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Ribblehead

Ribbelhead is the quintessential example of how the Settle – Carlisle Railway was built. Its station is nowhere near a … More

railway, Ribblehead, Ribblehead Viaduct, settle to carlisle railway, Settle-Carlisle, sheep, stations, train, trains, travel, Viaduct, Yorkshire Dales, Yorkshire Dales National Park

Grand day out

One of the reasons the Settle – Carlisle Railway is now well used is that it makes the most of … More

Grand Day Out, hiking, Ribble, Settle, Settle-Carlisle, train, travel, walking, Yorkshire Dales, Yorkshire Dales National Park

Settling on a train

The Settle to Carlisle train actually starts in Leeds and ought to be called the Leeds to Carlisle train. However, … More

England, Settle, settle to carlisle railway, signal box, steam train, train, trains, travel, water tower, Yorkshire, Yorkshire Dales

#viewfromatrain across Italy

Trains in Italy are relatively good value, specially when compared to the UK. They also have multiple train operating companies, … More

Florence, Italy, rome, train, travel, Tuscany, viewfromatrain, vinyard

Leaving the Pacific Ocean

My departure from Sydney was on the Indian Pacific, which fortunately doesn’t change its name when it travels from the … More

Australia, Blue Mountains, Great Southern Railways, Indian Pacific, travel, viewfromatrain

Training to NSW

True to form, I left Victoria on a train, taking the XPT to Sydney. I had been warned by a … More

Australia, countryside, New South Wales, travel, Victoria, viewfromatrain, XPT

Overland

After a lovely weekend in beautiful Adelaide, I embarked on another Great Southern Rail journey, albeit slightly shorter to Melbourne. … More

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To Katherine

The first segment of our journey was a mere 4 hours to Katherine. As we were leaving Darwin, someone was … More

Ferguson River, Ghan, Great Southern Railways, Katherine, magnetic termite mounds, Northern Territory, termites, The Ghan, train, travel, viewfromatrain

Training down the continent

Why did I go to Darwin if I didn’t plan on spending any time there?  Because it’s the starting station … More

carriages, Darwin, Ghan, Great Southern Railways, The Ghan, train, travel

Oresund bridge and Drogden tunnel

The plan was to travel to Goteborg by train to Malmo, where I would change trains to the one Wallander … More

Brogden, Copenhagen, Denmark, Malmo, Oresund, rail replacement, Sweden, train, travel, viewfromabus

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