Old Timers and Youngsters Nearing the End
Keeping steam going throughout over half of the 20th century. . . . . . . There was a mix of longevity and novelty towards the end of...
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- Sep 22, 2022
- 4 min
On Their Way to Wembley
The 1924/1925 Empire Exhibition. . . . . . On 23rd April 1924 (Saint George’s Day) King George V opened the British Empire Exhibition at...
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- Sep 15, 2022
- 5 min
F W Hawksworth
The Great Western Railway’s last Chief Mechanical Engineer. . . . . . . . Frederick William Hawksworth was born in Swindon, Wiltshire on...
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- Sep 8, 2022
- 4 min
You Have Been Warned!
Railways and rifles. . . . . . . Historically, you wouldn’t normally associate operating railways with the use of firearms, although...
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- Sep 1, 2022
- 4 min
Still Steaming
The legacy of GWR CME Charles Collett. . . . . . . . Looking at the locomotive designs of Charles Collett, it’s amazing how many of them...
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- Jul 7, 2022
- 4 min
Bridge of Sighs
A structure that saw many changes. . . . . . . . . Venice has its famous “Bridge of Sighs”, built in 1603, connecting the interrogation...
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- Jun 27, 2022
- 3 min
‘Yesterday has gone’
Trainspotting Nostalgia. . . . . . . If you were around in August, 1968, you may recall a pop group called ‘Cupid’s Inspiration’ and...
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- Jun 5, 2022
- 4 min
Museums for All?
The attraction of locomotives to younger generations inside and outside a museum. . . . . . After a morning in the Search Engine at the...
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- May 26, 2022
- 4 min
Shannon/Jane/WTC number 5
A locomotive with 95 years of work to her credit. . . . . . . 1857 was a significant year for pioneering locomotives now in the National...
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- Apr 5, 2022
- 4 min
Antiquity and Preservation
How some historic locomotives escaped scrapping while others survived as replicas alongside the originals. . . . . . . . . In January...
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- Mar 20, 2022
- 4 min
Signalling - by Road and Rail
Recovering and reclaiming signalling equipment for heritage railways. . . . . . . Most of us have familiarity with the heritage railway...
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- Nov 21, 2021
- 4 min
Polishing the Past
Summary: Questions of restoration policy for locomotives, includes a reference to Berlin Technical Museum. . . . . . No doubt readers...
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- Sep 26, 2021
- 4 min
Great Central (Again)
The value of the disused Great Central route. . . . . . . Last week’s post on this site discussed the story of the Great Central Railway...
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- Sep 11, 2021
- 3 min
The “Tivvy Bumber” brought in from the cold
Sixty years ago, I had the experience of riding the “Tivvy Bumper”. This was the nickname given by locals to the 4¾ mile branch line from...
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- Jul 5, 2021
- 5 min
‘Romantic melancholy’ or ‘Romantic Nostalgia’
Railway art featuring some famous artists. . . . . . . Sitting having a coffee and a biscuit at the catering stop in the Great Hall of...
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- Jun 24, 2021
- 3 min
A saint rises again!
The “Saint” class 4-6-0 passenger locomotives on the Great Western Railway (GWR) passed forever when the last of the class of 77, number...
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- Apr 15, 2021
- 1 min
Matthew Parris in 14th April Times
125 reasons to grieve. . . . . . . . The last InterCity 125 trains are to be withdrawn from service on the East Midlands Railway next...
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- Mar 15, 2021
- 3 min
The Mysterious ‘Rocket’
Understanding ‘Rocket’ and ‘object centred analysis’. . . . . . . Museum curators sometimes talk about ‘object centred analysis’. In its...
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- Mar 8, 2021
- 3 min
The Ears have it.
Different railway sounds and their use in museums. . . . . . . . English Electric Type 4 1Co-Co1 D255 is seen approaching Dunchurch with...
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