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I've started a new picture blog looking back at the BR built Class 507/508s on Merseyside between 1991 and the present day. https://paulbigland.blog/2018/11/12/the-twilight-of-the-merseyrail-class-507-508-fleets/
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I'm currently scanning old slides from 1995-96 and adding them to my Zenfolio site - this is the first picture in the series. https://PaulBigland.zenfolio.com/p274681663/ebde08bae
I've also written a new illustrated blog talking about how the railways looked in those early days of privatisation. https://paulbigland.blog/2018/11/18/memory-lane/
I've also written a new illustrated blog talking about how the railways looked in those early days of privatisation. https://paulbigland.blog/2018/11/18/memory-lane/
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Another 40 old rail pictures from 1996 have been added to my website. They start with this one. https://PaulBigland.zenfolio.com/p274681663/ebe1bed15 and I can tell you the London skyline behind has changed a bit since then!
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Here's a new blog (with a lot of pictures) taken at the official opening of Siemens new bogie overhaul plant in Lincoln. The pictures show you around the plant and illustrate the overhaul process, which includes cleaning the bogies using 'dry ice'. https://paulbigland.blog/2018/11/26/siemens-opens-a-rail-bogie-service-centre-in-lincoln/
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Here's a new pictorial 'memory lane' blog, remembering when Class 373 Eurostar's visited Clapham Junction back in 1996. https://paulbigland.blog/2018/11/27/down-memory-lane-when-eurostars-visited-clapham-junction/
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Here's a new blog that analyses last night's Panorama programme on Hs2 and sets out why the programme was a complete flop that didn't tell us anything new at all. In fact, it's main allegation had been put to bed by the National Audit Office back in September. https://paulbigland.blog/2018/12/18/panorama-on-hs2-what-a-damp-squib/
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Sorry for the lack of blogs and picture updates recently. It's because I've been in New Zealand since Dec 30th! It's not that there's been no blogs or railway action - as you can read here; https://paulbigland.blog/2019/01/16...e-to-greymouth-onward-to-franz-josef-glacier/ we've just been busy touring. If you want to see the full New Zealand gallery, have a look here. https://paulbigland.zenfolio.com/p6625615
Nice picture of Factory Junction signal box in there. I miss having it as a landmark on the way to Victoria.
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Here's a new picture blog from a trip on the stunning Taieri Gorge railway on South Island, New Zealand. https://paulbigland.blog/2019/01/21...-day-23-the-taieri-gorge-railway-and-dunedin/
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Here's a new blog with pictures from the Glenbrook Vintage railway outside Auckland, New Zealand. https://paulbigland.blog/2019/01/26/new-zealand-day-28-waiuku-near-auckland/
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Here's my monthly look at what's left of the Stophs2 campaign and it's efforts on social media, which show just how pointless they are nowadays. They have a measly 6484 Twitter followers (yet 6.5 million live on the Hs2 routes) - and only 0.30% of them retweeted anything last month! https://paulbigland.blog/2019/02/03/crunching-the-stophs2-social-media-numbers-january-2019/
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I've gone through Channel 4's 'Dispatches' programme on Hs2 from last night. It's a poor hatchet job riddled with supposition, dodgy 'facts' and anonymous inside information'. https://paulbigland.blog/2019/02/12...-hs2-a-poor-hatchet-job-not-an-investigation/
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Two updates today. Firstly, there's a new blog on HS2 which contains a copy of a letter from a Parish Council in Andrea Leadsom's constituency who are trying to drum up anti Hs2 support.
https://paulbigland.blog/2019/02/18/more-stophs2-straw-grasping/
Second is my picture website which has seen several galleries have pictures added to them. Follow the link to see which ones.
https://paulbigland.zenfolio.com/recent.html
https://paulbigland.blog/2019/02/18/more-stophs2-straw-grasping/
Second is my picture website which has seen several galleries have pictures added to them. Follow the link to see which ones.
https://paulbigland.zenfolio.com/recent.html
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Another new blog which looks at the curious crossover between high profile media supporters of Brexit who also oppose Hs2 - and Twitter bots and trolls...https://paulbigland.blog/2019/02/19/the-curious-crossover-of-brexit-supporters-who-oppose-hs2/
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Two updates today. Firstly a blog crunching the StopHs2 campaign's February social media numbers after a busy time thanks to C4's attempted Hs2 hatchet job in Dispatches. https://paulbigland.blog/2019/03/01/crunching-the-stophs2-social-media-numbers-february-2019/
Secondly, I spent to first 3 days of this week travelling the Midlands, London and the ECML, so I've added nearly 200 pictures to my Zenfolio picture website. Follow the link to see which galleries have had pictures added. https://paulbigland.zenfolio.com/recent.html
Secondly, I spent to first 3 days of this week travelling the Midlands, London and the ECML, so I've added nearly 200 pictures to my Zenfolio picture website. Follow the link to see which galleries have had pictures added. https://paulbigland.zenfolio.com/recent.html
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Two for today. First is a blog about the latest daft Stophs2 petition. yes, would you believe they've been crazy enough to start another one? https://paulbigland.blog/2019/03/06/stop-hs2-some-people-never-learn/
Secondly, I've added another 40 plus old rail slides from 1996 to my Zenfolio website. Follow the link to see which galleries they're in.
https://paulbigland.zenfolio.com/recent.html
Secondly, I've added another 40 plus old rail slides from 1996 to my Zenfolio website. Follow the link to see which galleries they're in.
https://paulbigland.zenfolio.com/recent.html
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A new blog on Hs2. Antis are getting very excited about a Green Cllr getting elected on a 35% swing in Haddenham, Bucks, where the route of Hs2 passes. Here's why it's not as big a deal as they're making out, and why it makes no difference to anything. https://paulbigland.blog/2019/03/08/stophs2-shutting-the-stable-door/
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New 'memory lane' picture blog which might be of interest. https://paulbigland.blog/2019/03/14/down-memory-lane-stratford-lunchtimes-in-1997/
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Two updates for you today, the first is a blog crunching the numbers on the very latest daft anti Hs2 petition. Yep, they've been dumb enough to try one of those again! https://paulbigland.blog/2019/03/18/oops-stophs2-did-it-again/
The second is the that I've been scanning the best part of 100 old rail slides from 1996-97. I've added them to several galleries on my Zenfolio website, all you have to do is follow the link to see the galleries they're in. https://paulbigland.zenfolio.com/recent.html
The second is the that I've been scanning the best part of 100 old rail slides from 1996-97. I've added them to several galleries on my Zenfolio website, all you have to do is follow the link to see the galleries they're in. https://paulbigland.zenfolio.com/recent.html
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The New Economic Foundation's written a new report critical of Hs2. Well, they would say that, wouldn't they? look who commissioned it, co-authored it and gave evidence to it! https://paulbigland.blog/2019/03/20...ns-report-into-hs2-is-hopelessly-compromised/
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I've updated my picture blog looking back at the lives and times of the Class 313s with pictures of yesterdays scrap move of 313026. https://paulbigland.blog/2018/10/15/the-twilight-of-the-class-313s/
I've also added a huge number of old slide scans from 1995 and 1999, plus modern day pictures from around the network taken in the last week to my Zenfolio site. You can find which galleries they're in by following this link. https://paulbigland.zenfolio.com/recent.html
I've also added a huge number of old slide scans from 1995 and 1999, plus modern day pictures from around the network taken in the last week to my Zenfolio site. You can find which galleries they're in by following this link. https://paulbigland.zenfolio.com/recent.html
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I've added another 20 old slides from 1995 to this gallery. Here's one of them. How cross-channel freight traffic looked in the days before the Channel tunnel! https://PaulBigland.zenfolio.com/p651486993/ec8faa9d6
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30 more pictures added today. Another 20 old slides from 1994-95 and new pictures from last week. Follow the link to see which galleries they've been added to; https://paulbigland.zenfolio.com/recent.html
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Here's my latest blog. As the last StopHs2 petition fizzles out next week with just over 16,000 signatures (down from 29,000 on the last one), the Bucks Herald's started yet another one! https://paulbigland.blog/2019/04/17...-like-london-buses-theres-none-for-ages-then/
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This morning the BBC have been reporting on Hs2 having spent £600m buying up land and property on the route. As usual, they only told half the story. Here's what they failed to report. https://paulbigland.blog/2019/04/18/hs2-the-story-the-bbc-managed-to-miss/
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Today's rolling blog, which veers from old to new to include pictures of the interior of a refurbished station from 1874 (Mytholmroyd) that's been derelict since 1985 and brand new Class 331 trains for Northern. https://paulbigland.blog/2019/05/03/rolling-blog-another-diverse-day/
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New blog looking at the long history of the failure of #stophs2 petitions to achieve anything other than show what a tiny bunch of Nimbys they are! Would you believe they've got two more running right now? https://paulbigland.blog/2019/05/04/a-tale-of-two-stophs2-petitions/
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Today's rolling blog takes in overcrowded Northern services. A visit to a pathetic little StopHs2 demonstration at Euston and a look at D trains at Bletchley - amongst other things! https://paulbigland.blog/2019/05/08/rolling-blog-more-wandering/
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New blog. This was meant to be a good week for
HS2
opponents, but they're so inept it's turned into anything but! Here's why...
https://paulbigland.blog/2019/05/18/hs2-news/ …
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Over the past 10 days I've added several hundred new rail pictures to my website, taken all around the country. There's a large collection from Scotland but also a look at the dwindling ranks of Class 313s operating Hertford loop services. Follow the link to see which galleries they've been added to. https://paulbigland.zenfolio.com/recent.html