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A Trainey Sort of Week, Liverpool Street, City of London - 3rd April 2014

It's a miscellaneous round-up of another week ridin' the rails from Diss to London and back. At Diss, DJ's station café, source of many bacon rolls over the last three years, has closed down. Meanwhile, in London, it's the week of the "great smog", as south-easterly winds and factory fumes from Europe combine with sand blown in from the Sahara and, apparently, additional Nitrogen Dioxide thanks to an increase in Diesel use - the fuel of Satan - to create "level 10" pollution, which means it's definitely time to evacuate the cities, flee for the hills or live in bunkers, etc.

next album: The BSCC at The Black Horse, and an April Miscellany, Thorndon, Diss and Eye, Suffolk - 10th April 2014
previous album: On Being Two: Harry's Birthday, Brome, Suffolk - 28th March 2014

Fred's built a great Lego model of St. George, A Trainey Sort of Week, Liverpool Street, City of London - 3rd April 2014

Fred's built a great Lego model of St. George

Derelict factory buildings at Brantham, near Manningtree, A Trainey Sort of Week, Liverpool Street, City of London - 3rd April 2014

Derelict factory buildings at Brantham, near Manningtree

Derelict building at Brantham, A Trainey Sort of Week, Liverpool Street, City of London - 3rd April 2014

Derelict building at Brantham

Lunchtime at work is getting a little crowded, A Trainey Sort of Week, Liverpool Street, City of London - 3rd April 2014

Lunchtime at work is getting a little crowded

At Ipswich, Class 86 loco 86501, built in 1966, A Trainey Sort of Week, Liverpool Street, City of London - 3rd April 2014

At Ipswich, Class 86 loco 86501, built in 1966

The ancient Class 86 at Ipswich, A Trainey Sort of Week, Liverpool Street, City of London - 3rd April 2014

The ancient Class 86 at Ipswich

The sight of an empty cafe at Diss station, A Trainey Sort of Week, Liverpool Street, City of London - 3rd April 2014

The sight of an empty cafe at Diss station

The almost-obsolete CRT monitors on platform 1, A Trainey Sort of Week, Liverpool Street, City of London - 3rd April 2014

The almost-obsolete CRT monitors on platform 1

DJ's coffee shop is no more, A Trainey Sort of Week, Liverpool Street, City of London - 3rd April 2014

DJ's coffee shop is no more

The train snakes its way towards Bethnal Green, A Trainey Sort of Week, Liverpool Street, City of London - 3rd April 2014

The train snakes its way towards Bethnal Green

Yack graffiti on a wall, A Trainey Sort of Week, Liverpool Street, City of London - 3rd April 2014

Yack graffiti on a wall

Graffiti on a railway bridge, A Trainey Sort of Week, Liverpool Street, City of London - 3rd April 2014

Graffiti on a railway bridge

Runch in action, A Trainey Sort of Week, Liverpool Street, City of London - 3rd April 2014

Runch in action

A smoggy City of London, on 'pollution alert' day, A Trainey Sort of Week, Liverpool Street, City of London - 3rd April 2014

A smoggy City of London, on 'pollution alert' day

Another Runch tag, A Trainey Sort of Week, Liverpool Street, City of London - 3rd April 2014

Another Runch tag

Welcome to the underworld, A Trainey Sort of Week, Liverpool Street, City of London - 3rd April 2014

Welcome to the underworld

Possibly-derelict buildings, A Trainey Sort of Week, Liverpool Street, City of London - 3rd April 2014

Possibly-derelict buildings

A group of signalling-equipment boxes, A Trainey Sort of Week, Liverpool Street, City of London - 3rd April 2014

A group of signalling-equipment boxes

Nosher's train passes a Class 315 tin can, A Trainey Sort of Week, Liverpool Street, City of London - 3rd April 2014

Nosher's train passes a Class 315 tin can

Trains get close as they pass under a bridge, A Trainey Sort of Week, Liverpool Street, City of London - 3rd April 2014

Trains get close as they pass under a bridge

Crossrail continues outside Liverpool Street, A Trainey Sort of Week, Liverpool Street, City of London - 3rd April 2014

Crossrail continues outside Liverpool Street

A bike with a large trailer load, A Trainey Sort of Week, Liverpool Street, City of London - 3rd April 2014

A bike with a large trailer load

Class 90 90013 'The Evening Star' gets a make-over, A Trainey Sort of Week, Liverpool Street, City of London - 3rd April 2014

Class 90 90013 'The Evening Star' gets a make-over

A bridge over the railway, A Trainey Sort of Week, Liverpool Street, City of London - 3rd April 2014

A bridge over the railway

Open doors into the mystery buildings, A Trainey Sort of Week, Liverpool Street, City of London - 3rd April 2014

Open doors into the mystery buildings

The best shot yet into Liverpool Street, A Trainey Sort of Week, Liverpool Street, City of London - 3rd April 2014

The best shot yet into Liverpool Street

Shiny spaghetti rails into Liverpool Street, A Trainey Sort of Week, Liverpool Street, City of London - 3rd April 2014

Shiny spaghetti rails into Liverpool Street

Litter and some City dude on the Bank of England, A Trainey Sort of Week, Liverpool Street, City of London - 3rd April 2014

Litter and some City dude on the Bank of England

The former Gladwell and Co Picture Dealers, A Trainey Sort of Week, Liverpool Street, City of London - 3rd April 2014

The former Gladwell and Co Picture Dealers

Cycle Superhighway 7 - part of the route to work, A Trainey Sort of Week, Liverpool Street, City of London - 3rd April 2014

Cycle Superhighway 7 - part of the route to work

Looking towards the Swiss Re Gherkin, A Trainey Sort of Week, Liverpool Street, City of London - 3rd April 2014

Looking towards the Swiss Re Gherkin

Andrew is fixing a new finial on the Cornwallis, A Trainey Sort of Week, Liverpool Street, City of London - 3rd April 2014

Andrew is fixing a new finial on the Cornwallis

Ben's on the Cornwallis's roof, A Trainey Sort of Week, Liverpool Street, City of London - 3rd April 2014

Ben's on the Cornwallis's roof

Fred legs it up the drive, A Trainey Sort of Week, Liverpool Street, City of London - 3rd April 2014

Fred legs it up the drive

A derelict-but-lived in house near Gaze's, A Trainey Sort of Week, Liverpool Street, City of London - 3rd April 2014

A derelict-but-lived in house near Gaze's

The four wind turbines lost in the pollution haze, A Trainey Sort of Week, Liverpool Street, City of London - 3rd April 2014

The four wind turbines lost in the pollution haze

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Fred's built a great Lego model of St. George

Fred's built a great Lego model of St. George

Derelict factory buildings at Brantham, near Manningtree

Derelict building at Brantham

Lunchtime at work is getting a little crowded

At Ipswich, Class 86 loco 86501, built in 1966

The ancient Class 86 at Ipswich

The sight of an empty cafe at Diss station

The almost-obsolete CRT monitors on platform 1

DJ's coffee shop is no more

The train snakes its way towards Bethnal Green

Yack graffiti on a wall

Graffiti on a railway bridge

Runch in action

A smoggy City of London, on 'pollution alert' day

Another Runch tag

Welcome to the underworld

Possibly-derelict buildings

A group of signalling-equipment boxes

Nosher's train passes a Class 315 tin can

Trains get close as they pass under a bridge

Crossrail continues outside Liverpool Street

A bike with a large trailer load

Class 90 90013 'The Evening Star' gets a make-over

A bridge over the railway

Open doors into the mystery buildings

The best shot yet into Liverpool Street

Shiny spaghetti rails into Liverpool Street

Litter and some City dude on the Bank of England

The former Gladwell and Co Picture Dealers

Cycle Superhighway 7 - part of the route to work

Looking towards the Swiss Re Gherkin

Andrew is fixing a new finial on the Cornwallis

Ben's on the Cornwallis's roof

Fred legs it up the drive

A derelict-but-lived in house near Gaze's

The four wind turbines lost in the pollution haze