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Andrew Grantham @andrewgrantham.co.uk · 5d

"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…

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Andrew Grantham @andrewgrantham.co.uk · 11d

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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Railway Gazette International @railwaygazette.com · 13d

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

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Railway Gazette International @railwaygazette.com · 13d

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.

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Andrew Grantham @andrewgrantham.co.uk · 17d

Train ticketing broke. I have a hand written ticket to get me home.

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Andrew Grantham @andrewgrantham.co.uk · 17d

#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...

People eating fish and chips in Skegness

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Rainbow_Worrier @rainbowworrier.bsky.social · Sep 4

Titled "FEN DIAGRAM," three circles are interlinked, they are labeled as Lincolnshire, Norfolk and Cambridgeshire.
The central area is labelled as "THE FENS."

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James Wright @jpwarchaeology.bsky.social · 22d

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 🧵

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Andrew Grantham @andrewgrantham.co.uk · 18d

Calling @jpwarchaeology.bsky.social - is this pub built from 100% totally authentic genuinely real ship timbers???

(Also, Spalding museum has a display about spiral stairs...)

Admiral Benbow pub, Chapel St Leonards, Lincolnshire

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Random Harbour @random-harbour.bsky.social · 20d

Not to be confused with the Tällibahn

Screenshot of Tällibahn cable car in Switzerland.

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Andrew Grantham @andrewgrantham.co.uk · 20d

Swiss Federal Railways getting ambitious with their new routes!

Railway Gazette International @railwaygazette.com · 20d

Afghanistan begins construction of final phase of the Herat railway https://bit.ly/4gqO3za

Afghanistan begins construction of final phase of the Herat railway

Afghanistan begins construction of final phase of the Herat railway https://bit.ly/4gqO3za

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Andrew Grantham @andrewgrantham.co.uk · Sep 6

Minerals is the least popular university course (though I suspect issues with how courses are classified would make this a very complicated question to look at seriously) thetab.com/2025/09/05/t...

Who knew you could do a degree in hair science?!

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Andrew Grantham @andrewgrantham.co.uk · Sep 3

@funimag.com BBC News - Three dead after historic funicular railway derails in Lisbon
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Three dead after historic funicular railway derails in Lisbon

A train on Lisbon's famous Gloria funicular cable railway derailed and crashed.

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Andrew Grantham @andrewgrantham.co.uk · Aug 31

The first time I've properly visited my namesake town.

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Andrew Grantham @andrewgrantham.co.uk · Aug 30

This painting at the Angel & Royal hotel in #Grantham looks familiar from the @antiquaries.bsky.social last week.

Portrait of Richard III in the Angel & Royal hotel, Grantham

Portraits of Richard III at the Society of Antiquaries and the Angel & Royal hotel

Andrew Grantham @andrewgrantham.co.uk · Aug 27

I've got a hunch I know who this is.

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Andrew Grantham @andrewgrantham.co.uk · Aug 27

The brave Hungarian peasant girl didn't die in vain, going by the number of people at the @antiquaries.bsky.social #MagnaCarta exhibition

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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · Aug 22

Goodnight from The Sisters fish and chip shop, where Jo Jenks is trying to peer into tomorrow through the somewhat neglected art of divination by scraps. Goodnight from Chris Hesker, reflecting that Wakes Cross isn’t the best station to miss the last train from. Goodnight from Hookland.

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Andrew Grantham @andrewgrantham.co.uk · Aug 24

I do worry that one day a historic house is going to be overrun by witches because archaeologists emptied one of these bottles

Andrew Grantham @andrewgrantham.co.uk · Aug 23

It makes me wonder: have any stagecoaches survived? Looking it up is hard, because of the bus company.

Andrew Grantham @andrewgrantham.co.uk · Aug 23

To the wonderful #Maidstone carriage #museum, which I only recently heard about. It deserves to be much better known.

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Andrew Grantham @andrewgrantham.co.uk · Aug 20

Telepathic lesbians! Scandalous Bohemians (the arty sort, not Czechs)! Sub-Wodehouse idle rich Englishmen! Nouveau riche Americans! To be honest #ThePrincessDaphne is hard work. The "longwinded dialogue" to "actual story" ratio is very Victorian. It feels like three separate books got tangled up.

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Andrew Grantham @andrewgrantham.co.uk · Aug 20

Ooh. This looks exciting!

British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social · Aug 20

Unlock the secrets behind some of the world’s most extraordinary maps 🤫🗺️

Secret Maps opens 24 October, book now: bit.ly/BLSecretMaps

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Andrew Grantham @andrewgrantham.co.uk · Aug 17

I also enjoyed the Towner gallery's Sussex Modernism exhibition townereastbourne.org.uk/whats-on/sus...

Andrew Grantham @andrewgrantham.co.uk · Aug 17

Red Arrows and Lancaster at the #Eastbourne #airshow today

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