Saturday, April 30, 2016

part victorian, part jetsons

"The dream of the pneumatic tube will never die" ....

And so begins a carefully and beautifully collaged video of pneumatic tubes by Vox - watch til the end to see what they did with the goldfish!

Saturday, April 23, 2016

London pneumatic tube talk in August

Mike Oliver, AKA Long Branch Mike, will present the London Pneumatic Despatch Railway at the London Underground Railway Society (LURS) on Tuesday August 6. His talk will include an overview on pneumatic tubes development.

"London's Lost Pneumatic Railway: The World's Second Oldest Underground Service" with Mike Olivier.

Doors open at 18:40 for a prompt 19:15 start

The Upper Room
Allsouls Clubhouse
141 Cleveland Street
London W1T 6QG

Great Portland Street Tube on the Metropolitan, Circle, and Hammersmith & City