Monthly Archives: October 2015

This is a coloured screenprint by Alan Baines from 1974. It shows two big US railway diesels… Alan has cleverly combined the two images so that one speaks of scale and the other of speed. The cropping of the images … Continue reading →

Helen, from the letterpress workshop at CSM, has made a lovely coloured lino-cut of a Gresley A4 streamlined steam loco…. I love the telegraph pole by the railway line. That’s an absolutely accurate historical detail, that you see in the … Continue reading →

The BBC have repeated a documentary about the people who play with model railways…you can watch it on the UAL streaming site, Box of Broadcast, at www.bobnational.net Just log-in with your UAL username and password, and search for The Joy … Continue reading →

I’ve been thinking about ghost train fairground rides…maybe because of halloween. The ghost train was an elaboration of the affinity between steam locomotives and the spirit world. Indeed and to ordinary people, steam locomotion appeared to be based entirely on … Continue reading →

It’s October, so yesterday, I went to my local Model Railway Exhibition. This happens every year, and I’ve posted about it before. Yesterday, I visited with my friend and former colleague, Alan Baines. It turns out, he’s quite an expert… … Continue reading →