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Shanklin station on a sunny moment 18 June 2012
Great Britain
Banbury – along London Marylebone to Birmingham
Channel Tunnel
Early history; In 1802, French mining engineer, Albert Mathieu-Favier put forward the first ever design for a Channel Tunnel, closely followed in 1803 by an English design proposal by Henri Mottray.
From 1830, the advent of steam trains and the construction of the rail network in Britain led to the first proposals for a rail tunnel. By the mid 19th century, French mining engineer, Thomé de Gamond had spend 30 years working on seven different designs.
The first attempt at a tunnel excavation began in 1880 when the Beaumont & English tunnel boring machine began digging undersea on both sides of the Channel. In 1955, the British Defence Minister announced that he no longer opposed a fixed link on military ground.
The project was formally launched in 1973 by Edward Heath, British Prime Minister, and by George Pompidou, French President. The project was abandoned at the beginning of 1975 due to the fuel crisis.
On 30 November 1984, the British and French Governments announced their intention to seek private promoters for the construction and operation of a fixed link without public funding.
Margaret Thatcher and François Mitterrand announced that the Eurotunnel bid had been selected.
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Dover freight yard 1-10-1999 and a few class 92 dual-voltage electric locomotives which can run on 25 kV AC from overhead wires or 750 V DC from a third rail -
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Olympic rings at Sint Pancras on June and passengers arriving from Brussel on 16, 2012
The North Norfolk Railway – NNR
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North Norfolk Railway 43106 north of Sheringham with the Northsee behind along the Norfolk coast 25 August 2011 -
North Norfolk Railway 43106 coming southwards at Weybourne half way the NNR line and 5619 on the left track heading for Holt 25 August 2011 -
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North Norfolk Railway 5619 taking water at the terminus Holt 25 August 2011
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Reedham Rly – Nat express in 2011
Line 186 Southern
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Pulborough still has classic signals and a beautiful box Southern 377-205 just leaving for London Victoria 27 August 2011 -
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Two Southern electrics meet at Amberley West Sussex 27 August 2011
Romny Hythe & Dymchurch Rly
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Leighton Buzzard Railway
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Stonehenge Works station with a train ready for returning to Leighton Buzzard 19 7 2009
Wimbledon Station
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Wimbledon railway tube and tram station
East Croydon Station
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Didcot Parkway Station
Didcot Railway Centre
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GWR 5322 with 2 carriages an a track beside the main line 22-7-2009 aphv -
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5322 a 2-6-0 43xx Class buildm in 1917 at Swindon for MOD class D/Blue here under steam on 22 September 2009
Gatwick Express
Every year we help over 5million travellers make the journey between London and Gatwick. We cover some 1.6million miles – almost six times the distance to the moon.
Kent & East Sussex Railway
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SECR 2947 K & E S Rly 21-7-2009 This carriage was built by the SE&CR at Ashford in August 1901 to a London Chatham & Dover Railway design. It was one of fourteen, 40 seat, 2nd class vehicles(Suburban Trains still had three classes of passenger (1st , 2nd & 3rd)intended to strengthen close coupled suburban sets from 10 to 11 vehicles. -
The busy work for a brance line station master at his desk +/- 1930 K & E S Rly 21-7-2009 inside The Colonel Stephens Railway Museum – Recording the Career of Holman Fred Stephens, Light Railway Promoter, Engineer and Manager, His Family, His Railways and His Successors.
Kew Bridge Steam Museum
Engines
The museum houses the world’s largest collection of Cornish beam engines, including the largest working beam engine, which has a cylinder diameter of 90 inches and was used to pump water to London for 98 years. There are also several other large working Cornish beam engines, a triple-expansion engine and several rotative steam engines.
In 2008, the museum completed the restoration of its Bull Engine, which is one of only four known examples in the world, and the only engine in its original location. The Bull engine was built in 1856 and first steamed in restoration in 2006.
One of the museum’s Allen Diesel engines is also on display and operated each weekend.
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The steam museum is home to London’s only operating steam railway. The 2 ft (610 mm) gauge narrow gauge railway is run by volunteers of the museum and the 2009 season sees the debut of the museum’s new "Wren" locomotive. The line runs for 400 yards around the Kew Bridge site and passenger trains are operated on Sundays during the summer months and on other special days.
The railway was inspired by similar facilities provided at major waterworks in the United Kingdom, notably the Metropolitan Water Board Railway between Hampton and the Kempton Park waterworks.
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Wren” class locomotive Thomas Wicksteed This locomotive was completed in 2009 and is currently the newest working steam locomotive in the United Kingdom. 19 July 2009 Model based on the Kerr Stuart Locomotive Company build enigines that were used on the stations own narrow gauge line -
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Special for the early 19/th century Cornish steam engines were these giant beams 19 July 2009
Trains in London
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Paddington station with First HST & Heathrow Express emu 22-7-2009 aphv -
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Upminster East London with C2C emu and District Line Tube train that terminates here 20-7-2009
Midland Mainline
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EW & S 60026 halts for a driver change at Nottinham 3 may 2004
Sint Pancras London Int & Nat Rly Station
St Pancras is een van de grootste kopstations in Londen, gelegen vlak naast het station King’s Cross. Sinds november 2007 is het het Londense eindpunt van de Eurostar, de hogesnelheidsverbinding door de Kanaaltunnel.
St Pancras werd gebouwd in opdracht van de toenmalige Midland Railway, die niet beschikte over een eigen station in Londen, maar King’s Cross gebruikte, eigendom van de toenmalige Great Northern Railway. De overkapping, met 74 meter op het moment van ingebruikname de breedste ter wereld, werd ontworpen door William Barlow. Het stationsgebouw, een geheel vormend met het Midland Grand Hotel, werd (in een voornamelijk neogothische stijl) ontworpen door Gilbert Scott. Het station werd, nog gedeeltelijk onafgebouwd, in gebruik genomen in 1868; het hotel werd in 1873 in gebruik genomen. Het hotel werd in 1935 als hotel gesloten.[1]