Happy New Year from the Gren memorial at Hengoed. Sitting on a 19th century viaduct.

Something for your diaries. I am talking at the Roath Local History Society on the Taff Vale Roath Branch in January. Visitors welcome

A memorial in Berlin. Trains to Life, Trains to Death. The children at one end, with an intact suitcase, are heading for the Kindertransport and a new life in the UK. The others... You know the ending.

Thank you YouTube for sending me their 20 anniversary poster. Added to my gallery.

Lovely to see Middle Lock, at Forest Farm nature reserve, has been cleaned up. Yeh lock has been emptied of debris and the stone work cleaned. Great to see.

Merry Christmas one and all. Or whatever you celebrate

Quick modern short on my other channel, an update from Ty Glas station showing the crossing and progress on the new platform youtube.com/shorts/90TOF...

A book exchange in Pontcanna, Cardiff.

These are bad enough but when they ask if you would like a shot as well, then guaranteed hangover beckons.

The SAS Gingerbread squad. Light projection at Charlottenburg Schloss in Berlin

And so it's now Scotland that has these legends still running passenger services. Probably not for much longer, but First Class from Inverness to Perth is a real treat. Photo from June 2022.

Foggy Berlin from the top of the TV Tower, with the Welt Balloon (a tethered balloon) in the air.

Christmas is here. Tree up and sherry opened. Continuing some photos from Berlin. This is Spandau square.

And remember kids...

Have you ever seen a 0-3-0 wheel arrangement on a loco? Take a look at this. The Patila State Monorail in action at the Dehli Railway Museum. Bizzare youtu.be/ilBsu3vrVQY?...

My review of the launch of the Cardiff Central Station upgrades just snuck past 500, which is about right for a shorter video. Have a look at what is planned to happen in Wales busiest station

The Trabant is still a symbol of Berlin. They pop up all over the place.

I visited the launch of Cardiff Station, Past, Present and Future event at Cardiff Central Station. What does the past have to do with it? youtu.be/PGrsdmW-9ZM

With the Rhymney Line closed this weekend to energise the wires, the rail replacement buses line up at Cardiff ready for duty. A DB 66 passes in the background

The official launch of the revamp of Cardiff Central station including the Metro platforms took place today. Hedi Alexandra MP, Jo Stevens MP, Ken Skates MS and the heads of Network Rail and TfW for the region signed a memorandum of understanding to launch the event.

@stevehacketthq.bsky.social and my most listened to album....

Seems me and my granddaughter seem to play this a lot

Fun house at the Spandau Winter Fair in Berlin.

Just a regular reminder that at the end of Jan a bunch of awesome, transport living ladies are getting together to make connections and have the very best time www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1972849450...

Happy St Andrew's Day. Have a picture of Loch Ness to celebrate

Berlin. Always good

My wife thought this was funny. 🤔

This was in one of the Berlin Christmas markets. Appropriate caption: "And that is what happened to the other four who didn't meet their quota. Now get back down that mine..."

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Once there were three railway companies, a viaduct and regular coal trains passed here. Today nature is taking over. Penrhos Cutting between Caerphilly and Taffs Well.

I am not a fan of many Christmas films, but Klaus is one I will watch with enjoyment. Their portrayal of the Sami people is wonderful. Worth a watch. www.netflix.com/gb/title/801...

1/2 A lot of positive chatter after King Charles opened the #SouthWalesMetro Taffs Well Tram-train depot last week. If people want to get under the bonet of how we got here...esp. the 2010-2015 advocacy I led, I wrote it all down...!! southwalesmetro.org

In all the weather related chaos at Paddington last Friday, at least the Heathrow Express was running. 387134 waits it's next trip at Paddington.

New talk - Next week I am in Cwmbran. Wednesday 19 November 2025 Cwmbran History Society, Forgehammer CIC, Greenhill Road, Cwmbran NP44 3DQ. 19.30 start

Early morning at Cardiff Central as @gwr.com 158769 waits to depart for Portsmouth Harbour.

TfW 756101 waits for the guards signal before departing towards Cardiff

📹New Video 📹.  Not only is it Railway 200 but it is 175 years since Cardiff Central opened. Today this station is the link in the middle of the South Wales Metro. So my final look at the lines that made up the Metro looks at a tiny bit of the GWR. youtu.be/7f7wNPlVo58

The GWR war memorials in Cardiff station this morning, with wreaths from the weekend.

Give the vid a click! The replica Locomotion up close and everything else at the Stockton & Darlington railway 200 weekend ...

Poiziers Cemetery on the Somme. One of so many along just one road. Lest we forget.

Tramway relics at the Risca Museum in South Wales. Some amazing relics in this little place.

Think it's fair to say that the jump from Premiere Elements to Premiere Pro is a big one. I'm going to need time and a bigger screen

The old guard. Ariva Trains Wales Sprinter and Pacer at Aber station. Now TfW and under wires.

This is going through my head right now. New York could be the turning point for the USA back from the brink. youtu.be/V9qNjCgC49E?...

How amazing would it be if we had that over here for all consumers.

Glad to hear that there are no serious injuries at Shap. It is a testament to modern design that the train stayed upright and in one piece. Hope the driver is Ok as well, not good to hit a landslip!

Getting shot of some of my kit I used to start my YouTube channel. Movo VXR10 camera microphone Price:£15 www.gumtree.com/p/for-sale/m...

Just because Halloween is over, it doesn't mean Christmas starts. First we have: Nov 5 Bonfire Night Nov Remembrance Sunday Nov 18 - Nov 24 World Nursery Rhyme Week 2024 Nov 19 World Toilet Day 2024 Dec 10 Lager Day 2024 Dec 18 Roast Suckling Pig Day 2024 Then we can start Christmas 😁

This is the only place I want to be at Halloween. (It's the one in Paris btw).

Paging @paulwhitewick.bsky.social Scottish trip on your to do list? www.dailyrecord.co.uk/scotland-now...