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Its that time of year again. Time for the London Reconnections Christmas Quiz.

Unlike the preceding years there is not a single question on the Elizabeth line – or at least there is not a single question overtly about the Elizabeth line. There may be one or more but their might not.

There are probably more picture questions and m...

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…The history of battery trains dates all the way back to the 1890s, with several successful iterations through the first half of the 20th century before diesel started to dominate. Early chemistries ranged from nickel-iron and nickel-zinc to the lead-acid batteries used by the British Rail BEMU that ran on Scotland’s Deeside Railway from 1958-1966.

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Less WFH, more Lime, slower buses (London Centric)

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One of my colleagues at LR Towers lent me a book, saying it’s an interesting take on the trainspotter hobby that doesn’t fall into traditional genres. It’s part memoir, part travelogue, part punk music history, part railway history, part railway culture.

The book is Ian Marchant’s Parallel Lines, or Journeys on the Railway of Dreams (2003...

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