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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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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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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
If M. C. Escher had photoshop?
Once again, not quite ‘N’ gauge, but I couldn’t resist reposting these photoshop specials. Mind you, a couple of them look like some scenery I’ve seen on layouts on the exhibition circuit (though the tip for backscenes looks a good … Continue reading
Tower Bridge under construction
Not quite ‘N’ gauge, but a friend sent me a mail with a series of pictures of London’s iconic Tower Bridge under construction. They are too good not to pass on. Perhaps the only railway interest are the tracks for the steam … Continue reading
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The longest train journey in the UK
What’s the longest train journey that you can do in the UK? According to the Daily Telegraph it’s Aberdeen to Penzance in 13 and a half hours. All you USA and Canada readers will laugh at this. That’s just down … Continue reading
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Southern Railway Coach formations
With the advent of the excellent Dapol Southern Railway Maunsell coaches, we’ll need to know how to put together a realistic formation. I came across this useful information on the Worsley Works etched ‘scratch-aid’ and kit site (originally from the … Continue reading
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The railway lines alarmingly close to the sea
The quantity (and quality) of railway articles on the BBC website is a pleasant surprise. There must be a few closet ‘gricers’ somewhere the organisation. This latest one is about those stretches of railway in danger from the sea. We all remember … Continue reading
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