Morning, does anyone know what’s been taken to Kingsbury scrapyard today from Ely Papworth on 5Q65? www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-n... Was heading up north early today, did decide on Leeds & York for my missing class 333 & class 155 units. However had a bloody lousy nights sleep 😴 (3hrs 💤)

Hate going to the dentist In & out in 18 mins Check & dreaded polish £120 or £6.66 for every minute my backside was in the chair

Next door just had a parcel delivered Well I say delivered, more like dumped. No answer so the delivery guy popped it in the rubbish bin😳 Then took a photo of it in there.

By someone called Andrew (Flickr) The old Reading Dec 1985 Indomitable (026) on a Padd-Oxf Brilliant days for which I’m so grateful for

Apparently the school kids weren’t happy when they stopped off at the local Greggs for a brekkie sausage roll earlier The delivery guy didn’t drop any off😂 My heart bleeds for them🙄 Perhaps they could’ve walked across the street to the green grocers & got an apple or banana or maybe an orange.

Halfway through my last shift & it’s so far going spot on (thought I was at the wrong place😂) Then 3 off. Dentist again tomorrow 😬 Wednesday I’m out lineside but where🤔 Thursday in Birmingham No rest for the wicked!

Boys & their toys! If you’re going to do the traffic light sprint & burn off everyone at a set of lights then make sure that one of the cars you’re blowing into the weeds isn’t a marked police car😂 About 3 seconds was all it took for the boys in blue to whack on the blues & go after him Plonker

Not long now. After next weekend sights such as this will be no more as GWR are retiring their Hst fleet. GWR Hst power cars 43186 and 43042 accelerate though Dawlish Warren on 20th June 2025 with a service for Exeter St Davids Will I be down there to mourn their passing? Never say never🤞🏻 🙏

Don’t see many Volvo 850’s around do you! Fell over this leaving work & thought oooh I likey. 2.5 ltr on an M plate 91,000 from new. 134mph sleeper barge. With plastic wheel trims too. Lovely stuff

Accident on A5/M42 island this morning at 04:30. Causing chaos. Police weren’t allowing traffic to join M42 so northbound was going via A5 & A444 by Nuneaton. Right pain in the backside but looked like all walking wounded. Think it was between a HGV & a Fiat 500 with 3 teenage girls. HTH

Back to work for me tonight after an amazing unexpected 5 off. Only 3 in but feel I’m going to struggle a bit. Work will definitely notice a difference in my usual work rate!

Presumably within a few weeks a XC voyager will be seen knocking about wearing XC’s new colours No idea about the photographer but the unit is apparently at Litchurch lane Derby getting a make over

Saw that there was a 5Q54 Widnes Transport Tech to Ely Papworth earlier 180113 was on it. Ely Papworth if I’m right is cold storage. Doesn’t bode well for the units. Hopefully a buyer overseas will take them otherwise it’ll be a one stop shop to Kingsbury for disposal 180113 Doncaster in 2015

Eating well tonight 👍🏻 Saw a meat stand earlier at the garden centre Two sirloin steaks for £14 He threw two more in for £20 total. About 7 in long. Meanwhile at Tesco took the vouchers & clubcard up. 6 bottles of Prosecco Should’ve been £43 Paid half that with vouchers & clubcard Win

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How the hell does someone manage that? I remember the days when Stobbart drivers were king. To think the canal path was drivable for a HGV. Doylem!

Anyone else having a crazy amount of sudden interest in their posts?

Photo by Andy81E Flickr Best/worst rhtt livery I’ve ever seen

I see junk 810006 is doing the 07:00 from Sheffield today. No bun fight so far Think the usual types just wanted to be on the first to run in public service Currently 3 mins down passing Wigston. Making good use of those 3940 horses then

news.sky.com/story/ae-und... Tried getting an appointment at the doctors then? It’s not easy. My surgery had, at the last count over 17,600 patients registered. A lot for a small town. However that also includes the nearby surrounding area Build a big new surgery & they will come in their droves!

Morning, 7 hrs uninterrupted sleep👍🏻 Tucking into my lovely tiger loaf toast I see that the SVR has uploaded the timetable for the diesel bash on Monday 29th December Looks good but I won’t be there as I’m working. Prob doing the GWSR either side of that date anyway svr.co.uk/wp-content/u...

Sat having a final drink before calling it a day Had a lovely chicken stir fry earlier watching a Vera. My bed is calling me 💤

Already working out 2026 diesel running out on the preservation scene Peak Rail have their calendar up to Nov 2026 with 16 dates available GWSR have December sorted from 27th- 4th Jan sorted with the following 47376, 37248 & 26043 running on certain dates. ELR have a few dates but I can’t do🙁

New Lidl store opens tomorrow in Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire Won’t be gracing the shower of 💩 with my presence Can’t even spell the town correctly Bloody tw*ts!

EMR’s Aurora run today "Took some basic GPS readings from the 810 today on a short diesel section, very provisional, but it would suggest overall the acceleration is about the same. 810 a little faster to about 40 and the 222 a bit faster to 110, but I think overall very similar performance"

50008 currently working 6Z50 Rugby-Derby RTC www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-n... Then 0Z50 Derby RTC-Knottingley TMD www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-n... Can’t get out, got too much on today 😢

Anyway morning to the world Last min shopping today in Tamworth of all places. Says beautiful sun all day I can’t see the other side of the road at the moment due to fog🤔 Then Christmas up the back garden, fence, Christmas tree etc etc. Then the dentist which I totally forgot about Bugger

Just watched the Qatar F1 gp. Can he actually do it. Major drop of the ball by McClaren not pitting It’s not over until it’s over Piastri’s face on the podium said everything

Let’s hope that Isack Hadjars promising F1 debut isn’t cut down after his promotion to the infamous 2nd seat at Red Bull alongside Verstappen The truth is Yuki Tsunoda was no slouch before he ended up at the main Red Bull team. He’s now back on the bench awaiting a drive!

Part one done after spending 3 hrs larking about & picking a tree in a slightly muddy field in Leicestershire. Blinking cream crackered Shopping trip tomorrow morning (local) then the back garden gets the ho ho ho treatment

Sounds like Putrid Putin has borrowed someone’s big boy pants. We don’t want a war but having seen how your forces have faired so far, well it’s a tad embarrassing for a "mighty nation" news.sky.com/story/ukrain...

The winner of the creepiest Santa ever goes to this weird bod. Walking through a mini forest to pick a Christmas tree & came face to face with him. Enough to put kids off him for life

Well that was an interesting but very nice afternoon we’ve had. Had a surprise visit from my brother & his wife They were up in Birmingham at a soul do last night Popped over to say hello so we took then out for a lovely meal We’re back down theirs in a fortnight doing a Christmas present run

1000 lights Brand new Came out of box like this Clearly someone had a bad shift at the packing station I maybe here for some time Bugger

Obviously old horse face isn’t going to admit that she lied & publicly hang herself is she We’re not that lucky news.sky.com/story/politi...

Qatar F1 Gp qualifying result looks interesting 1/ Piastri 2/ Norris 3/ Verstappen Dutch broadside torpedo anyone🤔 Seem to remember him being late on the brakes at the A1 ring once too Oh & his car is bouncing a lot

John Mackey, 87 had lived in Finsbury Park for 65 years. He was viciously assaulted by a piece of shit called Peter Augustine for his bag of shopping from a local co-op The injuries from which he suffered claimed his life two days later The scumbag was jailed for life news.sky.com/story/robber...

Even though since 2023 I’ve taken literally thousands of photographs of rail services I still rate this one as one of my favourites. D9000 with 87002 dead on rear approaches Atherstone giving it the beans. Vid passing Atherstone by someone else I was further around the corner youtu.be/56dYhfv66qs

Edinburgh Looking to visit around Feb 2026 Used to go from Doncaster around 06:00 & get an advance ticket for around £25 & arrival was 09:20 Now it’s £85 & the train arrives 10am Avanti advanced price is £43 arriving 10am Guess who might be getting my money & I can have an hour longer in bed!

Lots of flapping & squawking at Doncaster apparently as there’s a couple of class 93’s adjacent to platform 8 in West Yard. Someone said at 08:20 that they were 008 & 010 Go fill your boots if that’s your thing 🙄

Costa stop again Signature latte to wash down a lovely mince pie People watching is a popular hobby of mine Mince pie Lovely stuff

Just popped out to a local charity shop to drop off a car load of donations & saw this at the side of the A511 between Ashby De La Zouch & Coalville They’re not wrong On the other side it says that he talks a lot of what goes down the toilet 💩 Again they’re not wrong 🤣 Quality

If in the Plymouth area with time on your hands today then the following power cars will be out to be enjoyed 43004 + 43156 43093 + 43198 43186 + 43187 Wanted to get down there myself one last time Can’t see how but never say never. If not then I said goodbye in September 🙁

Had a bombshell dropped on me earlier Painter & decorator has given a date as to when he’s free to chuck wallpaper & paint on the walls & woodwork & it’s before Christmas Needs doing though so been up to my neck most of the afternoon Plus it’ll free up half a week next year

Lots of flapping going on about the next two class 99’s due to arrive in the uk at Bristol on Friday They’re asking which route, rail or road & timings required 🙄 Some people absolutely have to be the first to see everything & anything

In Costa I’ve decided that a crumbly choc chip cookie is not the thing to eat when there’s a group of extremely attractive females on the next table Honestly there’s more down my fleece & on the floor than in my gob Seen less mess when my 9 nieces and nephews are at the dinner table 😬 Jesus

Morning. One of those mornings where the night before I thought mmm I’ll set the alarm early and get out lineside with the camera. 04:30 alarm ⏰ Reached the time of my life where I like my bed too much especially when not at work Me👇🏻

Salmon, green beans & new spuds Huge dollop of butter Washed down with Staropramen Lovely evening

F1 news Adrian Newey will replace Andy Cowell as team principal at Aston Martin in 2026 A bloke who knows his onions A team to watch in 2026

Just found out Jack Shepherd passed yesterday aged 85. Gutted Better known for his role as detective superintendent Charles Wycliffe in the tv programme Wycliffe set in Cornwall 5 series & 38 episodes From 1993 - 1998