Introducing my new website.

I've been busy travelling the country in my role as a judge for the ACoRP awards, which has also enabled me to add several hundred new pictures to my website. Click the link to find out which galleries they've been added to: https://paulbigland.zenfolio.com/recent.html

 

Here's a new blog in which I go looking for the best places around Manchester to see the old BR Pacer trains before they start to be withdrawn and find lines which are worked by pairs of the beasties for most of the day. Oh, there's a few photo ideas, a bit of history, comparison shots from 2000, pub recommendations and a bit about station friends groups and the work they do, so a bit of something for everyone

https://paulbigland.blog/2018/08/22/more-pictures-not-words/

 

I've been looking through the photo archives for a new 'down memory lane' blog. This one's going to be looking at London Bridge station from 1989 to the present day. I've added the first two parts which cover pictures from the BR era up to the end of the 'slammers' in 2005, plus the start of the e station rebuilding back in 2012. You can find it here. https://paulbigland.blog/2018/08/28/down-memory-lane-no-5-london-bridge/

 

Yesterday's rolling blog ended up being a bit of a review of station pubs and cafes. It starts off with a visit to the new pub (The Waiting Room) on Durham station and also has reviews of a couple of establishments on the Tyne and Wear metro system. The Left Luggage Rooms on Monkwearmouth and also Coffee Central at Whitley Bay, so if you want to know where you can play 'Rhino Quoits' or get Spanish lessons, read on here....https://paulbigland.blog/2018/08/29/escaped/ Needless to say, there's also plenty of pictures.

 

I spent most of last week at the massive Innotrans rail fair in Berlin, Germany. Items of UK interest included Siemens Class 717 for Moorgate services, one of the new Stadler 4-car bi-modes for Greater Anglia and also one of the new Glasgow subway trains (also from Stadler). You can find the pictures in this gallery;
https://paulbigland.zenfolio.com/p192874246

I've also begun adding my new German rail and tram shots to this gallery. First up are the delightful Waltersdorf and Rüdersdorf tram systems; https://paulbigland.zenfolio.com/p422515587

 

This week Scotrail have taken the first three Class 314 EMUs out of service, so I've put together a pictorial blog of the entire fleet; https://paulbigland.blog/2018/09/26/the-end-of-the-line-for-scotrails-class-314-emus/

 

Now that Scotrail have withdrawn the first 3 of their fleet of 16 BR built Class 314 EMU's I've put together a pictorial history of the whole class, illustrating the routes they've worked on over the years. https://paulbigland.blog/2018/09/26/the-end-of-the-line-for-scotrails-class-314-emus/

 

I've compiled a new pictorial blog on the twilight of the Class 313s...https://paulbigland.blog/2018/10/15/the-twilight-of-the-class-313s/

 

I've added some archive pictures from a visit to Severn Bridge Jn signalbox Shrewsbury to my Zenfolio website. They begin here; https://PaulBigland.zenfolio.com/p638949268/ebc06f4cc

 

Here's a new blog which includes internal pictures of the mock-up of one of the new Stadler built trains for Merseyrail that's currently on display at Liverpool Lime St. https://paulbigland.blog/2018/11/05/rolling-blog-foggy-monday/

 

I've added another 75 + rail and travel pictures to my website. Some are new, some are archive. Follow the link to see the galleries they're in. https://paulbigland.zenfolio.com/recent.html

 

I've started a new picture blog looking back at the BR built Class 507/508s on Merseyside between 1991 and the present day. https://paulbigland.blog/2018/11/12/the-twilight-of-the-merseyrail-class-507-508-fleets/

 

I'm currently scanning old slides from 1995-96 and adding them to my Zenfolio site - this is the first picture in the series. https://PaulBigland.zenfolio.com/p274681663/ebde08bae

I've also written a new illustrated blog talking about how the railways looked in those early days of privatisation. https://paulbigland.blog/2018/11/18/memory-lane/

 

Another 40 old rail pictures from 1996 have been added to my website. They start with this one. https://PaulBigland.zenfolio.com/p274681663/ebe1bed15 and I can tell you the London skyline behind has changed a bit since then!

 

Here's a new blog (with a lot of pictures) taken at the official opening of Siemens new bogie overhaul plant in Lincoln. The pictures show you around the plant and illustrate the overhaul process, which includes cleaning the bogies using 'dry ice'. https://paulbigland.blog/2018/11/26/siemens-opens-a-rail-bogie-service-centre-in-lincoln/

 

Here's a new pictorial 'memory lane' blog, remembering when Class 373 Eurostar's visited Clapham Junction back in 1996. https://paulbigland.blog/2018/11/27/down-memory-lane-when-eurostars-visited-clapham-junction/

 

Sorry for the lack of blogs and picture updates recently. It's because I've been in New Zealand since Dec 30th! It's not that there's been no blogs or railway action - as you can read here; https://paulbigland.blog/2019/01/16...e-to-greymouth-onward-to-franz-josef-glacier/ we've just been busy touring. If you want to see the full New Zealand gallery, have a look here. https://paulbigland.zenfolio.com/p6625615

 

I've just added some pictures from today's visit to the Glenbrook Vintage railways near Auckland, New Zealand to my Zenfolio website. https://paulbigland.zenfolio.com/p6625615

 

Two updates today. Firstly, there's a new blog on HS2 which contains a copy of a letter from a Parish Council in Andrea Leadsom's constituency who are trying to drum up anti Hs2 support.
https://paulbigland.blog/2019/02/18/more-stophs2-straw-grasping/

Second is my picture website which has seen several galleries have pictures added to them. Follow the link to see which ones.
https://paulbigland.zenfolio.com/recent.html​

 

Two updates today. Firstly a blog crunching the StopHs2 campaign's February social media numbers after a busy time thanks to C4's attempted Hs2 hatchet job in Dispatches. https://paulbigland.blog/2019/03/01/crunching-the-stophs2-social-media-numbers-february-2019/

Secondly, I spent to first 3 days of this week travelling the Midlands, London and the ECML, so I've added nearly 200 pictures to my Zenfolio picture website. Follow the link to see which galleries have had pictures added. https://paulbigland.zenfolio.com/recent.html​