@stillawake On A Train
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…
How to Fire a Steam Train
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…
China At High Speed
(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…
Wizard Week on the Mid Hants Watercress Line
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…
A Halloween Train Ride on the Mid Hants Railway
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…
You can still go on to the Highlands…
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…
Cambodia’s Track to Restoration
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…
Conversations on the Train: The Repatriation Officer
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...