The Ear Inn at 326 Spring Street, NY (btw. Greenwich and Washington) claims to be the oldest working bar in NYC and is a designated Landmark of the City of New York.
The Ear Inn – the oldest working bar in NYC, with a Nunhead connection Read More
Photo 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 …
Photo of the day: trolleys, St Pancras station Read More
I’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.
The châteauesque glory of Box Hill railway station Read More
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 …
Wrexham & Shropshire railway company closes Read More
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.
St Erth for St Ives railway station – a country junction Read More
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 …
Accumulator tower, hydraulics and bonded stores, Royal Mint St, E1 Read More
Condemned to an eternity of waiting for trains that they can never board are these life-size bronze sculptures of three passengers on Brixton railway station, south London.
Waiting passenger sculptures, Brixton railway station Read More
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 …
Closed railway station: Aynho for Deddington, Oxfordshire Read More
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 …
Banbury railway station: fog, semaphore signals and trainspotters Read More
Unfortunately, I didn’t hear the hissing and puffing of this steam train until it had already passed my window, but here’s a few pics for you steam buffs out there.
Brixton snow and steam as the Sussex Belle steams past Read More
With its street level buildings suffering a fairly ghastly rebuilding in the not so distant past, Wandsworth Town railway station is a bit of a Spartan affair. Although the island platform has some attractive original buildings and retains …
Wandsworth Town station in the early evening rain Read More
I spotted several old Pullman railway coaches in a state of ruin during a trip to Cornwall in 2003. Once the byword for upmarket, luxury train travel, several of these once …
Abandoned and desolate Pullman coaches, Marazion, Cornwall Read More
In the June of 2009, we spent a week in the lovely Fforest campsite near Cardigan, west Wales, and being the railway spod I am, I simply had to find …
Cardigan old railway station, Wales [photos] Read More
I like Lower Marsh in Waterloo. Although it’s smack bang in the centre of London, with the bustling railway station just yards away, it retains a 1960s feel, with traditional …
A walk along Lower Marsh, Waterloo, London Read More
I’ve just posted up a set of photos I took of the railway arches along Brixton Station Road, back in 2001. I liked the distinctive, time-battered look to the various …
Brixton Station Road railway arches – photographs of a disappearing Brixton Read More
Located on the main line out of London from Liverpool Street, Coborn Road station was opened by the Eastern Counties Railway in 1865.
Coborn Road railway station: a long abandoned East London station Read More
On Saturday we caught the tube to Mile End for a six mile walk through east London to check out progress on the 2012 Olympic site. It’s a lovely walk …
Olympic stadium walk – Mile End to Victoria Park and Bow along the canal Read More
We took a return trip on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway when we were up in Whitby (the steam train conveniently runs from Whitby station), and it was a lovely …
A trip on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway Read More
It’s another lovely sunny day in Brixton, so here’s a few snaps from my walk around town. Above: Mime lesson – or is that ‘lessen’? – advertised in Brixton Market.
Brixton street snaps, late April Read More
I had to take a trip to Hendon last week. It wasn’t very nice.
Behold! Hendon Broadway and station Read More
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, …
Remembering Broad Street railway station, London Read More
If you’ve only a passing interest in Britain’s railways, its architecture or industrial past, you should find Subterranea Brittanica’s Closed Stations site an invaluable and compelling resource.
The melancholic romance of abandoned railway lines Read More
The urban75 walk club’s jaunt to Dorset was one of the best I’ve been on for a long time. Despite weather forecasters predicting a weekend of showers, ne’er a drop …
Dorset; Swanage, Corfe Castle, cider bars and more: Read MorePlease sign! Currently there is no minimum requirement for train operators to carry bicycles and each operator has a different set of rules and booking procedures. This makes the system …
Petition for Bikes on Trains – please sign Read More
This is well cool: every Sunday in December, New York City Transit run a 1930s subway train along a regular route, so startled passengers might find this old beauty rumbling …
Riding a vintage NYC subway car Read More
We’ve just been up to Chirk (nr Wrexham) and back using the new Wrexham and Shropshire railway company and the service was fantastic. The fare was £28 each return, we …
Wrexham and Shropshire: finest railway company in the UK? Read More
Running along a 5.5m stretch of the abandoned Brecon and Merthyr Railway, the Brecon Mountain Railway currently operates from Pant along the full length of the Taf Fechan Reservoir past …
A trip along the Brecon Mountain Railway Read More
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 …
The Brighton Sea Railway Read More
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 …
A train trip up the Valleys, 1989 Read More
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 …
Return to St Pancras station Read More