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Daniel Wright
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Escaped transport journalist and transport planner, sometime librarian and Community Rail support person; currently freelance transport writer of various things (inc @thebeautyoftransport.com) as well as working and living in fabulous Orkney.
Thank you! You will hopefully have had a look through the categories for subjects of interest. There is definitely one for notable double arrows, and others for BR/BR sectors signage.
December 4, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Provided the artefact is still there (or you have good reason to believe it is) then any photo is better than no photo! In a perfect world, recent-ish, but I have no other photos of that one so far so thank you very much! Submission details on the Join In page on the artefacts website.
December 3, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Thank you - full details of how/what/where etc on the Join In page:
stationheritageartefacts.org.uk/join-in/
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Would you like to submit your own findings to this Collection? Firstly – thank you so much! We really appreciate it.  Here’s how: Check the station listings on this website to see if the…
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December 3, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Thank you. I am genuinely not sure how it's going to pan out but maybe it'll be fun finding out? I can't actually DM you (age verification settings) but please do drop me a line - there is a dedicated email on the new website: point 5 on this page: stationheritageartefacts.org.uk/join-in/
December 3, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Sandown doesn't have the monogram in its spandrels and its columns are plainer than Shanklin or St Johns Road. (commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sa...).
December 2, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Great photo! In answer to earlier question, Brading does have the IWR monogram in spandrels (commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Br...) but its columns are plain.The island platform doesn't have the monograms I think; its columns are different.
December 2, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Here are Shanklin’s and the answer is…maybe? (Btw - sorry, replied to you first, realised I needed to add something, re-replied but did so to the original RHT post rather than yours. Daren’t try again, I’m not safe on social media really)
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Shanklin’s columns have an S on two opposite sides of the column capital but frustratingly I can’t quite make out what the red thing is on the other sides. Wish I could say for sure if it’s a V or R…
December 1, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Shanklin’s columns have an S on two opposite sides of the column capital but frustratingly I can’t quite make out what the red thing is on the other sides. Wish I could say for sure if it’s a V or R…
December 1, 2025 at 8:54 PM
WTAF? I have a whole range of truly obscure sockets and screwdriver bits for our Repair Cafe and I have never seen anything pentagonal (neither a tool nor a fixing needing that tool). This tool is evil and/or slipped through from a parallel universe and needs to be destroyed with extreme prejudice.
October 27, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I found some more yesterday, at Newcastle Central platform 3.
October 12, 2025 at 8:43 AM
I am going to do something more formal (if unofficial) about this in the autumn.
September 11, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Well, you know I love a heritage artefact at a railway station, so thank you very much for this. Another station which has air bricks of the same pattern is Knaresborough, so I guess they must have been a North Eastern Railway standard fitting.
September 11, 2025 at 9:17 AM
#9-series - No.32, Class 465/9
Thirty-four Class 465s were given a /9 classification when they were refurbished, fitted with first class seating, and allocated to outer suburban routes rather than their previous inner suburban role.
Photo: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Categor...
August 20, 2025 at 5:44 PM
#9-series - No.31, Class 455/9
The 20 class 455/9s had various technical differences from the rest of the fleet, including relocated heating equipment, some being fitted with thyristor control, and a couple of trailer cars having testbed plug doors.
Photo: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:20...
August 14, 2025 at 10:14 AM
We are *trying* to keep #Orkney a secret… (admittedly hosting the excellent Island Games during a week of shockingly good weather was an own goal, but, y’know)
July 23, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Wow! I love it!
July 7, 2025 at 5:37 PM