I've just been sent an interesting YouTube animation of one of the most bonkers railways ever built - Volk's Brighton to Rottingdean Seashore Electric railway.

This mad piece of Victorian eccentricity saw what amounted to a part-submerged moving pier travelling through the sea from Brighton to Rottingdean.



The whole venture lasted less than seven years, but you can see a short animation of the electric railway tram, 'Pioneer,' which was officially classified as a ship and had to be piloted by a trained sea captain!

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I've scanned in a few photos from a train trip I took nearly twenty years ago.



Travelling out of Cardiff with my then girlfriend Debbie, I doubt if we knew just how quickly this scene would be transformed. Now there's barely any industry left in the Welsh Valleys, thanks to the Evil Thatch and her Tory cohorts.

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I've always loved the High Victorian folly of St Pancras station and the adjacent Midland Grand Hotel, and after an uncertain future, it's great to see the place thriving.



I popped in today to take some photos (and managed to resist the strong urge to impulsively jump on a train and head for Europe!) and it's barely recognisable from the station I visited a few years ago.


St Pancras 2001.



Check out more photos here: Return to St Pancras, and browse hundreds of St Pancras photos here: St Pancras and Midland Hotel homepage.

Labels: london, railways

Quick catch up on some recent articles you may have missed:

Palm Treo 500v Pocket PC Review

Here's my full review of the new Palm Treo Windows Mobile phone. It's a good 'un, but I'm waiting for the Centro, the Palm OS version. Bring it on Palm!
Palm Treo 500v review

Toshiba Libretto 50 Ultra Mobile PC- Ten Years On

How does this trailblazing mini-PC stack up against the modern competition?
Toshiba Libretto

Technology, Trains And Trainspotting


Train enthusiasts and the web. A perfect fit?

Labels: palm, pc, railways, treo