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railways Archive
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Cirencester Town disused railway station – Victorian Gothic stuck in a car park
Posted on Monday, September 26, 2011 | 1 CommentNow stranded in the middle of a car park in the centre of town is the remains of Cirencester Town railway station, a rather fine two-storey building designed by Isambard Kingdon... -
Cardiff Bay railway station in old Tiger Bay quietly rots away…
Posted on Wednesday, September 14, 2011 | 1 CommentLocated in what was once the bustling area of Tiger Bay in Cardiff docks, Cardiff Bay railway station (Bae Caerdydd) is the southern terminus of the short Butetown Branch Line,... -
Old trains galore at the New York Transit Museum, Brooklyn
Posted on Tuesday, July 5, 2011 | 2 CommentsThe New York Transit Museum in Brooklyn is a great place to visit if you’re in New York and have a bit of an interest in old trains, mechanical things, old... -
A walk along the High Line, Manhattan NYC
Posted on Tuesday, June 21, 2011 | No CommentsThe High Line offers a fabulous walk through the heart of lower Manhattan, with the park being built on the tracks of a long abandoned elevated railroad route. -
East Brixton station to Battersea Park, 3rd October 1969
Posted on Thursday, June 9, 2011 | 2 CommentsPurchased for the princely sum of £1.25 on eBay, this old British rail ticket is for a journey which can no longer be made, as East Brixton station has long... -
Fifty years of Brixton railway station
Posted on Tuesday, June 7, 2011 | No CommentsPictured above is Brixton Railway Station, photographed on 11th December 1960. The tracks to the left run to Loughborough Junction, while the tracks nearest the camera are on the London Victoria to Orpington line. -
London Bridge rail redevelopment charges across Borough Market
Posted on Sunday, April 17, 2011 | No CommentsBlasting its way over Borough Market and thrusting its metal loins over Borough High Street is Network Rail’s rail improvement works. Tasked with improving the old Victorian track layout around... -
BR 70000 Britannia loco thunders through Brixton
Posted on Thursday, April 7, 2011 | 5 CommentsGleaming in the glorious Brixton sunshine is this excursion train headed up by a BR standard class 7 70000 Britannia locomotive. -
Pics of the day: graffiti train, Farringdon, London
Posted on Sunday, April 3, 2011 | No CommentsSeen earlier today at Farringdon station, central London, was this heavily graffiti’d train carriage on a northbound train. Only the last carriage had been painted. Scroll down for more. -
Wrexham & Shropshire railway campaign update
Posted on Wednesday, March 9, 2011 | No CommentsWe raved about the fantastic service and lovely staff when we took a trip on the line and vexed like an angry rapper when we heard the news what it... -
Brixton station in the steam era (1950s footage)
Posted on Thursday, February 24, 2011 | 1 CommentFilmed in the 1950s, this fascinating amateur-shot footage (below) shows a tantalisingly short glimpse of steam trains thundering through a Brixton station still controlled by mechanical signals. -
Photo of the day: trolleys, St Pancras station
Posted on Friday, February 4, 2011 | No CommentsPhoto taken on a Ricoh GX100 digital compact, with a slow hand-held exposure (0.4s). I leant the camera against a bannister to keep things sharp. I took a few photos of the scene (that’s... -
The châteauesque glory of Box Hill railway station
Posted on Monday, January 31, 2011 | No CommentsI’m a big fan of Victorian railway architecture, and although a lot of fine vernacular buildings have been senselessly destroyed since the 1960s, it’s always heart-warming to find some inspiring examples still standing. -
Wrexham & Shropshire railway company closes
Posted on Wednesday, January 26, 2011 | 3 CommentsThis is really sad news. The Wrexham & Shropshire railway company – the best railway company I’ve travelled with for years – has just announced that it is closing for... -
St Erth for St Ives railway station – a country junction
Posted on Thursday, January 20, 2011 | No CommentsAlthough it’s a station on the busy main line from Paddington to Penzance in Cornwall, St Erth retains the air of a Victorian country junction.