Chase Line Electrification

Posted on 11th June 20171st July 2017 by Dave Cresswell Leave a comment

The Chase Line (Walsall – Rugeley TV) preparation work is well underway for the electrification scheme. Full details of the scheme can be read on the London Midland upgrades page here https://www.londonmidland.com/travel-information/live-information/chase-line-electrification This banner has appeared at all stations along the route warning passengers of the closure of the line over the next few months. […]... Read More

Re-visit to Former Wolverhampton’s Low Level Station

Posted on 30th December 20161st July 2017 by Dave Cresswell Leave a comment

I took a trip back today to the former Great Western Railway station ” Wolverhampton Low Level” to see how things has changed since my photographic visit in 2012. Pictures you can see here https://www.flickr.com/photos/davecresswell/albums/72157650060026289 Four years later then has been building work on the other side of the station and the Conference and Function Venue […]... Read More

Happy New Year

Posted on 26th December 2016 by Dave Cresswell Leave a comment

2016 has been a quiet year on the blog for various reasons but I intend in 2017 to do more. I have been busy using my cameras and taking pictures and the majority are posted in my Flirk pages https://www.flickr.com/photos/davecresswell/albums I wish all my readers a Happy and Healthy New year and see you in 2017 ... Read More

Fathers Day

Posted on 19th June 20163rd July 2016 by Dave Cresswell Leave a comment

Today 19th June 2016 (Third Sunday in June) is Officially Fathers Day in many parts of the world including the United Kingdom. The origins of Fathers day can be read about on Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Father’s_Day Another day in the calendar which has become very commercialised and in some cases political. It does however remind people if […]... Read More

The New Birmingham New Street Station

Posted on 16th October 201516th October 2015 by Dave Cresswell Leave a comment

Click any of the images to see a larger version which will open up a new page. On Sunday 28th April 2013 Birmingham New Street Railway station had what was called at the time the “Half-time switch-over” when the first half of the new concourse opened. On that date the drop off point closed and […]... Read More

Out and about with my camera

Posted on 8th September 2015 by Dave Cresswell Leave a comment

Its unusual if I don’t carry my camera with me when Im out and about whether on the way to/from work or out for leisure. My main camera is a Sony HX300 bridge camera with a equivalent 35mm DSLR zoom of 24 to 1600 which enables me to take a wide range of pictures. Of […]... Read More

Walsall Station – Chase Line – Pre-electrification Work

Posted on 3rd April 201512th April 2015 by Dave Cresswell Leave a comment

Over this Easter Bank Holiday, Network Rail (known to many since the Dawlish storms as “The Orange Army” up and down the country will be undertaking a large amount of railway engineering work. Here near Walsall they are moving one step nearer to the electrification of the Chase Line between Walsall and Rugeley Trent Valley. Track […]... Read More

This is my new Blog Website

Posted on 25th March 201527th March 2015 by Dave Cresswell Leave a comment

Hello and welcome to my new home for personal blogs. My older Blogs are still at davecresswell.BlogSpot.com and Southstaffsrail.BlogSpot.com However I have migrated some of my previous blogs over to this site and re-added images that went missing on the old one. My blogs are thoughts about Life in General and observations made. Nothing specific although UK Railway articles do […]... Read More

There should be another one in Ten Minutes

Posted on 2nd February 20144th April 2015 by Dave Cresswell Leave a comment

Are you sitting comfortably then I’ll begin with my first personal blog of 2014. Before I start this is my personal view and may or not represent the views of Network Rail, London Midland or passengers that use the railway. It’s just my take on a subject as a passenger as well as someone who […]... Read More

To Tweet or not to Tweet – Is that the question?

Posted on 17th February 201227th March 2015 by Dave Cresswell Leave a comment

To Tweet or not to Tweet – Is that the question? Depends on the context of the question. I like many people use twitter both for obtaining information and fun. Whether it is a quick quip about where we are heading, getting local transport updates or just generally chatting openly with friends. You could liken […]... Read More

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