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Robert Humm & Co

@RHummBooks

Britain's biggest railway bookshop. Railway books old and new, rare and popular, steam and modern traction. Trams and industrial history too. Tweets by Mrs Humm

 Stamford
roberthumm.co.uk
Joined December 2012
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I'll be turning the online sales off on Monday, 13 April. The old site will remain in place for a week or so after that, after which the new, non-commercial, site will replace it.
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The bay platform! The pre-lift footbridge!
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This is why you should photograph the everyday whilst it is still unremarkable. A perfectly ordinary scene at Peterborough on July 10 2006.
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Fun fact: These well looked-after (albeit disused) hydraulic buffers at Bradford Interchange are almost all that remains of the former Bradford Exchange station.
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A Shortage of Coal! From the Catholic Herald 1/3/1946, a mine of ads and articles revealing the hopes and fears of post war Britain. It's hard to believe I was born into this world (though somewhat later than this paper, I might add).
Catholic Herald 1st March 1946. Ministry of Fuel and Power advertusement.

ALT Catholic Herald 1st March 1946. Ministry of Fuel and Power advertusement.

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Railway Heritage Awd@NRHAwdNov 6
On Thurs 5 November, NRHA's Jerry Swift, @tim_hedleyj and Robin Leleux, joined MEPC's Sarah Limbert and local historian Clifford Stead for the unveiling of the @NRHAwd 2025 Community Award plaque at the restored Leeds Wellington Wagon Lift Hoist. Award sponsors @AvantiWestCoast
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#ThrowbackThursday with a 2 Bil unit at Blackfriars in 1971 by and ©Tom Burnham
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William Whyte@william_whyteOct 31
Berwick
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Joe Brown@JoeBrownLondonOct 25
#OnThisDay 66 years ago the 1,387yds long Severn Bridge was partially demolished by two out of control tanker barges, ironically while works were ongoing to strengthen it to carry heavier locos. Sadly five lives were lost. Image of the aftermath from here: buff.ly/NTfGrpF
A police officer stands close to the perilous drop where one of the spans of the Severn Railway Bridge had been demolished

ALT A police officer stands close to the perilous drop where one of the spans of the Severn Railway Bridge had been demolished

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Tim Dunn
@MrTimDunnOct 16
It's the #WorldCupOfStations final! FIVE railway stations, ONE vote. Irlam - Manchester Cardross - Argyll & Bute Brookwood - Surrey Yatton - Somerset Berney Arms - Norfolk If you have a mo, pls do vote; there are some ace stories behind these finalists. Link in comments below👇
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Tim Dunn
@MrTimDunnOct 14
Britain’s annual #WorldCupOfStations is back! It’s time to vote for a winner: 20 railway stations have been nominated by the public for the connections they create and the difference they make to communities. Read the stories & vote here: raildeliverygroup.com/worldc… (Open til 18 Oct)
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Mike Spencer@mikespencerpicsOct 14
No.9 on Harringworth Viaduct on a misty December morning, and quite honestly for me, dream conditions. From Part 1 of my 'Film Show' folder. Well when I say 'film'........ @RailwayMagazine #harringworthviaduct #railwayphotography #stockphotography
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Andy Savage@Taliesin2000Oct 14
Great to see restored clock tower at Scarborough Station, with newly gilded crest, this morning. Part funded by a large @RailwayHeritage grant.
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The World Cup of Stations is back! 20 stations have been nominated by you for the connections they create and the difference they make to people and local communities. Discover the stories behind the 20 stations and vote for your favourite from 12 October raildeliverygroup.com/worldc…. Hurry, voting ends 18 October! #WorldCupofStations
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Blackfriars has changed a bit! A 2 Bil unit seen on the Eastern Region Staff Railway Society's Farewell to the Southern BIL's on 21 Sept 1971. With thanks and credit to ©Tom Burnham
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A plan of the Forth Bridge, 1880s. The Forth Bridge is a wonder of Victorian engineering: it took six years to complete, with 55,000 tons of steel and eight million rivets. Find out more 👉bit.ly/ForthOpenBook
General Elevation and plan of the Forth Bridge, 1880s. The plan shows the bridge from the side, with both the low and high tide mark. This shows that the River Forth at this section has two channels, and the central section of the bridge sits upon a raised section of rock in the middle of the river.

ALT General Elevation and plan of the Forth Bridge, 1880s. The plan shows the bridge from the side, with both the low and high tide mark. This shows that the River Forth at this section has two channels, and the central section of the bridge sits upon a raised section of rock in the middle of the river.

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Joe Brown@JoeBrownLondonOct 5
#OnThisDay 163 years ago the LCDR opened an extension to Ramsgate Harbour via Margate and Broadstairs. Ramsgate Harbour was replaced by today's station 100 years ago (see #OTD 2nd July), that same day Margate's lovely building was unveiled after a rebuild in a similar style.
Margate's handsome booking hall, opened 1926. A barrel vaulted ceiling with a semicircular window above the doorways onto the platforms and a simple modernist lamp shade suspended in the centre. The colour scheme is cream, white, and dark green.

ALT Margate's handsome booking hall, opened 1926. A barrel vaulted ceiling with a semicircular window above the doorways onto the platforms and a simple modernist lamp shade suspended in the centre. The colour scheme is cream, white, and dark green.

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HiPa@HiPa125Sep 27
#Tornado - Derby 26/09/26
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Joe Brown@JoeBrownLondonSep 13
In a nicely cyclical way, the chap in the M Door has a currently under-construction railway station indirectly named after him. Who’ll be first to name the station and the connection? 😬
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Joe Brown@JoeBrownLondonSep 13
#OnThisDay 100 years ago the 'Morden Edgware' (later Northern) Line opened an extension from Clapham Common to Morden. Opening day image in the brand new Morden Depot @ltmuseum collection buff.ly/73Je0AP A deeper dive on @ianvisits website here: buff.ly/m5eoEma
The official opening of the City & South London Railway's extension from Clapham South to Morden, September 1926. This view shows the arrival of the first train at Morden, with Lt Col H T C Moore-Brabazon MC, MP, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport, standing in the open gangway door at the front of the driver's cab. A number of men are waiting on the platform.

ALT The official opening of the City & South London Railway's extension from Clapham South to Morden, September 1926. This view shows the arrival of the first train at Morden, with Lt Col H T C Moore-Brabazon MC, MP, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport, standing in the open gangway door at the front of the driver's cab. A number of men are waiting on the platform.

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An astonishing find by my sister - our great great grandmother's brother, George Morse drove and worked this coal mine in the Forest of Dean. With tramway, of course! His father, our 3xgreat grandfather, had interests in several local mines. Photos by my brother.
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Joe Brown@JoeBrownLondonSep 7
Rushed up to Stanfords at lunch to grab a copy of @markovenden ‘Mapping Britain’s Railways’, chuffed to see two of my titles proudly on display too 🙂 Please always buy from a bookshop or direct from the publisher/author if you can… it makes a big difference! @CrecyRail
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