Bit Of History

This week I thought we would have little fun with some history. In January I was walking along a footpath that ran beside  preserved railway. There was a gap in the fence at one point and I had a look at the railway ties they had dates on them

 Sep 1903 was the earliest I could see and the First Teddy bear came out an the first Ford Model T was sold

This one had May 1905 That year the city of Las Vegas.was founded in May

 No month on this one but in April this year the Titanic sank after hitting an iceberg with the loss of between 1,517 and 1,636 lives. The wreck would not be discovered until 1985

1918 was the year the first world was ended on 11/11/1918 I did see a tie that was 1914 when the First world war started but forgot to get a photo of it

Another I saw was 1939 when the second world war started  but again did not get a photo

1942 the second world war was in it's third year and in January

The Declaration by United Nations is signed by China, the United Kingdom, the United States, the Soviet Union and 22 other nations, in which they agree "not to make any separate peace with the Axis powers".

 Heinkel test pilot Helmut Schenk becomes the first person to escape from a stricken aircraft, with an ejection seat. He was lucky because it was the 13th

In March St Nazaire Raid (Operation Chariot) – British Commandos raid Saint-Nazaire on the coast of Western France, to put its dockyard facilities out of action.

 I could not see a tie for 1945 when the war ended but no doubt there is one 

I left after that and carried on with my walk.

Hope you enjoyed my little history lesson. Taking Part in our world Tuesday

Station in the Mirror

Blue Sky at the Station

Not a place I have shown in a while and I'm in the progress of a following a project going on in this area which will be a future blog, in the meantime enjoy the blue sky I saw that afternoon

Progress

Progress works its way relentlessly along the Great Western Railway at  Reading. Gone are the days of Steam which I fondly remember to be replaced by Diesel Trains now even they are being replaced by Electric Trains the gantry's of which you can see in the distance at Reading Station and even that has been replaced with a new one.

 Cranes work on a new section of line

 Overhead gantry's being built

 The new Station

  Waiting at the Station. Taking part in Our World Tuesday

Christmas Day

Christmas day I have been going out for the last few years taking a photo around Midday for an online project. Normally I go out of village but today I went down the village green and took my photo (I'll post it another day) After I walked to the rail station to get some and got these for Skywatch Friday.

 I felt the sky here was worth getting a photo of, it looks towards a bridge we call silly bridge

 Turning round the sky was just as nice over the station

Walking along the platform I took this towards Silly Bridge only this time showing the station. Happy Skywatch

Reading Skys

Last Saturday morning I drove over to a Builders Merchants in Reading and on the way back I stopped off at a Station to take some photos of it which I had been meaning to for a while. The reason was because this Bridge

Was being replaced  because  the line is being electrified and the bridge is too low for the overhead cables

It's being replaced by the new one you see ahead, this  will allow the overhead cables which power the trains to go through.

While taking the photos I noticed the sky overhead and had to get a photo

Ivor The Engine

If you live in the UK you cannot failed to have heard of Ivor the Engine which is a children's cartoon done in 2D I used to watch it and was very pleased to see it on our local preserved railway The Cholsey & Wallingford Railway or Bunk as us locals know it.

Below is the first episode for you to watch

Have a great weekend