Throwback Thursday – Workin’ on the Järnväg

Today's post is not throwing back too far, only to mid April, when I had the pleasure of getting my rail geek on in Northern Sweden, as part of my 7-week Grand Tour of the UK and Nordic countries. Ever since I had seen a video on the underground automatic trains at LKAB's Kiruna mine, I…

Throwback Thursday – City of Ängelholm

In 2013, I attended the IRSE International Convention, which was mostly in Sweden. This was probably my favourite day of the convention - tunnels, train museum exhibits and a rail trip amongst picturesque countryside - what more could any signalling lady need! This morning, we took a chartered train north to Ängelholm. As soon as…

Throwback Thursday -Swedish Signals, Tunnels and Meatballs

In 2013, I was lucky enough to win a bursary to attend the IRSE International Convention in Sweden and Denmark.  Applying for scholarships, bursaries and free spots at conventions/conferences/meetings is a brilliant way to travel without having to spend your boss's training budget or your own cash and I would highly recommend it to your…