Monthly Archives: October 2017

Lovely. 19/11 We managed to buy this picture, and it arrived earlier this week. It’s better than I hoped and will scrub up very well in a new frame.

In 1963, the US pop artist, Ed Ruscha published his Twentysic Gasoline Stations…this was a kind of photographic road trip with associated art works in print form. Someone should do the same with railroad stations and model railway layouts… In … Continue reading →

It’s October, and I visited the local model railway exhibition with my friend, Alan, at the weekend. You can imagine how pleased I was to see this model of the Granary Building at King’s Cross, with the new CSM…except that … Continue reading →

Here’s a picture of the station platform at Rannoch Moor. The photo is included in a book of the 100 best railway stations in Britain, compiled by Simon Jenkins. Rannoch is the high-point of the West Highland line between Glasgow … Continue reading →

Here is a picture of the railway staion at Canfranc in Spain…nothing is as grand as ruins, and nothing is as disconcerting and anxious making as a derelict railway… This station used to be one of the largest in Europe, … Continue reading →