Is Putin Watching?
I’m watching the Eurovision Song Contest. But is Putin? Or has he just switched off the signal to all Russian sets, as a bearded drag act is representing Austria?
Remember Adolf didn’t need much of an excuse to invade Austria!
Searching For The Dudding Hill Line – Cricklewood
The Dudding Hill Line starts at a triangular junction at Cricklewood, where the line joins the Midland Main Line.
Unfortunately, due to the weather and the speed of the 32 bus I was travelling on, I didn’t a decent picture of the line, but I did get one of the junction on the Cricklewood bus map.

The Dudding Hill Line On A Bus Map
You can see the junction in the top left of the map.
The one thing that I did ascertain is that from North to West and vice-versa it is double-tracked, but the turn from South to West is single-tracked. So it is reasonable that trains can move in any direction, between any of the three tracks; north, south and west.
I shall have to go back to get some pictures.
A Good Simple Design For A Seat
Everywhere on public transport these days you seem to see uncomfortable, ugly and hard metal or plastic seating.
I saw this seat on Harlesden station this morning.

A Good Simple Design For A Seat
It’s certainly a lot better and more pleasing on the eye.
It’s also got the roundels
Searching For The Dudding Hill Line – Craven Park
I took the Overground to Willesden and then I took an 18 bus to Craven Park.
The bridge-cum-tunnel obviously has a low height, but it doesn’t look to be the worst to increase the headroom to allow container trains to use the Dudding Hill Line.
Searching For The Dudding Hill Line
This is an index of the various posts about searching for the Dudding Hill Line.
They will run from Cricklewood to Acton, for no logical reason, except that I’m a North Londoner, so I would choose from North to West.


