Tag: GWR

…of Anoraks, Pufferküsser and Tragics!

Posted by Trainphilos on 7 July 2024 in Blogs and such..., History, Locomotives, Railroad Art, Railroad History, Railroad Photography, Railroad Travel / Tourism |No Comments

A short foreword and explanation: My friend Michael in London has been doing a blog since blogs became a thing. He started out to review, comment on and complain about all things Apple. Hence the blog’s URL: http://www.macfilos.com. However over the years his obsession with photography and cameras, in particular Leica equipment, became the main […]

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Rails Around London

Posted by Trainphilos on 26 June 2018 in Railroad Travel / Tourism, Steam Locomotives |No Comments

I finally managed to edit and sort the videos from my latest trip to London. Admittedly it’s a bit of a hodge podge, but nonetheless for me it was great fun. Be it underground trains, trams or express trains, as long as it is steel wheel on steel rail, I like it.  There were however […]

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Taking a ride on “God’s Wonderful Railway”, aka The Great Western Railway Company

Posted by Trainphilos on 17 June 2018 in Public Transportation, Railroad Industry, Railroad Travel / Tourism |2 Comments

My readers will recall that in my last blog I described an OO scale model of the new UK Intercity Express Train (Class 800) which I had purchased. A few comments about the actual, real life Class 800 were also part of that particular article. More and more of these units are now finding their way […]

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