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How it all began
France Germany Belgium, Luxembourg Germany, Poland Belgium, France Netherlands Belgium, France France, Belgium, Netherlands Belgium Germany (via Belgium) Belgium Belgium, Germany Netherlands, Belgium, Germany Germany Germany Germany Belgium Germany, Czech Republic Germany via Belgium Germany Germany Germany Germany France Germany Germany Germany, Czech Republic Belgium Belgium, Germany Germany Northern Ireland Germany Germany Germany, Denmark, Sweden Netherlands, Germany Germany, Czech Republic Germany Germany Germany Germany Czech Republic Netherlands, Germany Germany Germany Germany Germany France Germany Czech Republic, Slovakia Czech Republic Germany Germany France, Belgium, Germany Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary Germany, Switzerland, Austria Germany Germany, Czech Republic Portugal Belgium, Germany Germany, Czech Republic Germany Germany Ireland Germany Germany Czech Republic, Slovakia Czech Republic, Poland Czech Republic, Poland Germany, Switzerland Czech Republic, Austria, Slovakia Czech Republic, Austria Czech Republic, Austria Germany Czech Republic, Poland Austria, Slovenia Austria Czech Republic Austria Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland Austria Slovakia Austria Germany Germany Austria Austria Germany, Czech, Austria and others Germany Belgium and Germany Germany Germany Germany Czech Republic Germany Belgium and Germany Germany Germany Germany Slovakia & Czech Republic Slovakia (via Austria) Slovakia Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Czech Republic and Poland Germany and Poland Germany and Poland Czech Republic and Poland Poland and Slovakia Poland and 8 others - or not Germany, Austria, Slovakia and Czech Republic Germany, Switzerland and Belgium Germany, Austria, Hungary, Slovakia, Netherlands and Belgium Belgium |
1950
18.08.91 16.08.92 29.04.93 15.09.93 01.09.94 26.05.95 04.08.95 12.10.95 10.11.95 31.01.98 20.02.98 17.04.98 27.04.98 29.08.98 26.12.98 15.01.99 04.02.99 03.04.99 25.06.99 09.07.99 17.12.99 19.02.00 10.03.00 14.04.00 22.04.00 20.05.00 23.08.00 08.09.00 29.09.00 12.01.01 09.02.01 02.03.01 13.04.01 18.05.01 31.05.01 25.10.01 01.12.01 15.02.02 08.03.02 30.03.02 30.08.02 27.09.02 03.10.02 15.11.02 29.11.02 23.01.03 25.04.03 22.05.03 07.06.03 03.10.03 12.12.03 26.03.04 08.04.04 21.05.04 25.08.04 06.10.04 27.04.05 16.06.05 05.08.05 29.09.05 25.01.06 02.03.06 12.05.06 15.07.06 20.08.06 02.09.06 22.02.07 22.05.07 29.06.07 04.10.07 31.10.07 03.04.08 18.04.08 10.07.08 07.08.08 22.08.08 12.12.08 27.12.08 02.07.09 26.08.09 12.09.09 13.11.09 01.04.10 03.07.10 14.07.10 14.04.11 03.06.11 30.09.11 27.04.12 26.05.12 27.07.12 04.10.12 28.02.13 30.04.13 01.08.13 27.05.14 09.07.14 17.04.15 11.06.15 05.03.16 14.04.16 21.06.16 14.11.16 25.03.17 05.07.17 14.07.17 16.08.18 22.07.19 06.08.19 14.06.22 03.09.22 |
Hornby-Dublo, BR(WR) and railtours
Narrow gauge, TGVs and toothache Narrow gauge steam Threatened lines and a BLS railtour Narrow gauge steam, and standard gauge in Poland Serious trackbashing, and a bit of steam Dockland tours, steam and trams Cross border lines, trams, canals, and a railtour Eurostar, triangle bashing and a railtour A (short) walk in the Ardennes and a Saturday that wasn't Some Ruhr branches and the end of the line for Pronsfeld Trams, beer shops and Antwerpen Dam at last Realigned and tilted, but no dangling Sachsen closures and Eisenberg uncertainty The Semi-Centenarian 1 - from Penkridge to Poland Querfurt - or Desperate Dave's Christmas Closure Dash Communist icons, closures and the Rubelandbahn Eurostar, a comprehensive docks tour and the odd beer! Markets, bustitutions and "deportation" The last of the Vennbahn, more ex-DR branches and a very steep hill The Love Parade, failed trains, cancelled tours and fires! Slade at Chemnitz - and the start of the Niederwiesa saga North east branches and the Little Puce Coupe More ex-DR lines and Niederwiesa episode 2 The CFBS gala - or how to get a (legal) free ride on Eurostar Steam, funiculars and what day does (6) mean… Niederwiesa finale, and a gridlocked Berlin Halle S-Bahn and Czech spas ADL to Genk, my last passenger line, and a beer festival TTB Day and Plandampf To Niedersachsen in the fog Antrim to Lisburn - not to mention most of the rest! Kölsch, coal and Bavaria More Kölsch, preserved narrow gauge and a snowy Saarland The great train ferry bash Subway screaming, sausage-banging and flammable electrics Rain, steam and Grossheringen again Missed the tour (again) but did Stuttgart in detail Flat, flat, flat - Schleswig-Holstein Flatter still and flatter - Ostfriesland and Schleswig-Holstein Filling in the gaps, and Enzweihingen at last Plums, narrow gauge and Renaissance squares Trams, two 1501s, a Swedish kettle and Hook Norton The Westerwald Plandampf Delays, alarms and the Trossinger Eisenbahn Winter in Westfalen and a cow-free Brandoberndorf Berlin and around The Rain in France stays mainly on the (Baie de) Somme Baden-Württemberg branch bashing (and trams) Heat, lions, brewery taps and more heat Louny Tunes - Steam and bustitutions in Bohemia Tourist traps, Christmas markets and Franconian branches Schleswig-Holstein and Berlin revisited Multinational loose ends The Semi-Centenarian 2 - narrow gauge in three countries How to grice a country in an hour Baden-Württemberg finale Bavarian Blondes and Bohemian branches Metre gauge in the Douro valley Another non-railtour, and some German niggles dealt with Plandampf, Cannstatter Volksfest and the Chodov avoider Snowy Bavarian branches Max the Mole's Berlin Kurvefest Another country finished, and the UK's other cross border line The beginning of the end (and the Love Parade is back) The last hurrah - for the moment! Moravian moleworks and Slovakian steam Wot? No snow? Nearly all the way to Osoblaha Beer, steam and steam beer Tidying the edges The Molecatcher's Revenge All Czeched Out Return to Gummersbach - again! As soon as you think you've finished... The Terminator - or The Starter? The Wild(ish) West Zalhostice or bust Struggling bulls and narrow gauge bears They think it's all over ... Upper Austria - filling the gaps No steam in the streets - but a pub at the end of the universe The closures that never were Dampfspektakel and traffic jams Tidying up in Pomerania Kienberg-Gaming at last Clearing up in Carinthia The last hurrah (maybe) Freight lines, re-openings, and a little steam More re-openings and a beer festival Two for the price of one Round and round Berlin Curves, copper and steam Fine detail in Bohemia Steam on two gauges Openings and reopenings Dampfspektakel 2014 Preserved lines and another semicentenary Sachsen Steam - two gauges again Rendez 2015 and steam on a Moravian freight branch A little clearing up The final frontier - well, everything but Rounding up some stragglers More stragglers and some sightseeing Diversionary activities Connections, curves and cross-borders Two summer-only reopenings and a chimney The best laid plans... Interrail part 1 - better late than never Interrail part 2 - the tale of the wandering rucksack Interrail again - loose ends in several countries Beer and some Vicinal (well, ex-SNCB/NMBS) track |
