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The government are considering ending the distinction between forst and second class on trains in the south-east…good idea, but why not all first class? Let’s elevate everyone; not drive them down…  

The BBC website has a story about Geoff and Vicky, who are visiting every railway station in Britain. There’s a little film, here http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-40341771    

The BBC website is showing a slideshow of john Sanderson’s photographs of empty rail tracks…strangely unsettling. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-40341771  

Here are three lovely enamelled loco badges…

Here is a screengrab from the trailer for the new Doctor Who adventure…it has a steam loco, on a bridge, heading for a pyramid… We love Doctor Who…the present Doctor, a slightly manic Peter Capaldi as Univeristy professor, is terrific … Continue reading →

Here, apparently, is a poster published by SouthEastern Trains, the company that runs the High Speed railway service between Folkestone and London. It was reported in the local news section of the BBC website, and fed from the Kentonline newsfeed…I’m  … Continue reading →

I have just discovered the wonderful world of old railway photographs…and the people in them. These guys look just like the characters in the Andrew Martin books I’ve posted about just recently.

Lovely…

I love these banners…with their simple and sophisticated mixture of image and text, classicism and sign-writing…lots of layers there. I’ve got a John Gorham book about trades union banners…I’ll check it out.

Here is a pub sign from Folkestone…I think I’ll start keeping a record of railway themed pub signs when I see them…I’ve always loved pub signs for their obvious combination of image and text, and for the heraldic and sign-paintedqualities … Continue reading →