#Railway

Ben Cooper

bencooper

It’s interesting to break this down. A simple message of love for a well-loved author, in her home city, for her birthday, removed for being political and/or offensive.The complaint is

Marie Snyder

MarieSnyder27

Provoked by @ddupreejr's thread on US Presidents sucking and some "Canada's better!" comments: A LONG thread on why Canada isn't much better than the States when it comes to being

Erik Loomis

ErikLoomis

This Day in Labor History: June 26, 1894. The American Railway Union, led by Eugene Debs, called for a boycott in solidarity with striking workers at Pullman, Illinois. Let's talk

Mining Heritage

miningheritage

Newly installed information board at Brinsley Headstocks site near #Eastwood #Nottinghamshire Unfortunately some of the information relating to local coal mining history is incorrect. Perhaps a victim of heritage &

Paul Reed

sommecourt

The @TheWFA turns 40 this month. Four decades ago author John Giles founded the WFA to ensure that the story of the Great War was not lost forever. John was

Emil Tschepp

EmilTschepp

These plans have been around for a while and it's good that they're getting extra funding.It's still extraordinary though that East-West rail isn't required to make even passive provision for

Dispatch Jack

DispatchJack

The Hidden Regulations have stopped me in my tracks!The regulations (named after Mr. Hidden) mean I cannot work more than 12 hours, which took me to 00:00.So there's not enough

Mother Shipton's Cave of Rave

SallysRaveCave

Some more Yorkshire geekery.I really ought to be sponsored by @Welcome2Yorks Today we went to Ravenscar;THE TOWN THAT NEVER WAS. The original settlement was known as Peak (or Old Peak),

George Monbiot

GeorgeMonbiot

The #HS2 protesters are heroes. HS2 is the Concorde of the 21st Century: a money-guzzling, carbon-pumping white elephant that - if it ever comes to fruition - will serve the

Aidan Foster-Carter

fcaidan

Looks like the #DPRK's north-east, which has many key mines, was badly hit by recent typhoons. #KimJongUn just chaired a Party meeting there. A short thread.https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20200909000452325?section=nk/nk Here is #KCNA'

Ali Haider

AlyHydr

Going to leave a long list of facts, especially people my age who are too busy to research themselves and have been ranting for a for a few days, 'Haye

Linc

Linc_tw

On the Coast Branch (海線) of Taiwanese railway, there exists 5 old stations made of wood. All were constructed 99 years ago (during Japanese era), based on the same design.

Dr David Turner

TurnipRail

Today I'm looking mostly at 19th century company Circulars, particularly with regard to the attempted regulation of passenger behaviour. But they evidence so much more about the life of the

Rachael Unsworth

LeedsTours

The Evening Edition:OTD 1970 @YorkshirePost moved. Here’s a bit of history - thread.Yorkshire Post formed 1866 from two old Leeds papers: Intelligencer and Mercury. 1/7 Yorkshire Post was produced from

Tom Fowdy

Tom_Fowdy

Thoughts today:Many framed 2020 as a "worldwide backlash" against China, but I believe at large this is a western centric view (with the exception of India). Despite what the US

Tube Mapper - Luke Agbaimoni

tubemapper

BLACK & WHITEPHOTO /1Photography thread showcasing my favourite monochrome images on the London UndergroundBAKER STREETThe dramatic architecture & lighting at Baker Street station encourages commuters to wait in the spotlight

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