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Judy Evans @JudyEv (382147) • Rockingham, Australia 6 Jul

Do you like this building? It was built in 1912 and is the Kellerberrin Post Office. Kellerberrin is another of those towns that has seen more prosperous days but this building is still looking beautiful. Kellerberrin is 205...

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We owe the British and Asians a great fortune

SIDDI KIMPOLE @SIDIKIMPOLE (3480) • Eldoret, Kenya 14 May 25

During lunchbreak I watched a reel highlighting an early 20th Century east Africa. It was around the time when the British were constructing the Uganda Railway. This later became a very important infrastructure that linked the...

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In the railway stations in India there are a lot of beautification

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23245) 11 Apr 24

In the railway stations in India there are a lot of beautification. The trees are cut in pretty shapes so that there are a lot greenery in the stations. The green part is very good for the environment as well.

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The good part of toy train across woods is that the speed is moderate.

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23245) 5 Feb 24

Toy trains travel across narrow gauge railway tracks. It is as against the broad gauge railway tracks of fast trains. So across the woods when the toy train runs, there is a soothing experience, neither there are headaches nor...

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Have You Ever Ridden on a Train?

LindaOH @LindaOHio (222417) • United States 20 Oct 23

The train's history goes back to 2,200 BCE when wagonways were introduced. Wagonways were wheeled wagons that ran on stone "wagonways". In the 1500s wagonways were used to haul material from mines. In the 1790s iron rails...

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Railway track memories

Pitstop @pitstop (15551) • Australia 1 Oct 22

It's been a while since I travelled on a train and I rarely travel on a train. Yet, a train brings back lots of memories and seeing this empty, abandoned track was, in a way, romantic and charming. It's almost a reminder that,...

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A polio scare in 1954

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382147) • Rockingham, Australia 26 Nov 19

This is part 2 of my previous discussion. You can read the first part here: It turns out my brother had contracted polio. There was a certain amount of stigma attached if you caught the disease. No one really knew how it spread...

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The time we almost got to see the Queen

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382147) • Rockingham, Australia 26 Nov 19

I've split this discussion into two as it's quite long. In 1954, I was eight and went to a West Australian government school that catered for quite a large district with many travelling in by school bus from outlying farms....

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Railway to Eternity

Ron Rybs @Ronrybs (21497) • London, England 16 May 19

As Victorian London expended rapidly, along with its population, the twin scourges of poverty and disease grew. These ills ensured employment for clergy and gravediggers and it wasn't long before the church yards were full and a...

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Is it good to have unmanned railway crossings?

Jack Davis @icon009 (53) • India 4 Feb 19

We have seen so many mishaps taking place at the railway crossings at present. Sometimes a speeding train rams against a lorry or bus carrying commuters. And the end result? Most of these accidents happen due to unmanned railway...

Drinking Songs Mike Batt The Railway Hotel

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 30 Jun 18

My love of all things to do with pubs and drinking has led me to putting together a Youtube drinking songs playlist. Many of the songs are about getting drunk and partying wild. A lovely exception is this delightful romantic...

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A horse and plough at Redhill, South Australia

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382147) • Rockingham, Australia 28 May 18

On our way to Adelaide in South Australia, we passed through the small town of Redhill. It was formerly called Broughton as it is adjacent to the Broughton River. It once had a hotel, blacksmith, general store, school and several...

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The Railway Ran Through the Middle of Town

Val @valmnz (17095) • New Zealand 13 Apr 18

The city I live in, Palmerston North, New Zealand, has its centenary coming up in a couple of years. I'm getting in early with my new book, 'Postcards of Palmerston North' coming out at the end of October this year. One of the...

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Diary 8th And 9th March 2017

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 9 Mar 17

Diary Wednesday 8th March 2017 A day of unexpected pleasant surprises. I headed to the railway station to collect my advance tickets for my trip to Birmingham next month, as booking and buying them online a month in advance is...

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Bob the Railway Dog

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382147) • Rockingham, Australia 8 Nov 16

While on our holiday in South Australia and the Northern Territory recently we came across this sculpture in Petersburg. This little dog, Bob, became the railway mascot renowned throughout a wide area for his love of travelling on...

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Preston Pub Sign Study - The Station Hotel

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 31 Oct 16

Most big town’s and cities have railway hotels in close proximity to their mainline railway stations. Commuters who need to catch early services or arrive too late at night in a town to head on to the next port of call need places...

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The Smell of Model Railways

Just an Ordinary Owl? @owlwings (43897) • Cambridge, England 22 Sep 16

I recently read about some research into memory. Apparently. we store different kinds of memory in different places - smells in the olfactory centre, sounds in the auditory centre, visual memories in another place and so on....

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Preston Railway Station Heritage Event Tour Saturday 10th September 2016

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 12 Sep 16

Major railway stations always have lots of history, and Preston, situated almost exactly midway between London and Glasgow, is an important transit point between North and South. The station was opened on Fishergate in 1838,...

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Diary Monday 9th May 2016

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 10 May 16

After a fairly relaxed job search morning, I noticed again that our window cleaner still isn’t actually cleaning the windows that he is paid to do by my mum. She won’t fire him because she has no other window cleaner at present...

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Nepal - India - Crisis

Mohammed Karjatwala @karjatwala (1120) • Pune, India 21 Mar 16

The crisis between India and Nepal should be a matter of concern for New Delhi as China has agreed on a request of Nepal's Prime Minister to build a strategic railway link between the two countries. Till now India is totally...

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