This article from Time Out London details what London’s rail network will look like by 2050.
Crossrail 1, 2, HS2, Bakerloo Line Extensions, Overground takeover…
All I can really add is… what a mess! At what point do we have to start simplifying by removing features?
You can study an ever detailed write up of the plans at London Reconnections.
Much is being added to London’s Tube map at the moment. Recently we saw the addition of The Overground Network, in it’s distinctive ex-East London Line Orange, sprawling over the capital like a spider web. In the not to distant future we shall see The Overground’s continued expansion as Suburban routes, such as the Liverpool Street – Chingford Line, start to fall under TfL’s control. Further on still, and many graphic artists and TfL alike are currently beginning to speculate how Crossrail might appear on Harry Beck’s famous map.
So, The Tube Map – always adding, never shrinking?
Perhaps not… Continue reading
An in depth study of Waterloo Station by View from the Mirror.
I may be here some time…
Over the past few months, View From the Mirror has been taking a detailed look at the history of Waterloo station.
In case you missed any instalments, the full series can be accessed below- please click the boxes for each link.
Post from Bloody Hell Brennan…
A special double review for you today – two Bachmann Class 20’s!
Image by Dave Hitchborne
228 Class 20‘s were designed by English Electric and built between 1957 and 1968 in Newton and Darlington. They were initially intended to service light mixed freight work and were fitted with the English Electric’s 8 SVT Diesel engines capable of producing 1,000 horse power and a top speed of 75mph. For today’s standards the Class 20 is unusual in the fact it has a single cab at the rear of the loco giving the driver poor visibility in the ‘forward’ direction. Despite this, English Electric’s design proved more successful than their competitors of the time: Both the Class 15 and 16 by Thompson-Houston and North British Loco Company respectively featured off-set central cabs giving poor visibility in both directions; and although the Clayton Class 17’s (of which I reviewed last week) had better visibility, their reliability let them down. BR therefore continued to order the ever reliable class 20’s coupling them nose-to-nose in multiple to solve the visibility problem. This practice effectively gave you 2,000hp of tractive power enabling the 20’s to be utilised in heavier freight duties. Some were also retrofitted with train heating and were deployed on passenger routes in the Scottish Highlands.
Calling All Stations 