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Wonderful and terrifying…

Beautiful…and pin-sharp

How to travel in style…

I’m often a bit disappointed by the lettering and typographic design on vans, lorries and trains….so, I’m delighted by this. I love it. Click on the picture to see it bigger.

The democratic and republican origins of the US has tended towards a mythologising of ordinary people and the intrinsic dignity and heroism of blue-collar America. Nowadays, this is still evident in the RnB of Bruce Springsteen…and in the long tradition … Continue reading →

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 →