E05B - Station design

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Personal recollections of railways

Aug 25, 20224 min read

Paddington nearly wasn’t!

The famous terminus could have been elsewhere. . . . . . . Proposals for a railway between the capital, London, and the country’s “second...

Jun 19, 20223 min read

Junctions past and present

Some railway junctions and the need for them. . . . . . It’s an interesting business researching railway history – any history, come to...

Jun 12, 20224 min read

Read all about it……..

A memory of an old railway line and its closure. . . . . . If you are reading this you probably have a long interest in railways and...

May 22, 20224 min read

Under the station clock

The story of the building of St Pancras and the churchyard alongside it . . . . . . Old photographs again, this time showing the building...

Apr 21, 20223 min read

1947 - The last year of the Great Western Railway at Paddington Station

1947 was, of course, the last year of operation for the “Big Four” railway companies before the 1948 Nationalisation. Despite having had...

Mar 16, 20223 min read

Watching the Clock

Keeping time on the Great Western Railway. . . . . . . The Great Western Railway (GWR) timetable for January 1841 explains railway time...

Feb 19, 20225 min read

Strange Morning at Marylebone

The opening of Marylebone station and the history of the Great Central Hotel. . . . . . ‘Good morning, sir.’ He said it as he touched the...

Oct 24, 20213 min read

Sleeping Over

Summary: Railway lodging houses and stories. . . . . . . . I came to this subject a long way round in my oral history interviews. I...

Jun 3, 20211 min read

Durham coast resignalling

Operative from: 02.00 hrs on WEDNESDAY 10th FEBRUARY 2021. . . . . . Affecting the lines between Stockton and Sunderland South Junction,...