CAS Weekly 02/02/15

February 2, 2015August 23, 2016Andy Carter 1 Comment

London Upside Down! Or is it?

Modelling

Windcutter takes a look at one of Hornby’s new wagon releases. Find out if it’s any good.
Hornby also release some snaps of it’s upcoming Class 92 release.

UK Rail

Crossrail tunnelling has reached Liverpool Street. Next: Central London.
The Londonist’s Geoff Marshall has the latest on this month’s DLR route and timetabling changes. Diamond Geezer also gets in on the action.
More on the NRM’s Playing Trains exhibit. How the dolls house influenced model railways.
Happy 100th Birthday to Kilburn Park and Warwick Ave.
(and happy 100th post to me!).
Did you know there was more than 500 miles of heritage railway in the UK? You do now. A nice write up of The Kent and East Sussex Railway and their planned expansions from LocoYard.
London is upside down! Or is it?
The Mirror claimed there was ‘shock and disbelief’ one morning as commuters were greeted by a Polar bear. They failed to mention it was staged at a disused part of Charing Cross.
The real shock was that part of Thameslink had flooded.
Have you seen Britain’s longest train?
And a British Rail Flying Saucer? No really.

Featured image “Whistle” on K&ESR by Oast House Archive.

CAS Weekly 23/01/15

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Image by Magnus Back

Modelling

A special exhibition “Playing Trains” will feature at the National Railway Museum from 20th March onwards.

UK Rail

The Channel Tunnel is still suffering delays after this week’s fire.
…speaking of the Chunnel… The idea for a trans-English-Channel route dates back to the dawn of railways itself, but did you know during the 1980’s it was planned to be accompanied by an elaborate road bridge?
We’ve all zoned out and missed our stop but what happens when your driver does it?!
London Bridge (I know, still going on about it), themurkeydepths explains why it’s not Southeastern’s fault.
The Night Tube: won’t break even, and bad for Night Buses.
There may be more strikes ahead for TfL.
Some of Tottenham Court Road’s mosaics may be lost in the rebuild.

World Rail

From underneath the north sea earlier to the depths of the Atlantic as CityMetric discover how New York recycle their subway cars.

Featured image by Bernard Pépellin.

CAS Weekly 16/01/15

January 16, 2015August 23, 2016Andy Carter 1 Comment

Are Battery Powered 379’s the future? Image by Mme1234

Modelling

YouTube blogger IC82 celebrates his 5th Anniversary whilst LocoYard celebrate their 3rd.
Japanese artist Akihiro Morohoshi has been building model railways into small household objects

UK Rail

Bored of hearing about 2 weeks of mild delays at London Bridge? How about the train out of Victoria that’s NEVER been on-time!
London Underground are getting a new power station…
…whilst the DLR might get a new bridge.
A look at the new Tottenham Court Road ticket hall and station entrance…
…and an artist impression of what’s to come at Canary Wharf Crossrail.
And lastly in London, it was recently ‘No Pants Day‘ on the Tube. All I can say is thankfully I wasn’t working on Monday.
We’ve got battery powered cars so how about a battery powered Class 379?
The BBC take a look at some of England’s best lost stations. Where was Broad Street? And Manchester Exchange? And Halifax North Bridge. I might be here a while…
From lost buildings to restored rolling stock. More on the coach that carried Winston Churchill to his final resting place.

Self Promotion

My Christmas day adventure on The Fallowfield Loop.
Remember that derelict building I saw near Euston on the recent Northern Line Leslie Green walk? Well A View From The Mirror has found out what it was for.

CAS Weekly 09/01/15

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Image from the BBC & London Green Party

Modelling

A pre-production example of the DJ Models’ J94 has been published by eHattons.

UK Rail

Yet more disruption at one of the capital’s main termini. This time it’s London Bridge…
…TheMurkyDepths also looks at how Southeastern services are about to undergo hidden changes!
Former Transport Secretary calls for TfL to absorb all of South London’s rail network into The Overground brand.
The Department for Transport release a report covering the capacity and demand figures for the East and West Coast Mainlines.
A disused siding could be turned into an elevated parkway in Peckham.
Embankment, Charing Cross, Strand, Trafalgar Square: All used at one point to describe the same station. Geoff Marshall from The Londonist helps to unravel this mess with a helpful video…
…They also tell you when and where your best chances of a guaranteed seat on the tube.
Like Modernist Buildings? Check out this wonderful blog from Daniel Wright on some of London Transport’s finest.
…And The National Railway Museum remembers Winston Churchill’s last journey.

World Rail

Rail Freight enjoys huge growth in the U.S. in 2014…
…and in California construction of a new high-speed line begins.

(Featured Image by MattBuck).

CAS Weekly: 02/01/15

January 2, 2015August 23, 2016Andy Carter 1 Comment

Image by Joel Goodman (Manchester Evening News)

UK Rail

A tram delayed the New Year from starting in Manchester by 4 minutes. Watch the full shambles here.
Cock-Ups-a-plenty this week as overrunning engineering works causes festive chaos on the East Coast Mainline…
…Network Rail makes official apology and say their boss will not take a Christmas bonus.
The festive improvement works at London Bridge went much more smoothly. Do you want to see timelapse footage of it? Of course you do.
Fares have gone up 20% under The Coalition…
…but at least train companies will inform you of the cheapest prices in new “code of practice.”
Twitter user @bitoclass creates this Christmas version of the tube map….
London Reconnections explore train frequencies on the tube’s Sub-Surface Lines.
Tottenham Court Road Tube station will be partially closed for a year.
YouTuber, cbalmer001 has decorated his bathroom to mimic a Leslie Green tube station.
An Arriva Trains Wales service was allegedly so crowded, passengers rode in the drivers cab!

World Rail

The Railway Gazette report that the CTA are going Contactless.

Image by Oxyman

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