Train Travels

We have seen many interesting, and sometimes unusual, things out of train windows on our travels.

From the snowy peaks of distant Scottish hills to the crooked spire of a church in Chesterfield, Dan is writing a series of posts documenting these sights.

• Volume 1 – The Emerald Isle
  • Lisburn
  • Lurgan
  • Newry
  • Drogheda
  • Unknown Castle
  • Balbriggan
  • River Ward

• Volume 2 – Yorkshire and The East Midlands 
  • Chesterfield Crooked Spire
  • Wainhouse Tower
  • Halifax Minster and Square Church
  • The Peak District
  • Emley Moor Transmitting Station

• Volume 3 – Scotland
  • Scottish Hills
  • Erskine Bridge
  • Edinburgh Airport
  • Glasgow Prestwick Airport
  • Girdleness Lighthouse
  • Inchkeith Island and Lighthouse

• Volume 4 – The North East
  • Lindisfarne Island and Castle
  • River North Tyne
  • Hexham Abbey
  • Prudhoe Castle
  • Hartlepool

• Volume 5 – The North West
  • The Lake District
  • Accrington
  • St Walburge’s Church
  • Unknown Castle
  • Morecambe Bay

• Volume 6 – North Wales
  • Flintshire Bridge
  • TSS Duke of Lancaster
  • Menai Bridge
  • North Wales Coast
  • Puffin Island
  • Conwy Castle
  • Rhyl Marine Lake

• Volume 7 – Scotland 2
  • Scottish Lowlands
  • Dumbarton Rock and Castle
  • Station Decorations
  • Paisley
  • Paisley Cathedral

• Volume 8 – East Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and the South
  • Itchen Bridge
  • Windsor Castle
  • Selby Abbey
  • Unknown Castle
  • Humber Bridge
  • Drax Power Station
  • Lincoln Cathedral

• Volume 9 – The West Midlands
  • Rugely Power Station
  • Tutbury Castle
  • Staffordshire University – Stoke-on-Trent
  • St Paul’s Church, Macclesfield
  • Lichfield Spires

• Volume 10 – Special: Virgin Trains/West Coast Mainline
  • London Euston – Glasgow Central Line
  • Virgin Pendolino
  • Virgin Voyagers
  • Other Lines
  • Towns and Cities along the West Coast Mainline
  • New Service

• Volume 11 – Return to the Midlands with Cheshire
  • Bullring Shopping Centre
  • Welford Road Clock Tower, Leicester
  • Fiddlers Ferry Power Station
  • Melton Mowbray
  • Melton Mowbray Church

• Volume 12 – Special: East Coast/East Coast Mainline
  • London King’s Cross – Edinburgh Waverley
  • Intercity 125, Class 43 Diesel Engine
  • Intercity 225, Class 91 Electric Locomotive
  • Other Lines
  • Towns and Cities along the East Coast Mainline

• Volume 13 – Scotland’s East Coast
  • Slateford Aqueduct
  • Edinburgh Castle Rock
  • Calton Hill Monuments
  • St Johns Church Portobello
  • Redhouse Castle
  • Bass Rock

• Volume 14 – Arriva Trains Wales
  • North Wales Coast Line
  • British Rail Class 158 – Express Sprinter
  • British Rail Mark 3
  • Welsh Rail Network
  • Places along the Welsh Rail Network

• Volume 15 – Scotrail Services
  • Glasgow South Western Line
  • Class 156 Super Sprinter
  • British Rail Class 318
  • Other Main Lines
  • Places along the Scotrail Network

• Volume 16 – Merseyrail
  • Southport – Hunts Cross
  • Class 507/508
  • Other Main Lines
  • Places along the Merseyrail Network

• Volume 17 – Lancaster to Carlisle
  • Lancaster City
  • Smardale Gill Viaduct
  • Snowy Hills
  • Penrith Castle

• Volume 18 – Northern Rail
  • Carlisle – Newcastle
  • Class 150/1 Sprinter
  • Class 142 Pacer
  • Other Main Lines
  • Places along the Northern Rail Network

• Volume 19 – Manchester Metrolink
  • Eccles – Ashton-under-Lyne
  • T-68 Tram
  • M5000 Tram
  • Other Main Lines
  • Places along the Metrolink Network

• Volume 20 – Edinburgh Trams
  • Airport – York Place
  • Urbos 3 Tram
  • Views from the Trams
  • Locations in Edinburgh served

• Volume 21 – Staffordshire & Home Counties
  • 3 Spires – Lichfield
  • Lichfield Transmitting Station – Tamworth
  • Apartment Blocks – Tamworth
  • St Editha’s Church – Tamworth
  • Church of All Saints – Leighton Buzzard
  • St John’s Church – Watford
  • Intu Watford – Watford

• Volume 22 – London Special
  • City of London Financial District & The Shard
  • Regents Canal & Canary Wharf
  • Orbit Observation Tower
  • Olympic Stadium
  • London Overground
  • Borough of Wandsworth
  • Battersea Power Station
  • Grosvenor Bridge
  • Royal Air Force Museum
  • Lambeth Bridge & Houses of Parliament

• Volume 23 – Leaving London
  • Leaving London St Pancras
  • Loughborough, Leicestershire
  • East Midlands Parkway, Ratcliffe-on-Soar