Network Rail’s £30million refurbishment of Barmouth bridge on the Cambrian Line in West Wales is now complete, it reopened on 2nd December 2023. The work has been some of the most challenging ever undertaken on the bridge, replacing the steel spans with like for like new steelwork. The 154 year old, Grade II* listed single… Read More The reconstruction of Barmouth Bridge
The BBC series Railway Roundabout was produced from 1958 to 1962 and included numerous snapshots of daily life on the railways of the UK, and a few featuring Continental Europe. This particular film I’ve just uploaded to YouTube feature the former London & South Western Railway branch line between Axminster in Devon and Lyme Regis… Read More Axminster to Lyme Regis in 1960
Many of the posts over the last few months are from moments of a Winter Interail – Winterrail. I took advantage of last years half price offer and bought a full 3 months pass, but due to various commitments wasn’t able to go until late in the year.Here’s a short compilation of the few bits… Read More Winterrail
The Wye Valley line ran from Chepstow to Monmouth Troy station, skirting the river and the Wales-England border. A small branch went off to Coleford. The line opened in 1874 and closed to passengers in 1959, with stone traffic from Tidenham quarry continuing until 1992 Today there are still plenty of remaining features visible, the… Read More The Wye Valley Railway
Innotrans, the world’s largest transport trade show took place again last week, At the Messe Berlin exhibition centre, for the first time since 2018. Usually held biannually, it was cancelled twice due to Covid.The 4 day event sees over 140,000 transport industry visitors from 140 countries, and almost 3000 trade stalls.Amongst those with a large… Read More New Transport For Wales Flirt trains & trams at Innotrans
Please share & sign my new petition on the Government petitions website to keep ticket offices open. The RDG letter sent recently states ticket offices will be “repurposed” & staff are to be “multi skilled” (which they are already!) This is seen as turning ticket offices into cafes/shops. Our station staff do far more than… Read More Keep ticket offices open!
New film on the Armagh rail diaster. Making this was an interesting illustration of how little survives of some railways like GNRI, including artifacts & photos. So various images of other railways had to be used purely to illustrate the film. There’s a detailed history here, including some of the accident reports. And this is… Read More The Armagh Rail Disaster
The Glasgow Subway is getting a major upgrade over the next two years, with a fleet of 17 new trains. They are expected to be in service in 2023 as part of a £288m upgrade plan including platform edge doors, tunnel improvements and resignalling, and will be the first trains to operate in the UK… Read More New trains for the Clockwork Orange
How far can you get by rail across Europe in 1 to 5 hours? This is a very cool and useful tool. It shows you how far you can get by rail in 1-5 hours across Europe from large towns & cities. Certainly shows the big differences between countries and their provision of high speed… Read More Five hours on a train
A vintage Walton Films Super 8 film entitled “Railway Scrapbook”, just uploaded to Youtube. It includes the last days of the Mumbles Railway, the Festiniog Railway Centenary, Flying Scotsman being purchased by Alan Pegler, and more. Thanks for reading. Check out my other posts on travel, heritage railways and more.Please click like and subscribe for… Read More Archive film, Railway Scrapbook
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