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All consuming - the top ten most read stories from my news feed / BBC
1 Coronavirus updates: Boris Johnson tests positive for coronavirus
2 Coronavirus: Prime Minister Boris Johnson tests positive
3 Coronavirus: Stay local to exercise, says government
4 Coronavirus: India 'super spreader' quarantines 40,000 people
5 Coronavirus: How can I shop or get deliveries and takeaways safely?
6 Coronavirus: PM's diagnosis still came as a shock
7 Coronavirus: Sports Direct boss 'deeply' sorry for virus blunders
8 Coronavirus in UK: How many confirmed cases are there in your area?
9 Coronavirus: US overtakes China with most cases
10 Coronavirus: Zoom is in everyone's living room - how safe is it?

And in other news - some web sites and pages that have arrived on my screen today

the Beauty of Transport (https://thebeautyoftransport.com)

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THE BEAUTY OF TRANSPORT

Transport design, transport architecture, and transport's influence on art and culture. Part travelogue, part history, all transport (but sometimes tangentially so)

You vs train (http://youvstrain.co.uk)

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Hundreds of people each year unintentionally take on the railway and lose. The railway’s full of hidden dangers. If you’re not hit by an unexpected train you’ll be hit by the lethal current in rails and power lines.

You will be killed or left with catastrophic, life-changing injuries. And your friends and family will be left with the brutal consequences. Everyone loses when you underestimate this opponent. Everyone loses when you step on the track.

Eritrea.be (http://www.eritrea.be/railway.htm)

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The construction of the narrow-gauge railway line was begun in Autumn of 1887 by the Italians to provide supply routes to the advanced army positions, as well as the transportation of raw materials intended to be mined in Eritrea. The line reached Asmara in December 1911 and the Agordat terminus in 1928. It was originally intended to continue the line to Tesseney and beyond and rails were laid as far as Bisha (31 kms from Agordat). Engineering studies and drawings were completed up to Ellit. The system had originally been planned to link up to the rail networks in Ethiopia and Sudan.

The trains, surplus material of Italian origin, serviced 30 stations, took 1548 curves, and were plunging in and out 39 tunnels, passing 65 bridges and viaducts. 38 trains were running in 24 hours in each direction on the Asmara - Massawa line. The historic railway covered 306.4 kms on a route from the port of Massawa to Agordat via Asmara and Keren.

Yorkshire Post (https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/heritage/last-months-york-floods-have-revealed-remains-secret-victorian-railway-line-2520309)

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Last month's York floods have revealed the remains of a secret Victorian railway line

The narrow-gauge tracks are still in place near the Millennium Bridge on the banks of the River Ouse but have been exposed by shifting silt in the aftermath the floods caused by Storm Ciara and Storm Dennis last month.

They form part of what was once a horsedrawn railway that led from the Ouse wharves to the army barracks in Fulford.

The tracks were just 18 inches apart and were used to deliver explosives and military supplies from Ordnance Wharf to the base.

Insider Media (https://www.insidermedia.com/news/yorkshire/winning-architect-selected-for-new-national-railway-museum-building)

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The winning architect has been named for the design of a new multimillion-pound building for the National Railway Museum in York.

The museum and competition organiser Malcolm Reading Consultants (MRC) has announced that the team led by Feilden Fowles has won the international design competition to create the new Central Hall.

Feilden Fowles’ team beat 75 other practices, with the jury praising the team's design concept for its elegance, its ambitious energy strategy and its intriguing new visitor journeys.

Judith McNicol, director of the National Railway Museum, said: "Feilden Fowles demonstrated a real sensitivity to the site’s railway heritage and to the historic character of the city of York. The building will play a vital role in linking the museum and will provide a focal point for the wider York Central development.

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