#rail200 — Public Fediverse posts
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There’s a Rail 200 exhibition on Platform 8 at Paddington, with a nicely liveried Class 66 at the front. I didn’t have the time to go through, hopefully we get a Jago Hazzard video on it in the near future. #Rail200
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There’s a Rail 200 exhibition on Platform 8 at Paddington, with a nicely liveried Class 66 at the front. I didn’t have the time to go through, hopefully we get a Jago Hazzard video on it in the near future. #Rail200
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…My instinct is that, because we are on a rail road of growth, we will explore every possible branch line of magical thinking before taking Kris seriously
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…My instinct is that, because we are on a rail road of growth, we will explore every possible branch line of magical thinking before taking Kris seriously
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The UK is trumpeting #rail200: the 200th anniversary of the railway. As @markhburton points out, that’s a bit premature: https://mstdn.social/@markhburton/113803780435711720
But I want to re-up Kris de Dekker’s lens.
If we were serious about constructing a low carbon economy, we’d acknowledge, soberly, that we have a steel problem:
“The global iron and steel industry consumes more energy and produces more carbon emissions than any other industry.”
Some notes from Kris’s excellent analysis follow…
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The UK is trumpeting #rail200: the 200th anniversary of the railway. As @markhburton points out, that’s a bit premature: https://mstdn.social/@markhburton/113803780435711720
But I want to re-up Kris de Dekker’s lens.
If we were serious about constructing a low carbon economy, we’d acknowledge, soberly, that we have a steel problem:
“The global iron and steel industry consumes more energy and produces more carbon emissions than any other industry.”
Some notes from Kris’s excellent analysis follow…
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I also remember being awed (terrified) by the power and noise of huge express steam engines, including streamlined ('Pacific class') ones coming into stations. I was about 4.
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I also remember being awed (terrified) by the power and noise of huge express steam engines, including streamlined ('Pacific class') ones coming into stations. I was about 4.
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Another great uncle, a railway worker was dismissed for petty theft!
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Another great uncle, a railway worker was dismissed for petty theft!
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It was on a steam hauled train on a 1950s journey Liverpool to Malvern with mum that I first saw mini pots of jam, in a dining car with white tablecloths. A a smut came in through the window, dirtying the cloth.
I'd forgotten that til yesterday.
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It was on a steam hauled train on a 1950s journey Liverpool to Malvern with mum that I first saw mini pots of jam, in a dining car with white tablecloths. A a smut came in through the window, dirtying the cloth.
I'd forgotten that til yesterday.
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Best rail journey? Glasgow to Oban.
Other contenders: Crewe to Bristol via Hereford, Bernina Express (Switzerland to Italy), Flam (Norway), Andean Explorer (Cusco to Puno, Peru), Milan to Lausanne (Italy to Switz).
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Best rail journey? Glasgow to Oban.
Other contenders: Crewe to Bristol via Hereford, Bernina Express (Switzerland to Italy), Flam (Norway), Andean Explorer (Cusco to Puno, Peru), Milan to Lausanne (Italy to Switz).
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200 years of the railway.
Rather shockingly I've lived through more than a third of that!
Breeching, demise of steam, reduction of night trains, HSR, privatisation, and no more British Rail yellow fruit cake.
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200 years of the railway.
Rather shockingly I've lived through more than a third of that!
Breeching, demise of steam, reduction of night trains, HSR, privatisation, and no more British Rail yellow fruit cake.
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The locomotive we see today at the museum is actually a not-particularly-accurate reconstruction of that engine that was made in 1857 in order to put on display on a plinth at the Stockton & Darlington Railway. There’s very little of the original engine surviving, the boiler having exploded in 1827.
The date is widely hailed as the first steam-hauled passenger railway in England, which widely dismisses the fact that whilst the railway line was used for passenger services after that, it remained horse-drawn until 1834, as steam was reserved exclusively for hauling coal until then.
There’s a great 16 minute myth-busting video by Andrew McLean, curator of the National Railway Museum, up on YouTube: https://youtu.be/pP44h0CduWY
So, today is mostly symbolic. But all anniversaries of this type generally are, and we can definitely say it was the first trip on the Stockton & Darlington railway. And, well, as symbols go, it’s as good as any to fixate on. So, happy 200 years!
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The locomotive we see today at the museum is actually a not-particularly-accurate reconstruction of that engine that was made in 1857 in order to put on display on a plinth at the Stockton & Darlington Railway. There’s very little of the original engine surviving, the boiler having exploded in 1827.
The date is widely hailed as the first steam-hauled passenger railway in England, which widely dismisses the fact that whilst the railway line was used for passenger services after that, it remained horse-drawn until 1834, as steam was reserved exclusively for hauling coal until then.
There’s a great 16 minute myth-busting video by Andrew McLean, curator of the National Railway Museum, up on YouTube: https://youtu.be/pP44h0CduWY
So, today is mostly symbolic. But all anniversaries of this type generally are, and we can definitely say it was the first trip on the Stockton & Darlington railway. And, well, as symbols go, it’s as good as any to fixate on. So, happy 200 years!
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200 years ago today, at roughly 9am, between 450 and 600 people boarded 21 waggons with seats on them at Brusselton, County Durham, England. There were also 8 coal and one flour Waggon attached to the train, and Experiment, a closed carriage.
This train was hauled by a steam engine built by Timothy Hackworth and James Kennedy, engineers at the Robert Stephenson and Co. factory in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. At the time, it had no designation, but it was given number 1 by 1827, and was named “Locomotion” sometime around 1833.
This engine proceeded to haul the train to Darlington over the next two hours, with two stops, one due to a broken waggon, and the other for some minor repairs to the engine. It reached a peak speed of 15mph, and averaged 8mph on that trip if you discount the time needed for repairs.
This is widely considered to be a turning point for the railways, as the first steam-hauled passenger train in England, and is being celebrated for that today. #SDR200 #Rail200
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200 years ago today, at roughly 9am, between 450 and 600 people boarded 21 waggons with seats on them at Brusselton, County Durham, England. There were also 8 coal and one flour Waggon attached to the train, and Experiment, a closed carriage.
This train was hauled by a steam engine built by Timothy Hackworth and James Kennedy, engineers at the Robert Stephenson and Co. factory in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. At the time, it had no designation, but it was given number 1 by 1827, and was named “Locomotion” sometime around 1833.
This engine proceeded to haul the train to Darlington over the next two hours, with two stops, one due to a broken waggon, and the other for some minor repairs to the engine. It reached a peak speed of 15mph, and averaged 8mph on that trip if you discount the time needed for repairs.
This is widely considered to be a turning point for the railways, as the first steam-hauled passenger train in England, and is being celebrated for that today. #SDR200 #Rail200
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Special edition Railway themed magazine showcasing Historic England research has just landed, including a couple of articles by me.
#RailwayHistory #Railway200 #Rail200
#Railway #historyhttps://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/publications/historic-england-research-29/
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An interesting fence in Derby, taken this morning on my way to the station (heading back to Edinburgh)
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An interesting fence in Derby, taken this morning on my way to the station (heading back to Edinburgh)
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I’m not going to breach the conditions of entry to the event (even though I wasn’t aware of them when I bought my tickets).
But plenty of other people seem to have ignored the personal-use-only clause and are posting photos and videos.
Still deciding whether to pop back for day 3 – it’s a bit of a sensory nightmare, but there are a couple of things I haven’t seen.
(There are also some official/authorised videos.)
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I’m not going to breach the conditions of entry to the event (even though I wasn’t aware of them when I bought my tickets).
But plenty of other people seem to have ignored the personal-use-only clause and are posting photos and videos.
Still deciding whether to pop back for day 3 – it’s a bit of a sensory nightmare, but there are a couple of things I haven’t seen.
(There are also some official/authorised videos.)
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In case anyone was wondering why I was on a train (you probably weren’t, I know), I was on my way to Derby.
I’ve come here for #TheGreatestGathering, a celebration of 200 years of public passenger railways in the UK.
Alstom, who are hosting the event, permit photography for personal use only, so these are possibly the best photos I can share with you (taken through fences yesterday). 😊
#Rail200 https://eldritch.cafe/@transponderings/114943741798761680
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In case anyone was wondering why I was on a train (you probably weren’t, I know), I was on my way to Derby.
I’ve come here for #TheGreatestGathering, a celebration of 200 years of public passenger railways in the UK.
Alstom, who are hosting the event, permit photography for personal use only, so these are possibly the best photos I can share with you (taken through fences yesterday). 😊
#Rail200 https://eldritch.cafe/@transponderings/114943741798761680
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A signalling fault just outside Euston (which has been ongoing for over a month) has now forced the cancellation of a record run of a Euston to Glasgow train planned for this week.
I knew about the signalling fault through work. But now it’s more publicly known… https://www.scotsman.com/news/transport/the-london-glasgow-rail-record-attempt-postponed-by-signalling-fault-5110955 #Railway #WestCoastMainline #Avanti #Signalling #Rail200
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2025 is being celebrated as the 200th anniversary of the birth of the passenger railway. A bit premature, although there was a one-off excursion on the Stockton and Darlington railway, with passengers traveling on coal wagons, the regular passenger service from 1825-1830 used horse-drawn coaches.
In 1830, the Liverpool Manchester railway opened, the first connecting 2 cities and the first scheduled passenger service.Stockton and Darlington Railway - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockton_and_Darlington_Railway
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2025 is being celebrated as the 200th anniversary of the birth of the passenger railway. A bit premature, although there was a one-off excursion on the Stockton and Darlington railway, with passengers traveling on coal wagons, the regular passenger service from 1825-1830 used horse-drawn coaches.
In 1830, the Liverpool Manchester railway opened, the first connecting 2 cities and the first scheduled passenger service.Stockton and Darlington Railway - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockton_and_Darlington_Railway
