Andrew Grantham
@andrewgrantham.co.uk
Railways - especially in Afghanistan - travel and maybe the odd sound mirror. @andrew_grantham at The Other Place. https://www.andrewgrantham.co.uk
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BBC really burying the lede there
November 7, 2025 at 12:07 PM
BBC really burying the lede there
Model kit for a lapis lazuli mine in ancient #Margiana www.plasticsoldierreview.com/review.aspx?...
Plastic Soldier Review - Linear-A Margiana
www.plasticsoldierreview.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Model kit for a lapis lazuli mine in ancient #Margiana www.plasticsoldierreview.com/review.aspx?...
My model Khyber railway train wasn't finished for the anniversary
November 2, 2025 at 5:15 PM
My model Khyber railway train wasn't finished for the anniversary
Today is the 100th anniversary of the official opening of the #KhyberPass railway on 2 November 1925. Read the history of the strategic line on the North West Frontier of what was then India and is now Pakistan here: www.andrewgrantham.co.uk/afghanistan/... #OTD
November 2, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Today is the 100th anniversary of the official opening of the #KhyberPass railway on 2 November 1925. Read the history of the strategic line on the North West Frontier of what was then India and is now Pakistan here: www.andrewgrantham.co.uk/afghanistan/... #OTD
I spy @maunsellforts.bsky.social behind a model boat on the bar in the Ship & Lobster pub, Gravesend.
November 1, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I spy @maunsellforts.bsky.social behind a model boat on the bar in the Ship & Lobster pub, Gravesend.
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Death of the em dash mourned at the #BrightonSEO publishing round table — but can't say who by because of the @chathamhouse.org rule (of which, contrary to instructions, there is just the one)
First warning about the em-dash being a sign of a 🤖 #BrightonSEO
October 24, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Death of the em dash mourned at the #BrightonSEO publishing round table — but can't say who by because of the @chathamhouse.org rule (of which, contrary to instructions, there is just the one)
AI-based marketing might be the current big thing, but you can't beat the time honoured approach of handing out Free Beer. #BrightonSEO
October 24, 2025 at 2:07 PM
AI-based marketing might be the current big thing, but you can't beat the time honoured approach of handing out Free Beer. #BrightonSEO
First warning about the em-dash being a sign of a 🤖 #BrightonSEO
October 24, 2025 at 9:39 AM
First warning about the em-dash being a sign of a 🤖 #BrightonSEO
They've discovered the inverted pyramid! 👀 #BrightonSEO
October 24, 2025 at 9:17 AM
They've discovered the inverted pyramid! 👀 #BrightonSEO
Why are conference slides inevitably too small to be read by the audience nowadays? #BrightonSEO
October 24, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Why are conference slides inevitably too small to be read by the audience nowadays? #BrightonSEO
That would be an...
Live: King Charles to pray with Pope Leo in historic visit to the Vatican reut.rs/4npsNM9
Live: King Charles to pray with Pope Leo in historic visit to the Vatican
The meeting is a first in 500 years.
reut.rs
October 23, 2025 at 10:17 AM
That would be an...
I loved this layout inspired by #Beirut at the #Uckfield #modelrailway show. Something genuinely different.
October 18, 2025 at 10:24 PM
I loved this layout inspired by #Beirut at the #Uckfield #modelrailway show. Something genuinely different.
Shiny Buddhist things from #Afghanistan at the #BritishMuseum's Ancient India exhibition.
October 17, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Shiny Buddhist things from #Afghanistan at the #BritishMuseum's Ancient India exhibition.
Very sad news from @pembroke1347.bsky.social. I lived in a room above Mr K in my first year, and he complained that we *weren't* making too much noise.
www.pem.cam.ac.uk/college/news...
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Michael Kuczynski (1941-2025) | Pembroke
www.pem.cam.ac.uk
October 11, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Very sad news from @pembroke1347.bsky.social. I lived in a room above Mr K in my first year, and he complained that we *weren't* making too much noise.
www.pem.cam.ac.uk/college/news...
www.pem.cam.ac.uk/college/news...
Holy headline!
Batman to build light rail line https://bit.ly/46Ojrok
Batman to build light rail line
Batman to build light rail line https://bit.ly/46Ojrok
bit.ly
October 10, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Holy headline!
"Khushalgarh-Kohat-Thal Railway was worked by North Western Railway. It was a military railway which ran close to the border with Afghanistan, linking the border town of Thal with the wider network at Khushalgarh."
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The Khushalgarh-Kohat-Thal Railway in Pakistan
The featured image above is an early view of Thal Railway Station, possibly as early as 1903. [17] The route of the Khushalgarh-Kohat-Thal Railway. The length from Khushalgarh to Kohat was initiall…
rogerfarnworth.com
October 3, 2025 at 8:40 PM
"Khushalgarh-Kohat-Thal Railway was worked by North Western Railway. It was a military railway which ran close to the border with Afghanistan, linking the border town of Thal with the wider network at Khushalgarh."
rogerfarnworth.com/2025/09/25/t...
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Enjoying the way n>1 people have said "I bet you can explain why this isn't really the 200th anniversary"
September 27, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Enjoying the way n>1 people have said "I bet you can explain why this isn't really the 200th anniversary"
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Kazakhstan's KTZ awards Wabtec its largest-ever locomotive supply and support deal https://bit.ly/42F8rqA
Kazakhstan’s KTZ awards Wabtec its largest-ever locomotive supply and support deal
Kazakhstan's KTZ awards Wabtec its largest-ever locomotive supply and support deal https://bit.ly/42F8rqA
bit.ly
September 25, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Kazakhstan's KTZ awards Wabtec its largest-ever locomotive supply and support deal https://bit.ly/42F8rqA
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Video: #India tests rail-mounted intermediate-range ballistic missile launch system https://www.railwaygazette.com/technology/india-tests-rail-borne-ballistic-missile-launch-system/69665.article
India tests rail-borne ballistic missile launch system
INDIA: An intermediate-range ballistic missile has been successfully test launched from a rail-based mobile launcher system under a 'full operational scenario', the Ministry of Defence has announced.
www.railwaygazette.com
September 25, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Video: #India tests rail-mounted intermediate-range ballistic missile launch system https://www.railwaygazette.com/technology/india-tests-rail-borne-ballistic-missile-launch-system/69665.article
Train ticketing broke. I have a hand written ticket to get me home.
September 21, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Train ticketing broke. I have a hand written ticket to get me home.
#Skegness feels like if Wetherspoon's ran an entire town. There's nothing wrong with it, it's popular, it's making good use of Victorian buildings and it's very affordable. But I've spent all weekend on my phone wondering if there is something a bit better nearby...
September 21, 2025 at 8:10 PM
#Skegness feels like if Wetherspoon's ran an entire town. There's nothing wrong with it, it's popular, it's making good use of Victorian buildings and it's very affordable. But I've spent all weekend on my phone wondering if there is something a bit better nearby...
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Despite widespread claims, there are not many mediaeval pubs still serving. The ones that survive are all inns. The best preserved is the New Inn at Gloucester. We know from tree-ring dating that construction began in 1432 and it was first mentioned in the records in 1455 🧵
September 16, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Despite widespread claims, there are not many mediaeval pubs still serving. The ones that survive are all inns. The best preserved is the New Inn at Gloucester. We know from tree-ring dating that construction began in 1432 and it was first mentioned in the records in 1455 🧵