Brunel’s Paddington Loco Shed
Crossrail’s archaeologists don’t just dig up ancient skeletons from plague pits in the City of London, they also cover more recent events. Witness their dig just west of Paddington station…
Rail freight terminal for Radlett
So Radlett is to receive a rail freight terminal. About time too. Its planning application has been wending its way through a tortuous process for most of the last ten…
Railway unions
Rail unions have an important role to play in representing thousands of workers across a variety of companies. They must be able to speak out – sometimes bluntly and sometimes…
New trains show the railway’s progress
There’s nothing like new trains for showing visible progress in modernising a railway. New signalling passes most passengers by and there’s not much a following for new lifts and escalators.…
An afternoon with Parliament’s Transport Select Committee
When Gwyneth Dunwoody chaired Parliament’s Transport Select Committee she used to favour the rooms along an upstairs corridor in the Houses of Parliament themselves. These rooms were cramped and they…
A few minutes around Manchester Victoria
Manchester remains a major railway hub for passengers and freight. In common with many other towns and cities across Britain it once boasted several major stations as different companies fought…
Canary Wharf Crossrail station
Canary Wharf is probably Crossrail’s most eye-catching station. Or at least the roof over it is eye-catching – the station itself is some 30 metres underground with the space in…
Something different – German steam
You will not find much steam on this blog but I took a few days out to see the latest German Dampfspetakal held around Neustadt in late May and early…
New communications man for Network Rail
Welcome to Barney Wyld who has joined Network Rail as communications director, replacing former No 10 man Tom Kelly. He faces some challenges in debunking old railway myths, not least…
Poor work at Peterborough
I was back in Peterborough the other day to help make sure Steam Railway magazine reached the printers on time. The trip gave me a chance to have a look…