Richard Clare

Energy markets, railways, history

[Ennius @red_loeb]

Splendid Canon Table with peacocks

BnF MS Latin 8850; Gospels of Saint-Médard de Soissons; 9th century (before 814 CE); School of the Court of Charlemagne; f.10v @GallicaBnF

[LeoDaVinciWave @LeoDaVinciWave]

Antwerpen-Centraal in Antwerp, Belgium. The stunning 1905 railway station often called the “Railway Cathedral,” designed by architect Louis Delacenserie.

[Gary Olsen @filmlectures]

Cinematographer Douglas Slocombe frames his camera next to railway tracks to film the Ealing Studio comedy hit "The Titfield Thunderbolt." This was the studio's 1st color film, where a town steps in to resume train service with an antique museum train after gov't cuts.

[OldWorldPlans @OldWorldPlans]

The Pantheon once wore two bell towers. Romans mocked them as "the donkey's ears."
A photograph of the Pantheon in Rome by the D'Alessandri brothers, around 1870. The best-preserved building of ancient Rome, a temple turned church in 609, it carried these twin towers from the 1600s for over two centuries. Everyone blamed them on the great Bernini, though he never built them; the design was Carlo Maderno's. They were pulled down in 1883, soon after this photo was taken. See them in an older view, next page. 👇

[Prof. Frank McDonough @FXMC1957]

9 June 1781. George Stephenson was born in Wylam, Northumberland. He was a key figure in the development of rail transport. His company built Locomotion No 1, the 1st steam locomotive to carry passengers on a public rail line on the Stockton and Darlington Railway in 1825.

[Joe Brown @JoeBrownLondon]

#OnThisDay 180 years ago The Brighton, Lewes and Hastings Railway opened between Brighton and Lewes including the graceful London Road Viaduct in Brighton. It can be fully appreciated in this 1848 John Wilson Carmichael painting, before development surrounded it @RailwayMuseum

[Richard Clare @RichardClare01]

@adipullenLNER If date is correct, then it is the month of its withdrawal.

[Prof. Frank McDonough @FXMC1957]

25 April 1874. Guglielmo Marconi was born in Bologna, Italy. He was a key figure in the development of the radio and telegraph. In 1899 he made the 1st international radio transmission between England and France.

[Joe Brown @JoeBrownLondon]

#OnThisDay 257 years ago, Marc Isambard Brunel was born in France before fleeing to the USA in 1793. Marc moved to London in 1799 and is best known for the Thames Tunnel, used by the Windrush Line today, as well as being Isambard Kingdom Brunel's father. https://t.co/NkptJNUATo

[Richard Clare @RichardClare01]

@CrecyRail Wonderful townscape - I hadn't realised that Accrington viaduct had such a sinuous curve to it.

[Anthony Coulls @AntCoulls]

World Heritage Sight @TalyllynRailway

[Richard Clare @RichardClare01]

@Lost___London Was the Bentley S1 behind involved in the accident - or did it belong to the Chief Constable!

[Richard Clare @RichardClare01]

@TransportPS Delightful gas mantle ... .

[Richard Clare @RichardClare01]

@StealerTime Running in turn?

[Benoît Mazerolles @BMazerolles]

Au musée des Arts et Métiers à Paris, il y a une voie ferrée qui fait le tour du 1er étage, et qui est également visible au rez-de-chaussée. Elle servait à déplacer des pièces lourdes sur un chariot, qui est encore visible dans un coin. L'embranchement desservait un monte-charge.

[Richard Clare @RichardClare01]

@adipullenLNER Nice shot. Surprised that the train has travelled through the station rather than using the freight avoiding lines seen curving away to the left of the photograph

[Richard Clare @RichardClare01]

@adipullenLNER Princess with 15 on - must be over 450 tons behind the tender

[The Victorian Society @thevicsoc]

Signed by Ptolemy Dean, Dan Cruickshank, Jeremy Musson, Anya Lucas @GeorgianGroup & our own Director James Hughes, our letter to the Times Editor raises the risks to the City of London's most important churches if the development is given planning permission. #squaremilechurches

[Dimitri Tilloi-d’Ambrosi @DimitriTilloi]

À bord de l’Orient Express au musée des Arts Décoratifs pour l’exposition consacrée aux cent ans de l’Art Déco