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Wrexham & Shropshire railway company closes

Wed 26th January, 2011Sat 29th January, 2011 - by editor - 3 Comments.

This 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 …

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photos / Places / railways

St Erth for St Ives railway station – a country junction

Thu 20th January, 2011Thu 20th January, 2011 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Although 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.

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London / photos / Places / railways

Accumulator tower, hydraulics and bonded stores, Royal Mint St, E1

Sat 15th January, 2011Sat 15th January, 2011 - by editor - 1 Comment

Abandoned for at least 30 years is this old ‘accumulator tower’ at Royal Mint St, by Tower Hill, London E1, which had been used for storing hydraulic power. “An accumulator …

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photos / Places / railways

Closed railway station: Aynho for Deddington, Oxfordshire

Fri 31st December, 2010Fri 31st December, 2010 - by editor - Leave a Comment

The optimistically named Oxford and Rugby Railway managed to build a track from Oxford only as far as Banbury, with line being absorbed by the Great Western Railway before it …

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photos / Places / railways / snow

Banbury railway station: fog, semaphore signals and trainspotters

Thu 30th December, 2010Thu 30th December, 2010 - by editor - 3 Comments.

My train back from Cardiff yesterday ended up taking a curious diversionary route into Oxfordshire, with the HST ending up at Banbury station for 20 minutes before reversing out in the opposite direction. With the station …

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London / Places / railways

Behold! Hendon Broadway and station

Thu 8th April, 2010 - by editor - Leave a Comment

I had to take a trip to Hendon last week. It wasn’t very nice.

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London / Places / railways

Remembering Broad Street railway station, London

Tue 30th March, 2010Sat 17th September, 2011 - by editor - 17 Comments.

Closed in 1986 after a long and lingering death, the once bustling terminus at Broad Street was in a parlous state at the end, with its extensive canopies cut back, …

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photos / Places / snow

Deserted 57th Street station, Chicago, winter of ’99

Fri 26th March, 2010Fri 26th March, 2010 - by editor - Leave a Comment

After a lovely long walk across snow-covered parks and – unwittingly – over a frozen lake or two, I decided to catch the train back to my hotel in the …

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Fake houses at Leinster Gardens Paddington
London / Places

The incredible fake houses of Paddington

Tue 23rd March, 2010Fri 4th June, 2010 - by editor - 5 Comments.

A deceptive façade at 23/24 Leinster Gardens, Paddington, London W2

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‘Folkaoke’ at the Railway, Tulse Hill

Sat 19th April, 2008 - by editor - Leave a Comment

With so much going on every night on Brixton, I rarely venture south for a night, but I was glad I made the effort to go nearby Tulse Hill for …

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