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Category Archives: Out and about
Class 71 memories
Some of my earliest railway memories are seeing the ‘Golden Arrow’ as I was coming home to lunch from infants school. In those days, it was steam-hauled, a 4-6-2 ‘Britannia’ and Pullmans to follow. Some years later, my first solo … Continue reading
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Trains and boats and (later) planes #2
It only takes 5 minutes or so to get from Kowloon Tong to the main Hung Hom terminus. I left the platform and took the exit for the Tsim Sha Tsui promenade, that runs about a mile along Victoria harbour, from … Continue reading
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Trains and boats and (later) planes #1
Saturday was my last day in Hong Kong. I got up late, making the most of the opportunity for a lie in, and after breakfast set out for Hong Kong Island and an early lunch with an old friend. The weather this week has … Continue reading
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Wandering West Rail
Back in Hong Kong for a week, but despite having a weekend here before starting work, I haven’t got around that much. The temperature is a pleasant 23-26C, but 85% humidity makes walking around like wading through soup (not that … Continue reading
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A cultural interlude
Whilst we are slaving away at the ESNG show today, I present a cultural interlude (be grateful – you get precious little culture on this blog). Phil sent me this poem. He didn’t know to whom the verse is attributable, … Continue reading
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Tagged ESNG, exhibition, poetry, railway
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Bullet trains for India?
India’s train system is a remarkable piece of engineering, with some 71,000 physical miles of track, 41,000 miles of network and 7,172 stations – a colossus which carries 23 million passengers each day and 8.4 billion every year. All at soil-scraping … Continue reading
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Book review – “The ‘Booster Locos’ CC1/CC2/CC3”
Apart from a few trees, my only purchase at Alexandra Palace was the ‘Southern Way Special Edition No 11’, on the early Southern Railway electrics, CC1, CC2 and CC3. I can recommend this book as an excellent read, and especially … Continue reading
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London Festival of Railway Modelling 2015
My usual companions couldn’t make this year’s trip to Alexandra Palace for the London Festival of Railway Modelling, so I was undecided whether to go. But Derek said that if two of us were going, it was worth him driving, … Continue reading
This would make a good model!
This has great potential as a set piece on a preservation-era layout. I can imagine a locomotive, broken trailer, police cars in attendance, and the curious Great British Public looking on. And a good way of using up a non-working (or … Continue reading
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New trains for old
The HST125 must be one of the railway design greats. But their 40 year reign as an iconic sight on British tracks is coming to an end. The BBC reports: A new Japanese train is arriving on British shores today … Continue reading
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