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Fabulous rail footage: London to Brighton train ride,1953-2013
Posted on Wednesday, Aug 28, 2013 | 3 CommentsSixty years ago, the BBC filmed a train journey from London to Brighton and used ‘trick photography’ to condense the entire trip down to four minutes of high speed footage. -
![Photographed from Lisvane & Thornhill station, north Cardiff, you can see the track dipping sharply into Cefn Onn tunnel, which runs for 2,000 yards into Caerphilly on the other side […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/rails-to-rhymney-115x115.jpg "Rails to Rhymney – Lisvane station, Cefn Onn halt and Caerphilly tunnel")
Rails to Rhymney – Lisvane station, Cefn Onn halt and Caerphilly tunnel
Posted on Friday, Aug 9, 2013 | No CommentsPhotographed from Lisvane & Thornhill station, north Cardiff, you can see the track dipping sharply into Cefn Onn tunnel, which runs for 2,000 yards into Caerphilly on the other side […] -
The abandoned Aldwych tube station in London – history and videos
Posted on Tuesday, Jul 30, 2013 | 2 CommentsThe disused tube station at Aldwych on the Strand closed nearly twenty years ago, but there’s several videos online showing what life was like on the short branch. -
The disused Thameslink platforms at Barbican station, London
Posted on Monday, Jun 17, 2013 | 2 CommentsThe former Thameslink railway tracks running through Barbican station now lie abandoned and covered in weeds, with metal gates blocking access at each end. -
![Still retaining much of its Victorian charm is Tenby station Pembrokeshire, which lies on the Pembroke Dock branch in west Wales. An unmanned station, it serves the nearby town and stunning […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/tenby-railway-station-1-115x115.jpg "Tenby railway station retains its Victorian charm, with its Bath stone buildings and cast iron canopies intact")
Tenby railway station retains its Victorian charm, with its Bath stone buildings and cast iron canopies intact
Posted on Thursday, Jun 6, 2013 | No CommentsStill retaining much of its Victorian charm is Tenby station Pembrokeshire, which lies on the Pembroke Dock branch in west Wales. An unmanned station, it serves the nearby town and stunning […] -
![The news reporters may scream “Snow Chaos!’ every time a few centimeters of the white stuff sprinkles down on Blighty, but it’s looking pretty tame compared to this astonishing archive footage of a […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/snowdrift-bleath-gill-115x115.jpg "Want to see real snow chaos? Check out the chilly tale of the Snowdrift at Bleath Gill")
Want to see real snow chaos? Check out the chilly tale of the Snowdrift at Bleath Gill
Posted on Thursday, Jan 24, 2013 | 4 CommentsThe news reporters may scream “Snow Chaos!’ every time a few centimeters of the white stuff sprinkles down on Blighty, but it’s looking pretty tame compared to this astonishing archive footage of a […] -
![Terry Davies from Oz got in touch and asked if I could identify the location of this abandoned station, located somewhere in the Heathrow and Amesbury area. I don’t recognise […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/abandoned-station-heathrow-115x115.jpg "Abandoned station near Heathrow in the 1970s – can you recognise it?")
Abandoned station near Heathrow in the 1970s – can you recognise it?
Posted on Tuesday, Sep 25, 2012 | 8 CommentsTerry Davies from Oz got in touch and asked if I could identify the location of this abandoned station, located somewhere in the Heathrow and Amesbury area. I don’t recognise […] -
St Pancras railway station a decade ago: graffiti, smoke and wooden panelling
Posted on Friday, Aug 17, 2012 | 7 CommentsIt’s now been renovated, refurbished, given a big posh polish and pushed upmarket, but back in 2001, St Pancras railway station was a different place. -
![I know this is one of my ‘niche interest’ posts here (sorry!) but I do love arriving at a modern station and discovering that it’s still using railway technology that’s well over a […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/hastings-railway-signals-02-115x115.jpg "Hastings railway station rattles to steam-age semaphore signals")
Hastings railway station rattles to steam-age semaphore signals
Posted on Wednesday, Aug 15, 2012 | 2 CommentsI know this is one of my ‘niche interest’ posts here (sorry!) but I do love arriving at a modern station and discovering that it’s still using railway technology that’s well over a […] -
![Put on for one day only was Crossrail’s, ‘Bison to Bedlam’ archaeology exhibition, which showed off some of the artefacts unearthed during the excavations for the cross-London rail project. Above is a […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/crossrail-archaeology-exhibition-01-115x115.jpg "Crossrail archaeology exhibition in London – Bison to Bedlam")
Crossrail archaeology exhibition in London – Bison to Bedlam
Posted on Monday, Jul 9, 2012 | 1 CommentPut on for one day only was Crossrail’s, ‘Bison to Bedlam’ archaeology exhibition, which showed off some of the artefacts unearthed during the excavations for the cross-London rail project. Above is a […] -
New steam locomotive Tornado shimmies through a sizzling Brixton
Posted on Tuesday, Jun 26, 2012 | 1 CommentSummer’s finally arrived over the rain-drenched plains of sarf London, and today a mighty steam engine coud be heard powering its way across the rooftops. -
![There’s been a busy street market in Pope’s Road, Brixton for over a hundred years, and although the market is still going strong, one part of the scene has vanished […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/popes-road-coal-staithes-brixton-01-115x115.jpg "Lost scenes of Brixton – the coal depot at Pope’s Road")
Lost scenes of Brixton – the coal depot at Pope’s Road
Posted on Wednesday, Jun 20, 2012 | 4 CommentsThere’s been a busy street market in Pope’s Road, Brixton for over a hundred years, and although the market is still going strong, one part of the scene has vanished […] -
![With the opening of the TK Maxx department store on Brixton Road, there’s now some great views to be had from the second floor (that’ll be the menswear dept), with […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/brixton-views-june-2012-01-115x115.jpg "Some stunning new views across Brixton, courtesy of TK Maxx")
Some stunning new views across Brixton, courtesy of TK Maxx
Posted on Wednesday, Jun 13, 2012 | 1 CommentWith the opening of the TK Maxx department store on Brixton Road, there’s now some great views to be had from the second floor (that’ll be the menswear dept), with […] -
The magnificent Edwardian grandeur of Birmingham Moor Street station
Posted on Friday, May 25, 2012 | No CommentsBeautifully restored and putting the nearby New Street station to shame is the magnificent Birmingham Moor Street station, situated close to Brum’s famous Bullring shopping centre. -
Britannia 7000 loco steams through Brixton, south London
Posted on Friday, May 18, 2012 | 2 CommentsArriving a little earlier in Brixton than expected (so I missed its approach) was this chartered steam-hauled train, hauled by BR standard class 7 70000 Britannia.