieran & Lottie Photography who began documenting the Whitchurch canal breach a few days ago an…
Llangollen canal breach #5
One thing that is currently being done is the installation of a additional cofferdam on the canal. …
Llangollen canal breach #4
Things seem quiet at the moment. Apart from basic staff (who are on site to keep a constant watch o…
Llangollen canal breach #3
Xmas Day might be a day where most are usually at home celebrating the festivities. For the boaters…
Llangollen canal breach #2
At this time of writing the canal pumps are working and a number of pipes have been laid to convey …
Llangollen canal breaches!
The Llangollen canal had a massive breach at Whitchurch this morning. The incident site is just to …
The Bridgewater canal breach #6
Is work finally commencing on the long task of repairing the Bridgewater canal breach that occurred…
Montreal REM’s extension
In 2023 I published a post on the new Montreal REM line. This week-end the REM’s original lin…
London’s Elizabeth line a world beater?
The claim on social media that ‘The Elizabeth Line in London moves 800,000 people daily. No h…