BAGDContext CSM

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 of magnitude bigger than the traditional underground.

The line will also connect, at King’s Cross/St Pancras with HS1 and Eurostar services and with Thames Link overground between Bedford and Brighton.

Basically, London just got four times bigger! That’s a trick.

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 and cinema

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 railways. Just search for Japan in the archive…

This short film combines a few of the sounds I’ve been posting about in my Music of the Rails thread – Bells, doppler effects and train noises all together. It’s not really music yet, but it could be…

This is an end-of-the-line turning loop where the Paris express rejoins the main line. Not sure why it needs to do this. It’s a huge train on a small track, and with a level crossing. Usually, these things are kept separate.