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@stillawake On A Train

  • Post author:Sophie
  • Post published:November 5, 2010
  • Post category:Blog

I like the way Joanna's Twitter name makes the title suggest she's awake on the train... anyhow. Today I have a guest blog post from Joanna Papageorgiou. Joanna is a…

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How to Fire a Steam Train

  • Post author:Sophie
  • Post published:November 2, 2010
  • Post category:Blog

In this video, trainee engine cleaner and fire(wo)man, Myra Harrison talks to me about keeping a steam train moving. I filmed this during Wizard Week, October 2010 on the Mid…

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China At High Speed

  • Post author:Sophie
  • Post published:October 27, 2010
  • Post category:Blog

(Video REUTERS) Yesterday China launched a high speed link between Shanghai and Hangzhou. The trains travel at well over 200 miles per hour, the fastest in the universe. Last month…

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Wizard Week on the Mid Hants Watercress Line

  • Post author:Sophie
  • Post published:October 26, 2010
  • Post category:Blog

Yesterday I went on the Mid Hants Railway. You may have seen my video. It's in the archive of this blog. It was the best day out I've had in…

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A Halloween Train Ride on the Mid Hants Railway

  • Post author:Sophie
  • Post published:October 26, 2010
  • Post category:Blog

Yesterday I went on the Mid Hants Railway, Watercress Line. It was a beautiful day and a lovely day trip from London. If you've got kids to entertain this half…

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You can still go on to the Highlands…

  • Post author:Sophie
  • Post published:October 26, 2010
  • Post category:Blog

Through trains between London and the Highlands have been spared after ferocious opposition to the idea of their being axed in Scotland. (A nod to the West Lothian question might…

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Cambodia’s Track to Restoration

  • Post author:Sophie
  • Post published:October 22, 2010
  • Post category:Blog

I was delighted to see this article and video on the BBC this morning. I went to Cambodia a few years ago and braved a slightly scary three hour ride…

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Conversations on the Train: The Repatriation Officer

  • Post author:Sophie
  • Post published:October 20, 2010
  • Post category:Conversations on the Train

A conversation with a Repatriation Officer on the train. Its his job to get people home from overseas, whether they've run into legal difficulties or at worst, have died and their bodies need to be returned home...

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