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Turn the clock back to when all trains had guards vans and ample space for bicycles. My grandfather seems to used his bike to visit the areas around Newcastle as a commercial traveller just after WW1. He'd have paid to do so and that practice of charging probably continued until at least the...

Prompted by this discussion I've spent a nostalgic hour this morning reviewing some of the many ring binders of interesting stuff I've accumulated over too many years. Some of it is being disposed of. So many memories, so many subjects that no longer matter. Boxes and boxes of them.

Looking at my OS maps I can't tell where all those car driving commuters are coming from but they won't all be coming from the Colne direction to fill Steeton and Silsden's 143 space car park. Even if they were all coming from Colne I can't imagine many opting to give up a flexible car journey...

Memories, memories! Voss, Norway, August 1964.

Too many incompatible small fleets - and we're building even more to become problems in 10/20/30 years time. Say what we like about 43s and HSTs they've served us well through 5 decades. From Penzance to Inverness they've seen off numerous operators. Yes, but are any taken in 2025?

The ECML joins the capital cities more or less following the Great North Road from London to Edinburgh. That was then designated the A1. It is curious that the coming of the railway didn't result in greater growth of more towns along that route. George Stephenson avoided Sheffield when planning...

Original announcement specifically said the closure was for investigative work, the strong implication being that full remedial work would then be planned for whatever needed doing.

I note Colchester still has a department store, Fenwicks. 40 years ago somewhat larger Sheffield had several but now has only one, Atkinsons. On the other hand Meadowhall is still looking busy.

For any who may still doubt Putin's game plans they should visit the Baltic nations and learn their 20th century history. There is no doubt there that he's coming for them as soon as a casus belli can be found. It's the normal course of actions in that region. On current form Trump would ally...

Are they actually being used in Mexico and Nigeria? We don't seem to have heard much about them for some time. PR gimmicks, very short term service then warmer places to be scrapped?

Today I met a chap with a very large case and unusual dimensions. It had small wheels. He'd managed to bring it all the way from Thailand, plus a large back pack, got through Manchester Airport, Piccadilly Platforms 13/14 to make the final lap home from Dore by taxi. The taxi driver declined to...

Which may help to explain the busy trains to Manchester! Sadly, I'd tend to agree. 1741390235 I visited Deptford in the late 1980s and spoke to a young architect who had big plans for rejuvenating that area. I'd have called it rough at that time. When I subsequently visited with my wife she...

As we found out on Wednesday when I saw our train still in the platform with 2 minutes to go and a crowd on the stairs and at their foot on 16. We soon discovered the lift parks at platform level and is slow to come up, slow to open doors and close doors, then go down. And there were still a lot...

They do operate 4 cars on Nottinghams, on Sundays. Only!! Sounds like they're unimportant - well they are to us!! But that feeling is possibly why Leeds is only the 3rd most popular destination from Sheffield. Top 4 journeys from Sheffield during 2023/2024: •Manchester Piccadilly (443,018...

The Stagecoach 65 runs from Sheffield to Tideswell via Grindleford and Eyam, but is not sufficiently frequent to satisfy that shuttle desire, see; https://www.travelsouthyorkshire.com/TSY/media/Timetables/65-Sheffield-valid-from-12-May-2024-(PDF-670kb).pdf?ext=.pdf Running a minibus shuttle...

I only wish I could. I've looked at where Putin came from and when. He hates the west. The world seen from post 1940s Leningrad where he grew up looks very different from London and New York. Those dealing with him should understand the skin he lives in. It's a strength, but a weakness. Does...

And the meat grinder will continue as long as more arms keep being thrown in. The germs of truth in the lies are enough to keep it grinding. Too much of WW1 all over again.

Precisely. Another hypothetical, When Scotland invades do we give up Northumberland? We haven't had to face these issues for centuries, or maybe we have, Ireland! But thse are red herrings in the current situation, rabbit holes to be avoided.

The judgement of history may not be as we might wish. I find Trump a most objectionable character on many levels. Vance isn't coming over well either. However their position is clear. They want to cut all costs for everything funded by the US government. Military aid is a very big part of the...

Assuming the Melrose bypass hadn't been built on the old trackbed and there was a larger population in the area. Tweedbank is there because it's a reasonable compromise for the wider area. Look at OS maps and the small population numbers in the surrounding area.