Richard Long
@rclongauthor.bsky.social
Full time dad and part time railway author. Winner of Third Prize Non-Fiction at the 2025 Isle of Wight Book Awards for “Upgrading the Isle of Wight’s Railway”.
https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/rclong
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It is Stratford.
November 29, 2025 at 6:32 PM
It is Stratford.
Seriously. Most of it’s gone now but this was the Isle of Wight’s railway network at its peak. 55 1/2 miles of track on an island just 20 miles across.
November 29, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Seriously. Most of it’s gone now but this was the Isle of Wight’s railway network at its peak. 55 1/2 miles of track on an island just 20 miles across.
You forgot the bit where they have to answer really easy questions.
November 29, 2025 at 12:52 PM
You forgot the bit where they have to answer really easy questions.
Anything with “popular” in the title is asking for trouble too.
November 29, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Anything with “popular” in the title is asking for trouble too.
I can remember in the late 80s seeing the (very) occasional freight train head down the Gosport line from the junction at Fareham station. It’s a bus lane now.
November 29, 2025 at 10:03 AM
I can remember in the late 80s seeing the (very) occasional freight train head down the Gosport line from the junction at Fareham station. It’s a bus lane now.
This is getting a lot of interest. If you’d like to know more about the Isle of Wight’s railways you might be interested in one of my books on the subject uk.bookshop.org/shop/rclong
November 29, 2025 at 9:31 AM
This is getting a lot of interest. If you’d like to know more about the Isle of Wight’s railways you might be interested in one of my books on the subject uk.bookshop.org/shop/rclong
Yes, a Class 03.
November 29, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Yes, a Class 03.
I think you’ll find they move equally slowly.
November 28, 2025 at 12:58 PM
I think you’ll find they move equally slowly.
Looking at the map, I had no idea there were so many of them!
November 28, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Looking at the map, I had no idea there were so many of them!
Edit: I meant to say Ryde St John’s Road - obviously not Newport as the station’s not there any more!
November 27, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Edit: I meant to say Ryde St John’s Road - obviously not Newport as the station’s not there any more!
08 on the left saying “I will outlive you…”
November 27, 2025 at 8:51 PM
08 on the left saying “I will outlive you…”
I’ve never spotted that sign before - must look out for it next time I’m over there! (There’s a much more prominent SR warning sign at Newport).
November 27, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I’ve never spotted that sign before - must look out for it next time I’m over there! (There’s a much more prominent SR warning sign at Newport).
Looks like he’s got a video player under the telly? That’s posh for 1979!
November 27, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Looks like he’s got a video player under the telly? That’s posh for 1979!