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Not true – I prefer Thomas!
Another Facebook contribution from Allan….. Actually, I don’t think this is true. There’s nothing wrong with Thomas the Tank Engine and I might prefer an LBSCR E1 class and a 4-4-0 to an American monster. I was brought up on … Continue reading
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King’s Cross, January 1970
Scanning some more old photographs, I came across these pictures of King’s Cross on a raw January day in 1970. My camera was awful, so apologies for the fuzzy focus. But I’d forgotten what a great place the end of the … Continue reading
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Tagged inspiration, King's Cross, prototype, railway
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Just like the real thing….
Allan sent me this little gem… Did you see or hear about this yesterday? A Southern 455 EMU comes apart between second & third coach. Luckily was an ECS movement into Victoria. For ECS read ’empty coaching stock’? When the same … Continue reading
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Tagged inspiration, prototype, railway, Southern Electric
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An advert for trains
From the Daily Telegraph, and probably a very good advert for Chinese railways (although they will be jam packed, too, for the mid-autumn festival.) If you thought the traffic was bad in the UK, then spare a thought for the … Continue reading
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Tagged inspiration, railway, traffic jam
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Languages on the Victoria Line
Migrants are very much in the news at the moment. Despite the seemingly unsolvable pressures of the current mass migration across Europe, I do think that most big cities are made more interesting by a cosmopolitan population. And where would … Continue reading
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Tagged inspiration, London Underground, prototype, railway
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This will cut you down to size?
My latest copy of the British NMRA region magazine, Roundhouse, has an interesting article by David McLaughlin….. Honey, I shrunk the Railroader! Have you ever dreamed of being trackside or being in the cab of your favourite diesel or steam … Continue reading
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Tagged 3-D printing, inspiration, prototype, railway
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A little toilet humour
Three suitably themed articles from the Daily Telegraph….. Which London train station toilet made £2.3 million from passengers? Toilets at stations in London, Manchester, Liverpool and Edinburgh are flush with cash from desperate rail users – here are the biggest … Continue reading
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Tagged inspiration, prototype, railway, toilets
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Detailed London transport map
If you love maps and trying to see how real track layouts could be made into a model, and you’ll happily spend hours poring over Ordnance Survey maps, archive maps, route diagrams and rail maps, this is a wonderful resource. … Continue reading
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Tagged inspiration, prototype, railway, Southern Electric
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In case you missed the news….
The newspapers seem to be full of news of the possible discovery of a train load of Nazi gold. A death bed confession may have confirmed the rumour that a train of looted gold was hidden in an extensive tunnel system … Continue reading
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Travel, post-war style
Continuing my loft turnout, I came across a little treasure trove of my late mother’s. It’s difficult to know what to throw away, but it’s important to be a little realistic. Telegrams (a historic oddity in themselves) addressed to the … Continue reading
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