The South Shore doubles its act!
The South Shore line project involving work to double the route and modernise the street section in…
The Tokyo to Osaka Line #8
Following the publication of the five parts of the The Tokyo to Osaka Line covering the classic rai…
The day tube staff dropped in on a happy honeymoon couple
One would think from the title that this was some happy event not ever recorded previously in any b…
Milwaukee Road: Seattle/Tacoma
Avery is of course the western end of the noted 440 mile long Rockies electrification. However the …
The tube’s first ever fatalities
The first ever fatality on the tube occurred one hundred and thirty one years ago this month and th…
The Tokyo to Osaka Line #7
Following the publication of the five parts of the The Tokyo to Osaka Line covering the classic rai…
The Tokyo to Osaka Line #6
Following the publication of the five parts of the The Tokyo to Osaka Line covering the classic rai…
The Tokyo to Osaka Line: A history #5
The year is now 1964 and the New Tokaido Line is ready to be opened! The 515.4 kilometres (320miles…
Western DMUs on the Metropolitan Line!
The London Underground’s history has been replete with many instances of main line passenger …
The Opicina tram – an update
The Opicina tram in Northern Italy, the world’s only tramway of its kind, has been shut nearl…
London’s only tube trains with a forward view!
Now that the 1938 tube stock’s long era in public service has come to an end with the last ex…
Oxford Circus escalator pics – the update!
Just over a week ago I published a feature on the new pictures at Oxford Circus tube which featured…
Oxford Circus escalator pics
Work on the down northbound escalators at Oxford Circus is accompanied by a novelty rarely seen at …
The Southwold Railway #3
Forty years of dereliction and decay: After closure the line remained derelict for the next twenty …
The Tokyo to Osaka Line: A history #4
The fourth instalment in this comprehensive series on the origins of the Shinkasen! This covers a s…
The first official Great British Railways Logo!
Great British Railways is on the way! Its basically a re-nationalisation of the railways (to some s…
Sir Roundlington Lives!
Sir Roundlington is a name you’ve probably never heard of. He was supposed to be a new TfL ma…
Tower Subway gets filmed!
London’s mysterious Tower Subway, which opened in August 1870 and was the site for the city&#…
BR & LT decimalisation
This weekend fifty years ago both British Railways and London Transport began a major task in their…
The Tokyo to Osaka Line: A history #3
The third instalment in this comprehensive series on the origins of the Shinkasen! We begin with th…
The Southwold Railway #2
The railway’s route from Southwold to Halesworth: From the station itself the line headed across So…
Marylebone station anniversary #3
From the 1990s to the present day. Pair of 115 DMUs at the station. 1990 possibly. Source: London R…
Marylebone station anniversary #2
From the 1950s to the end of the eighties. BR 45292 at Marylebone in April 1948, on what is possibl…
The Tokyo to Osaka Line: A history #2
This is the second part of the planning/construction of the Shinaksen. Its straight in to the histo…
Southwark’s deep level tube shelter
‘The Deep’ apparently was the nickname for the Southwark deep level bomb shelter sited …
The Tokyo to Osaka Line: A history #1
Writing a comprehensive history upon the origins of Japan’s Shinkansen is a large project ind…
Rails to Ilfracombe #2
This week is the 50th anniversary of the closure of the Barnstaple to Ilfracombe Railway. This open…
Rails to Ilfracombe #1
Trains do indeed still cross the River Taw in many places, eleven times this happens in fact. Howev…
Tinpot Railways – Morecambe
I wrote about the truncating of the terminus at Morecambe a couple of months back as part of my Tin…
MILW picture gallery #2
The second part of this special gallery of Milwaukee Road scenes! Most are from Flickr pools –…
MILW picture gallery #1
I thought I’d do a gallery of Milwaukee Road scenes! Most are from Flickr pools – and n…
Tinpot Railways: Terminal decline #3
We continue with our investigations into what could be said to be the ‘public sphere’ o…
Tinpot Railways: Terminal decline #2
This looks at further examples of British railway’s 4xD policy. That is Demote, Deconstruct, …
Tinpot Railways: Terminal decline
The good old British railway system! One of the fighter points for the UK’s successful tinpot…
The UK’s double deck conundrum 2
This is a post examining the long held refutation that double deck trains simply cannot be used on …
The UK’s double deck conundrum
A few weeks back I had written draft posts with the title Tinpot Railways – these being a…
On the Milwaukee Road #4
This is the fourth part of the Milwaukee’s electrified Rockies route through Montana towards Easter…
On the Milwaukee Road #3
This is the third part of the Milwaukee’s electrified Rockies route through Montana towards E…
On the Milwaukee Road #2
This is the second part of a look at whats left of the railroad’s 440 mile route through the …
On the Milwaukee Road #1
A tour featuring some of the highlights of the 440 mile electrified length of the Milwaukee Road be…