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Hong Kong – Dr Beeching in reverse
Hong Kong just can’t get enough railways…. Here’s a brief potted history so far. The beginning of the present day railway network in Hong Kong goes back over one hundred years. The idea of connecting Hong Kong and China with … Continue reading
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Hong Kong – Tram Jam
Today’s title is blatently stolen from an excellent 1984 collection of photographs of trams in HK. It tended towards the artistic, rather than the boring railway enthusiast album, but was none the worse for that. (And it is still available second-hand from Amazon … Continue reading
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Hong Kong – Home of International Superstars?
I’ve a few posts to finish about Hong Kong, but I have been out and about on the trains today, visiting a few old haunts and catching up with an old friend. I need to edit some of my photographs before … Continue reading
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Happy New (English) year
And a Happy New Year from Hong Kong! It’s not Kung Hei Fat Choi for another six weeks or so, but Hong Kong being a practical sort of place, the Christmas lights might as well stay up for both the … Continue reading
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“This could be painful, Mr Bond”
Today’s modelling challenge comes, of all places, from the Metro free newspaper: Zap leaves on the line with lasers Train companies are testing lasers as a way of clearing leaves from the paths of high-speed trains. Trials to zap slippery … Continue reading
Christmas greetings
Wishing you a blessed and peaceful Christmas 2014, in a pretty random world. Redhill doesn’t look like this – yet. I like how the point heaters are working perfectly – pity about the rest of the railway. “A friend of … Continue reading
An ideal present for the railway enthusiast
After the Stuttgart marathon blog, back to some more random railway posts. Have you ever wondered what to call your model railway? It’s easy if you are modelling a real prototype, or making a free-lanced line in real countryside. But … Continue reading
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Some interesting (non-Stuttgart) photographs
Two links I came across recently. The Daily Telegraph has a picture gallery of women at work on the railways during WW1. Interesting stuff, and some good photos of London termini, and also of Horwich works, with its own narrow … Continue reading
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New Eurostar
News of the new trans-European Eurostar from the Daily Telegraph. A new 200mph state-of-the-art train has been unveiled in London by Channel Tunnel high-speed train company Eurostar….. The trains are described as being “inter-operable”, meaning they can run across diverse … Continue reading
A (short) trip on the Docklands Light Railway
A wedding in Shadwell, east London, meant that I had my first trip on the Docklands Light Railway. OK, so the DLR has been open for years, but this was the first time I had been on it. We went … Continue reading
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