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The Mystery of the Bloomfield Bridge edit / delete

Answering a seemingly trivial question, with a lesson about research.

to amusements history research transport ... on 29 August 2023

Washington Tunnels edit / delete

"Washington sits atop an interconnected layer cake of transportation, utility, and pedestrian tunnels extending three dimensionally beneath city streets. Given their importance to daily life in the nation's capital, it's surprising to find that the full picture of Washington's various tunnels remains unpainted. This project aims to complete that picture." I'm reminded of Joseph Brennan's transit site...

to architecture history transport tunnel us ... on 08 January 2019

OpenRailwayMap edit / delete

An interesting subset of OpenStreetMap.

to map railway transport ... on 22 April 2016

Global Mariner edit / delete

Lots of pictures of ships from the 1950s-1970s -- everything from enormous tankers down to Chinese junks.

to history maritime retrotech ships transport ... on 16 March 2016

Taybus Vintage Vehicle Society edit / delete

If you see a suspiciously old bus around Dundee, it's probably this (Arbroath-based) society...

to bus dundee history retrotech transport ... on 16 March 2016

Roader's Digest: The SABRE Wiki edit / delete

A wiki about roads in the UK.

to road transport uk wiki ... on 23 September 2015

Festipedia edit / delete

"Festipedia is dedicated to recording the history of the Festiniog Railway from the 19th Century to the present day. You will also find much detail on the Welsh Highland Railway." I hadn't realised quite how big the FR/WHR is now -- I need to find an excuse to visit at some point!

to engineering festiniog history mechanica museum rail trains transport wales ... on 20 September 2014

Beamish Transport Online edit / delete

I managed to waste most of Saturday morning reading back in this blog. I must actually visit Beamish again at some point...

to bus history industry rail retrotech tram transport ... on 04 June 2014

Restoring No.15 - the Last Aberdeen Tram - Home edit / delete

Restoring the only surviving Aberdeen electric tram. This isn't trivial, because it was converted into a house in 1950...

to aberdeen dundee restoration retrotech tram transport ... on 26 January 2014

Dundee Museum of Transport | Bringing our transport heritage home to Tayside edit / delete

Opening shortly.

to bus dundee museum retrotech tram transport ... on 26 January 2014