Paul Bigland's blog page.

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New blog. You may have seen TV environmentalist Chris Packham claim that HS2 will cause the largest deforestation programme since World War 1. I've done the research and crunched the numbers. Packham is talking 100% weapons-grade b******s! https://paulbigland.blog/2019/11/24/put-not-your-trust-in-princes-or-celebrity-environmentalists/

 

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New blog. StopHs2 & The Green party were meant to have a 'big' anti Hs2 protest outside the Dept of Transport in London yesterday. Here's what they won't show you. It was an embarassing flop! https://paulbigland.blog/2019/11/29/the-latest-stophs2-green-party-debacle/

 

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Now that the scrapping of the old BR Pacer fleet has begun in earnest with 142005 and 142044 arriving at Booth's scrapyard in Rotherham, I thought it was a good time to repost this blog looking back at their lives and times over the years. https://paulbigland.blog/2018/01/12...for-pacer-trains-so-heres-a-pictorial-review/

 

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A new pre-election blog showing why HS2 isn't an electoral issue, despite the blustering of a few HS2 antis, and why whoever wins the election, the losers will we StopHs2...https://paulbigland.blog/2019/12/11/whoever-wins-on-friday-the-losers-are-stophs2/

 

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In this new blog I've crunched the election numbers for the stophs2 campaign and asked what does the result mean for HS2? https://paulbigland.blog/2019/12/14/election-result-what-does-it-mean-for-hs2/

 

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Three more Pacers went from Newton Heath to Gascoigne Wood sidings for storage before scrap today. https://PaulBigland.zenfolio.com/p1022298857/ee00232f3

 

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New blog on HS2, looking at how the Sunday Telegraph numbers don't add up. Nor the number of new MPs opposing HS2. https://paulbigland.blog/2019/12/23/hs2-antis-get-their-numbers-in-a-twist/

 

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Today 'celebrity environmentalist' Chris Packham arranged a stop HS2 ramble/protest. He claims 5 million oppose HS2. Guess what? Less than 1000 turned up...https://paulbigland.blog/2019/12/29/yet-another-stophs2-protest-flops/

 

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Some thoughts on todays Northern franchise take-back non-announcement and franchising in general. https://paulbigland.blog/2020/01/02/confusion-reigns-over-northerns-trains/

 

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A new blog with comments on Tony Berkeley's interviews and 'report' on HS2. https://paulbigland.blog/2020/01/05/more-ado-about-nothing-the-berkeley-hs2-report-that-wasnt/

 

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Here's a new blog with video links. The Stophs2 'protest' camp at Harvil Rd near Uxbridge was cleared by court bailiffs and police this morning. https://paulbigland.blog/2020/01/07...ure-as-the-harvil-rd-protest-camp-is-evicted/

 

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I'm currently scanning old slides from Brazil including a look at the Rio trams. You can find the pictures here. https://paulbigland.zenfolio.com/p204112647

 

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New blog. A look at what the NAO report on #hs2 actually says, not what some pretend it says. https://paulbigland.blog/2020/01/24...-office-report-on-hs2-let-the-frothing-begin/

 

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Blog 1 of 2: A look at how Stophs2 & 'Extinction Rebellion' are failing to stop Hs2 on the ground at their hopeless 'direct action' protests.

https://paulbigland.blog/2020/01/29/...e-there-then/…

 

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New blog. The final chapter in the HS2 saga was written today. Here's why. https://paulbigland.blog/2020/02/11...jrL8bL_O7ehRQhw4d7To3JaSrOs6lFacU4wHE-2p1PWo8

 

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A new blog which graphically illustrates the problems the railway has with flooding here in the Calder Valley in West Yorkshire. https://paulbigland.blog/2020/02/16/rolling-blog-cancel-the-ark-for-now/

 

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I've been busy scanning an album of old slides from 1990 and you can find the results in this gallery. So far this week I've done Scotland (37s & 47s at Inverness). Sheffield, Tonbridge, Stratford and many more...https://paulbigland.zenfolio.com/p651486993

 

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I've added over 120 pictures from the past few days travels to my website. Follow the link to see which galleries they're in. https://paulbigland.zenfolio.com/recent.html

 

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I've added another 20 old slide scans from 1990 to my Zenfolio website. All this has now gone. https://PaulBigland.zenfolio.com/p651486993/ee4fb4b41

 

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Here's a new blog with pictures from Bristol, which includes a look at how rail services from Temple Meads look now, how (and where) a WW2 bomb turned a piece of tram track into a missile, and the fun and games I've had travelling back from Bristol to Halifax today...https://paulbigland.blog/2020/03/03/rolling-blog-bristol-day-two/

 

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New blog on the madness of 'environmentalists' moaning that HS2 Ltd is using birds to scare off birds. Seriously! https://paulbigland.blog/2020/03/04/is-it-just-me/

 

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Another HS2 blog today. Would you believe HS2 antis have been dumb enough to start yet another petition? https://paulbigland.blog/2020/03/06/oops-they-did-it-again/

 

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I've added 15 new pictures from yesterday & 50 old slides from 1991 to my website. Follow the link to see which galleries they're in. https://paulbigland.zenfolio.com/recent.html

 

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Today's rolling blog. Virus's, London and empty trains - or not...https://paulbigland.blog/2020/03/11/rolling-blog-going-viral/

 

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Today's rolling blog includes a visit to the HS2 site at Curzon St to view the remains of the worlds first locomotive roundhouse. https://paulbigland.blog/2020/03/12/rolling-blog-birmingham-discoveries/

 

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Over 140 new and old pictures have been added to my website in the past 3 days. Follow the link to see which galleries they're in. https://paulbigland.zenfolio.com/recent.html

 

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A new blog on an old subject, which takes a look at the state of play with what's left of the campaign to stop Hs2 and analyses why 'direct action' is bound to fail. https://paulbigland.blog/2020/03/14/stophs2-where-are-you/

 

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We could all do with a bit of a laugh at the moment. So, after seeing a classic bit of StopHs2 idiocy this morning, I've resurrected an old feature on my blog. Crazy anti Hs2 campaigner of the week! Enjoy...https://paulbigland.blog/2020/03/20/crazy-anti-hs2-campaigner-of-the-week-no-25/

 

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Another blog from today showing how Leeds and Manchester Piccadilly & Victoria looked like today as the Coronavirus shutdown really bites...https://paulbigland.blog/2020/03/20/interesting-times-part-4/

 

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Like most of you, I've been respecting the lockdown this past week, which means that I've been busy at home, either writing articles for RAIL magazine or scanning old slides.

So, for your delectation and to pass the time whilst you're stuck at home, you'll find several hundred pictures from around the UK added to this gallery. I've added another 40 old rail slides from 1991 to this gallery to help pass the time for those in lockdown who like a touch of nostalgia. https://paulbigland.zenfolio.com/p651486993

You'll also find a new gallery dedicated to pictures from Britol Bath Rd depot open day. https://paulbigland.zenfolio.com/p942379909

Plus, I've been scanning old slides of signalboxes - many of them long gone now - You'll find that gallery here. https://paulbigland.zenfolio.com/p638949268

Enjoy!