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Here are three images from Swann’s NYC auction of vintage photographs, each with a railway theme.

Here is Network Rail’s new live streaming relaxing railway dash-cam footage of Britain’s most scenic railway journeys. There’s quite a lot of cab-view footage on line already, and there are many relaxing railway sound files to help people get to … Continue reading →

Here is the advert for Network Rail’s campaign to get us all back moving about on the railway. The C19 pandemic has been very difficult for transport providers, with passenger numbers way down.

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/mar/23/im-proud-to-be-called-a-nerd-the-pop-and-rock-greats-who-love-model-railways Of course, the link between railways and popular music is in the noise of the machine system. I’ve posted before about this kit of parts, just search for Music of the Rails…

The new Elizabeth Line, also called Crossrail, will open shortly. You can read about it here https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/mar/13/elizabeth-line-crossrail-opening-london This is a new extended underground line, from east to west, and from Chelmsford to Reading. The scale of system is several orders … Continue reading →

The Mubi streaming service are showing the short experimental film, Train Again (2021) by Peter Tscherkassky. The film revisits, in accelerated form, his earlier film referencing the famous railway film of the Lumiere brothers… I’ve posted before about the railway … Continue reading →

Japan House, London, have just me a wonderful post about the history of Japan’s high-speed bullet train. Now, on the verge of super-high-speed maglev (magnetic levitation) trains. You can see their original post, here https://www.japanhouselondon.uk/discover/stories/shinkansen/?utm_campaign=1056931_JHL%20Newsletter%20-%20February%202022&utm_medium=email&utm_source=dotdigital&dm_i=4RMY,MNJ7,2JB08B,2QQSP,1 I’ve posted before about Japanese … Continue reading →