track by Greg Morse

Before HSTs there was 'The Blue Pullman'. This is the 'South Wales Pullman', taken at Newport, Wales, on 2 January 1973, while I was on a day trip to Cardiid from London during the school holidays. Th...

london euston 10/12/77

london euston 10/12/77

In the utilitarian surroundings of Euston station, gloomy even at noon, a row of electric locomotives await their next turn of duty, E3196 nearest the camera

W51462 is the rear vehicle of set B812 on a down working from Bristol as 45073 runs in with the 10.28 Taunton - Brimingham New Street, 31/12/79

On 19 September 1986, a fatal collision occurred at Colwich Junction in Staffordshire. Just after 18:20 that day, the signaller realised that the 17:00 Euston-Manchester Piccadilly was approaching at ...

University of Cambridge academics say reading at any age improves brain and mental health.

A grimy 55006 'The Fife and Forfar Yeomanry' waits to leave York with an Edinburgh train in May 1978. Ektachrome 64 scan.

track by Greg Morse

I’ve been promoting storytelling as a way of sharing knowledge – at conferences, in meetings and in print – for some years now. There’ll be more thoughts from me on that in the next book, but with the...

I’ve been promoting storytelling as a way of sharing knowledge – at conferences, in meetings and in print – for some years now. There’ll be more thoughts from me on that in the next book, but with the...

Not sure where the 1J75, which seemed to be a mixed parcels and passenger train went to, anyway Class 31 D5859 of Immingham is going to depart from Cleethorpes on it sometome on the 29th of August 197...

His biggest roles included Robin Tripp in 70s TV sitcoms Man About the House and Robin's Nest.

D1935 of Cardiff is waiting to leave Brighton on the 1Z20 return excursion to Keynsham, whilst D6573 is in the next platform on a return excurion to Chirk on the 10th of September 1972. The 47 still e...

A more traditional view at the departure end of Blackpool North station with the 1894 built tower dominating the skyline. A Swindon class 120 set can be seen in the background.

Cement empties bound for Earles sidings in Derbyshire. Always liked the look of these sturdy wagons and there's another (if a tad out of focus) signalbox for 'cabsaab'!

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Bath Spa: arriving with 1V25 11:10 Portsmouth Harbour to Cardiff 15/06/1985. Rescanned.

His agent pays tribute to the "multi-talented" broadcaster, comedian and conservationist.

50042 storms through Acton as it heads for Paddington with an express from the west, 8th April 1977. Built by English Electric at there Vulcan Foundry works as D442, it entered service in October 1968...

Clapham was a pivotal point in British railway history. Much technology had been invented and applied to accident prevention by 1988; much more was to…

No date for this one of Class 29 D6101 leaving Rannoch, but the loco has a head code box which puts us from 1966 onwards. The pilot scheme scheme loco was new from North British as a Class 21 to Horns...

An idyllic scene on 25th June 1972 sees 'Western' Class diesel hydraulic No. D1028 'Western Hussar' drifting along the sea wall on the approach to Dawlish with 1B45, the 11.30 London Paddington - Penz...

Another Merrymaker Trip from south Wales found me at Doncaster on 4 January 1975, this is 55022 'Royal Scots Grey' racing through the station with an 'up' express. This location is one that I have no...

Metro-Cammell DMU E50157 and E56366 on a Leeds train in platform 13.

What went wrong at Nuneaton in 1975 and what it changed

What went wrong at Nuneaton in 1975 and what it changed

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31/5/75. Western Thunderer has just arrived with a parcels working from Paddington. A good day as I photographed 12 members of the class all working!

Small update on BRITAIN'S RAILWAY ACCIDENTS, in that the long weekend will see the start of the full editing process (complete with red pen). My warm thanks to all who commented on the previous versio...