Bobs Rail Relics
@bobsrailrelics.co.uk
Railways, Industrial History, Canals and the odd bit of strange Wales
Canal clean up, drone over railway remains and a channel update. Live now on YouTube
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Canal footage, Railway Drone Footage and a look at 2025
A quick "State of the Union" along with some footage of relics from my new drone. Plus some plans for 2026
Music from #Uppbeat (free for…
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January 13, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Canal clean up, drone over railway remains and a channel update. Live now on YouTube
youtu.be/b2xKx5RytNM?....
youtu.be/b2xKx5RytNM?....
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2026: Nigel Farage lies about the vaccine rollout claiming the UK did it faster because of Brexit
2020:: Dr June Raine (CEO of the MHRA), "We have been able to authorise the supply of this vaccine using provisions under European law which exist until the first of January"
2020:: Dr June Raine (CEO of the MHRA), "We have been able to authorise the supply of this vaccine using provisions under European law which exist until the first of January"
January 12, 2026 at 11:54 AM
2026: Nigel Farage lies about the vaccine rollout claiming the UK did it faster because of Brexit
2020:: Dr June Raine (CEO of the MHRA), "We have been able to authorise the supply of this vaccine using provisions under European law which exist until the first of January"
2020:: Dr June Raine (CEO of the MHRA), "We have been able to authorise the supply of this vaccine using provisions under European law which exist until the first of January"
My Christmas Book haul. Vanished Wales, which I was a guest on last year, @lateralcast.com which I need to be a guest, as Tom doesn't have enough Boomers on there, and Map Men who would probably guest with me on Lateral. Now there's a connection.
January 12, 2026 at 2:10 PM
My Christmas Book haul. Vanished Wales, which I was a guest on last year, @lateralcast.com which I need to be a guest, as Tom doesn't have enough Boomers on there, and Map Men who would probably guest with me on Lateral. Now there's a connection.
I haven't posted a blog for a couple of years. However with all that is happening with X I have taken finger to keyboard.
Why people are moving away from X?
What are the alternatives?
“ I don’t have time to post everywhere”
Why you need a Plan B
Enjoy!
huxleypiguk.blogspot.com/2026/01/soci...
Why people are moving away from X?
What are the alternatives?
“ I don’t have time to post everywhere”
Why you need a Plan B
Enjoy!
huxleypiguk.blogspot.com/2026/01/soci...
e and other learning
Social Media, X, and Why You Need a Plan B I haven’t blogged for a while. That’s usually because I only write when I feel I’ve got somethi...
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January 9, 2026 at 1:12 PM
I haven't posted a blog for a couple of years. However with all that is happening with X I have taken finger to keyboard.
Why people are moving away from X?
What are the alternatives?
“ I don’t have time to post everywhere”
Why you need a Plan B
Enjoy!
huxleypiguk.blogspot.com/2026/01/soci...
Why people are moving away from X?
What are the alternatives?
“ I don’t have time to post everywhere”
Why you need a Plan B
Enjoy!
huxleypiguk.blogspot.com/2026/01/soci...
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Details of the first stage of plans to re-open a historic railway tunnel to pedestrians and cyclists have been revealed
Details of plans to re-open historic railway tunnel revealed
Anthony Lewis Local Democracy Reporter Details of the first stage of plans to re-open a historic railway tunnel to pedestrians and cyclists have been revealed. A planning application is being consider...
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January 8, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Details of the first stage of plans to re-open a historic railway tunnel to pedestrians and cyclists have been revealed
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Pleased to see another #Railway200 Great Rail Tale podcast is out!
Railway Work, Life & Death project co-lead Mike talks with Gordon Churchill about railway orphanages - & Gordon discusses his father Arthur's time at the #Woking orphanage:
railway200.co.uk/podcast/mike...
Railway Work, Life & Death project co-lead Mike talks with Gordon Churchill about railway orphanages - & Gordon discusses his father Arthur's time at the #Woking orphanage:
railway200.co.uk/podcast/mike...
Dr Mike Esbester and Gordon Churchill – Remembering Arthur Churchill and the Railway Orphanages
The rail industry hasn’t always been the pioneers of safety they are today. In times gone by, the accident rate in the rail industry was much higher and accidents often very severe. Mike and Gordon…
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January 6, 2026 at 11:45 AM
Pleased to see another #Railway200 Great Rail Tale podcast is out!
Railway Work, Life & Death project co-lead Mike talks with Gordon Churchill about railway orphanages - & Gordon discusses his father Arthur's time at the #Woking orphanage:
railway200.co.uk/podcast/mike...
Railway Work, Life & Death project co-lead Mike talks with Gordon Churchill about railway orphanages - & Gordon discusses his father Arthur's time at the #Woking orphanage:
railway200.co.uk/podcast/mike...
Happy New Year from the Gren memorial at Hengoed. Sitting on a 19th century viaduct.
January 2, 2026 at 11:42 AM
Happy New Year from the Gren memorial at Hengoed. Sitting on a 19th century viaduct.
Something for your diaries. I am talking at the Roath Local History Society on the Taff Vale Roath Branch in January. Visitors welcome
December 29, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Something for your diaries. I am talking at the Roath Local History Society on the Taff Vale Roath Branch in January. Visitors welcome
A memorial in Berlin. Trains to Life, Trains to Death. The children at one end, with an intact suitcase, are heading for the Kindertransport and a new life in the UK. The others... You know the ending.
December 28, 2025 at 8:59 AM
A memorial in Berlin. Trains to Life, Trains to Death. The children at one end, with an intact suitcase, are heading for the Kindertransport and a new life in the UK. The others... You know the ending.
Thank you YouTube for sending me their 20 anniversary poster. Added to my gallery.
December 27, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Thank you YouTube for sending me their 20 anniversary poster. Added to my gallery.
Lovely to see Middle Lock, at Forest Farm nature reserve, has been cleaned up. Yeh lock has been emptied of debris and the stone work cleaned. Great to see.
December 26, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Lovely to see Middle Lock, at Forest Farm nature reserve, has been cleaned up. Yeh lock has been emptied of debris and the stone work cleaned. Great to see.
Merry Christmas one and all. Or whatever you celebrate
December 24, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Merry Christmas one and all. Or whatever you celebrate
Quick modern short on my other channel, an update from Ty Glas station showing the crossing and progress on the new platform
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TyGlas update
A Sunday Visit to Ty Glas staton to see the new crossing and look at progress on the station rebuild.
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December 22, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Quick modern short on my other channel, an update from Ty Glas station showing the crossing and progress on the new platform
youtube.com/shorts/90TOF...
youtube.com/shorts/90TOF...
A book exchange in Pontcanna, Cardiff.
December 21, 2025 at 12:22 PM
A book exchange in Pontcanna, Cardiff.
These are bad enough but when they ask if you would like a shot as well, then guaranteed hangover beckons.
December 20, 2025 at 1:18 PM
These are bad enough but when they ask if you would like a shot as well, then guaranteed hangover beckons.
The SAS Gingerbread squad. Light projection at Charlottenburg Schloss in Berlin
December 18, 2025 at 5:09 PM
The SAS Gingerbread squad. Light projection at Charlottenburg Schloss in Berlin
And so it's now Scotland that has these legends still running passenger services. Probably not for much longer, but First Class from Inverness to Perth is a real treat. Photo from June 2022.
December 17, 2025 at 10:53 AM
And so it's now Scotland that has these legends still running passenger services. Probably not for much longer, but First Class from Inverness to Perth is a real treat. Photo from June 2022.
Foggy Berlin from the top of the TV Tower, with the Welt Balloon (a tethered balloon) in the air.
December 15, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Foggy Berlin from the top of the TV Tower, with the Welt Balloon (a tethered balloon) in the air.
Christmas is here. Tree up and sherry opened. Continuing some photos from Berlin. This is Spandau square.
December 14, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Christmas is here. Tree up and sherry opened. Continuing some photos from Berlin. This is Spandau square.
And remember kids...
December 12, 2025 at 8:30 AM
And remember kids...
Have you ever seen a 0-3-0 wheel arrangement on a loco? Take a look at this. The Patila State Monorail in action at the Dehli Railway Museum. Bizzare
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“PSMT Steam Monorail in Action | Patiala State Monorail at NRM Delhi”
YouTube video by RAIL SHASTRA
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December 11, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Have you ever seen a 0-3-0 wheel arrangement on a loco? Take a look at this. The Patila State Monorail in action at the Dehli Railway Museum. Bizzare
youtu.be/ilBsu3vrVQY?...
youtu.be/ilBsu3vrVQY?...
My review of the launch of the Cardiff Central Station upgrades just snuck past 500, which is about right for a shorter video. Have a look at what is planned to happen in Wales busiest station
Cardiff Past Present Future
As a suppliment to the video I created on Cardiff Station, a look at the launch of the upgrades for the station, and how theevnt also looked back at what had been.
Music from #Uppbeat (free for…
youtu.be
December 10, 2025 at 6:04 PM
My review of the launch of the Cardiff Central Station upgrades just snuck past 500, which is about right for a shorter video. Have a look at what is planned to happen in Wales busiest station
The Trabant is still a symbol of Berlin. They pop up all over the place.
December 9, 2025 at 5:49 PM
The Trabant is still a symbol of Berlin. They pop up all over the place.
I visited the launch of Cardiff Station, Past, Present and Future event at Cardiff Central Station. What does the past have to do with it?
youtu.be/PGrsdmW-9ZM
youtu.be/PGrsdmW-9ZM
Cardiff Past Present Future
As a suppliment to the video I created on Cardiff Station, a look at the launch of the upgrades for the station, and how theevnt also looked back at what had been.
Music from #Uppbeat (free for…
youtu.be
December 7, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I visited the launch of Cardiff Station, Past, Present and Future event at Cardiff Central Station. What does the past have to do with it?
youtu.be/PGrsdmW-9ZM
youtu.be/PGrsdmW-9ZM
With the Rhymney Line closed this weekend to energise the wires, the rail replacement buses line up at Cardiff ready for duty. A DB 66 passes in the background
December 5, 2025 at 3:09 PM
With the Rhymney Line closed this weekend to energise the wires, the rail replacement buses line up at Cardiff ready for duty. A DB 66 passes in the background