I took this photo just over a year ago of GWR Prairie 4141 on the Epping-Ongar line after buying the camera I now use on most heritage railway trips. I doctored it up a bit in Lightroom, but it still remains one of my most favourite railway related pics I’ve snapped to date!
North Weald
LNER Y7 & Shark Brake Van Ride
LNER Y7 & Shark Brake Van Ride at the 150th anniversary of the Epping Ongar Railway in 2015.
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Side Tracked: Off The Map (Part1)
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