What is this website about? 
This site is a travel journal of two people travels around the country by train attempting to cover as much is the UK Rail Network as possible.
The trips from the current year have a direct link from the main menu, older trips are arranged by years or groups of years and can be accessed from the sub-menu.
What is considered to be the rail network you may ask? It is the railway lines of the UK with a passenger service as shown in the superb Rail Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland. This atlas has been updated and republished in May 2010. It in it's 12th edition, compiled by S.K. Baker and published by OPC. Available from all good bookshops. This publication has been progressively improved from the first one I purchased, the 3rd edition in 1980.
There are other activities will be attempted during these days out:
Visit new and ineresting places in the UK
Travel over some of the most scenic and interesting lines
Allow number one son to underline as many new numbers as possible
Travel on loco hauled trains, this is a little more difficult these days but still possible
This site is aimed to those of you who have an interest in UK railways but others interested in general travel may find it of interest too. Hopefully you will find some of the tales of travel amusing. The views expressed here on this website are my own and the names of people involved are not present to avoid unintentional embarrassment. Those present on any of the trips will know who you are.
Track Bashing can be a very enjoyable experience seeing all parts of the UK from a train window. It can also be very frustrating when plans do not work out as they should and you end up missing sections. Having to replan in the spur of the moment can also be quite interesting.
The Early Years covers journeys had long before the arrival of number one son with trip reports of some of the more eventful trips around the rail network. Over the coming months it is hoped to add more trip reports from the 1980s and 1990s. This has been a interesting journey for me, or number of journeys in this case travelling the network.
I am always happy to hear from anyone and if you have any questions drop me an email using the contact page.
A collection of photos from my trips are available at:
www.trackbasher-photos.co.uk
Latest Updates:
Next Trips:
28 January - Railtour Concrete Cow Repeat Tour
?? February - Cambrian Coast Class 37s
23 February - Glasgow Model Railway Exhibition
Trips in the planning stage:
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