@danielonrails.bsky.social
Freelance journalist: Mostly write about trains and cars. Paloma Faith enthusiast and a snooker anorak as well. Email: daniel@danielpuddicombe.com. Own views.
ππ Thrilled to be shortlisted for the @stanfordstravel.bsky.social Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year Award. And in such fine company. Thank you to Stanfords for being such a champion of travel writing. πππ
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May or may not have specifically set up a meeting near Liverpool St station so I could see the βCoffee Potβ on display todayβ¦
08.12.2025 13:14 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I am with you. I steadfastly refuse to create a TikTok account and this is the hill I am dying on.
07.12.2025 21:02 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
In place for the #UKChampionship final. Hard to believe two greats of the current game - Mark Selby and Judd Trump - have never met in a Triple Crown final until today. #147sf #bbcsnooker
07.12.2025 13:45 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Ah, yes, good point!
07.12.2025 09:02 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Plus an eye mask - even with the blind all the way down the bright green light of an emergency exit sign is very annoying.
07.12.2025 08:50 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Someone at DfT clearly forgot to translate Michael Petersonβs job title into English. Oops.
(He is the Board Member for Long Distance Passenger Transport)
This is wonderful, Dave. Great shot!
03.12.2025 18:16 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
This composition had eluded me for nearly a decade, but yesterday I was finally able to capture it. A train rolled through just as the Duquesne Incline was crossing over the tracks in #Pittsburgh, creating a picture perfect winter scene. It was worth the hours and hours I've waited over the years.
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Nice to very briefly see Clan Line at Wilton Jct as it sat patiently waiting for the (late-running) SWR service Iβm on to pass.
03.12.2025 12:44 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
What a great headline
28.11.2025 15:49 β π 40813 π 11335 π¬ 300 π 280Such a lovely read for a Saturday morning.
29.11.2025 08:29 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Also the fire alarm went off JUST AFTER FIRE. Nuts. Back in the venue nowβ¦
28.11.2025 21:19 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0This is a new one. Never had a fire alarm go off mid-gig!
28.11.2025 21:04 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Your piece is one of those βwhy hasnβt anyone written this before?β stories.
That was a cracking day - he is as lovely as youβd hope / expect him to be. Being instructed by the fastest man in the word on how to ding a bell and indicate was a very surreal experience and the piece wrote itself.
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28.11.2025 14:34 β π 0 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0This is a really interesting piece. Thanks for sharing it, Rory; enjoyed reading it!
28.11.2025 16:35 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Had a poke around Inspiration, the @railway200.bsky.social exhibition train, this afternoon since it is at WSR and Iβm heading north anyway. Well worth the visit and the free GWR shuttle from / to Taunton was well-loaded, and not just with track bashers as I was expecting. (No new track for me)
28.11.2025 14:57 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Brilliant news! Canβt wait to see the copy in person.
28.11.2025 12:04 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
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Hereβs my CHRISTMAS GIFT TIP. You can buy all Michael Palinβs books and DVDs and suchlike off his website, and he signs and dedicates the item for no extra charge. Donβt say I donβt give you nowt. (I did this for my dad, and he didnβt notice the autograph on his Ripping Yarns.) themichaelpalin.com
25.11.2025 12:45 β π 104 π 45 π¬ 6 π 2(You would think - given I went public about the plagiarism a week ago - the Daily Express might have updated the piece to, y'know, acknowledge the source, wouldn't you? Clearly wouldn't make the problem go away but it would make it less obvious at a glance.
... Of course they haven't.)
Didn't have "quote a The Last Dinner Party lyric in a work thing" on my 2025 bingo card.
Thanks to the ace @lottiegross.bsky.social & @stephdyson.bsky.social for asking me to write about the (ongoing) Express saga for Talking Travel Writing newsletter
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Sign for a "Friend" ad defaced with graffiti reading "AI doesn't care if you live or die."
Sign for a "Friend" ad defaced with graffiti reading "talk to humans"
Sign for a "Friend" ad defaced with graffiti reading "Fuck this!"
Sign for a "Friend" ad defaced with graffiti reading "you don't have to accept this future."
Yesterday my partner and I counted all the ads along Chicago's Brown Line for "Friend," a company selling an AI chatbot pendant, and tallied how many of those ads were defaced.
Still working on a longer piece on this, but here's the quick and dirty: we counted 104 "Friend" ads total, 42 defaced.
Yes, Iβm short-sighted and it is quite difficult to read the signs due to the smaller font.
23.11.2025 14:23 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Mountains Magazine issue two contains lots of great pieces by brilliant writers. And, er, some words from me about a brilliant railway line in Mexico. Thank you again @aplantogo.bsky.social!
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Why on earth is the Express pushing this nonsense out? Surely the journalist could have checked basic facts and realised the story just doesnβt stand up? Or is this another example of the publication running AI-generated slop and sticking a reporterβs byline on it?
22.11.2025 12:31 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I could keep on pointing out errors but Iβll leave it at that. It took me not a lot of time to debunk this bollocks; I am currently on a train with dodgy mobile signal so I could have done this a lot quicker if I was at home using my laptop.
22.11.2025 12:31 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Later in the piece it says the bridge shortens the journey between Ningbo and Jiaxingβ¦
Except neither place is on the railway line because they are both SOUTH of Shanghai as a glance at a map shows.
Clearly, neither are present on the routeβs map.
Finally, the journey time isnβt two hours.
