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Today's blog. That PWI training session in practice - assembling OLE in conditions you don't experience in the classroom...Today's blog. Rail students putting plans into practice - and in typical trackside conditions! https://paulbigland.blog/2023/10/18/rolling-blog-an-electrifying-day/

Today's blog. Travelling from West Yorkshire to Swindon to work at a PWI training session tomorrow where rail workers get the chance to find out what it's like building OLE in the real world. https://paulbigland.blog/2023/10/17/rolling-blog-positional-move/

My latest blog on the fiasco of 'Notwork North' and HS2. https://paulbigland.blog/2023/10/16/hs2-the-disintegrated-not-a-plan-aka-notwork-north-a-history-of-tory-dither-and-incompetence/

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I was photographing services in Edale in the Hope valley between 13:15 and 16:29 on Sunday 8th. I was hoping to get set allocations off RTT but they haven't appeared. If anyone could help that would be much appreciated. I'm especially interested in the pair of Northern Class 156s that were...

New blog. More backsliding and excuses on the laughable lie called 'Network North' from RishiSunak and Mark_J_Harper. Plus, good news from the #LabourConference23. https://paulbigland.blog/2023/10/09/rishi-sunak-hs2-and-network-north-the-lies-continue/

The mess of HS2 and 'Northern Network' becomes even more surreal as Sunak boasts about his 'achievements' by tweeting - from his private plane... https://paulbigland.blog/2023/10/07/you ... e-serious/ These people are taking you for fools.

More thoughts on the disgraceful way Rishi Sunak has scrapped #HS2 to the North, destroyed 15 years of political consensus and usurped power over policy. https://paulbigland.blog/2023/10/05/rishi-sunak-hs2-and-the-great-transport-betrayal/

Today's blog is short and 'sweet'. https://paulbigland.blog/2023/10/04/rishi-sunak-railways-and-hs2-what-a-lying-****-show/

Today's blog. Bumbling around Hampshire, old stations, TV history - plus trains and bridges. https://paulbigland.blog/2023/09/29/rolling-blog-tilford-tales-day-6/

Today's blog. Train tests and more around the Anglia region. My, how Liverpool St's changed in character! https://paulbigland.blog/2023/09/28/rolling-blog-chasing-trains/

New blog. Has Labour changed its mind on building HS2 in full? No. In a series of media interviews and Tweets four Shadow Ministers made that clear today. https://paulbigland.blog/2023/09/18/has-labour-changed-its-mind-on-building-hs2-no/

There's a new blog comparing old pictures of the East-West rail line around Calvert/Steeple Claydon between 2011, 2021 and 2023. Plus a link to a lot of other old 2011 pictures I've added to my website recently. https://paulbigland.blog/2023/08/29/29th-august-pictures-of-the-day-2/

Here's 777004 running on West Kirby services yesterday. Problems persist. The set was late running due to on set of doors being locked out od use do to a step fault, and as you can see the PIS didn't want to play. https://PaulBigland.zenfolio.com/p371569599/e8f65bf0f

Yesterday's blog. A whirlwind visit to the Wirral involving photographing new trains, old trains, refurbished trains - and losing (albeit briefly) my phone. https://paulbigland.blog/.../rolling-ish-blog-wirral.../

Here's a new blog with pictures following a visit (not without difficulties) to the new Siemens train factory at Goole in East Yorkshire, where the first new tube trains for the Piccadilly line in London will start to be built from March 2024. Rolling blog. A Gooleish day… | Paul Bigland

Here's a new blog analysing the latest load of tosh about #Hs2, this time it's from Larry Elliott in the Guardian and he's no less than their Economics Editor! https://paulbigland.blog/2023/07/30/more-lousy-journalism-from-the-mainstream-media-about-hs2/

A new blog documenting a visit to the Blyth and Tyne freight network and its old signalboxes, many of which are closing as part of the lines refurbishment ready for the reintroduction of passenger trains to Ashington in 2025. https://paulbigland.blog/2023/08/10/rolling-blog-blyth-and-tyne-time/

I've added a large selection of pictures of HS2 construction work from Curzon St, the Colne Valley viaduct and Calvert taken last week. You can find them here. https://paulbigland.zenfolio.com/p502543478 There's also a selection of E-W rail pictures, here...

Today's blog. A look at #hs2 construction progress in the Colne Valley and #Calvert. https://paulbigland.blog/2023/08/01/that-was-a-day-that-was/