Berlin, you were simply fabulous for the whole weekend! I don't think I've ever warmed so much to a city much like it in all my experiences travelling ☺️ Whilst myself and @pacerclara.insanity.tube did see the odd tourist thing here and there, the public transport was VERY interesting 1/10

Finished the day with a pair of ICE 4s back to Berlin from Hamm What a fun day! You don't want to see how much I spent in the Bordrestaurants though 🫣 Back to leisurely Berlin things tomorrow

After getting an ICE-3 pair to Köln, I was lucky enough to get haulage from a 101 inside IC1 coaches, which is becoming ever rarer We even had the coach behind the loco... except it was taken out of service because it had no power 😭 Can't win every time you see

I went on my first Swiss train! ECE 8 from Hannover to Frankfurt with a pair of Stadler SMILE units did the honours 😃 Ended up 30L into Frankfurt, the one way to make Swiss trains late is to simply run them in Germany 😂

Hello from an ICE-T (should've been an ICE-L, oh dear) Bordrestaurant! Breakfast acquired for myself and @pacerclara.insanity.tube as we do a day around Germany on our Interrails Although we have First, the ordering system wasn't going through, but the Restaurant is always excellent on here ☺️

To my British followers back at home today, don't forget to vote today and bring your ID! Every vote counts! Signed, someone who didn't manage to sort their postal vote or a proxy out in time 🫠

Guten Morgen Berlin! 😁 Hauptbahnhof is an unbelievably station, I love the criss-cross of the high and low levels combined with the brilliant architecture! Let's explore the city today

Behold! A sleeper train! 🛏️ 2 hours late leaving Paris is not what we'd hoped for but nonetheless myself and @pacerclara.insanity.tube are on the way to Germany 🇩🇪 We've got a Private Couchette for us two branded as "Comfort Classic". The compartments on these are SO FUN ☺️

Behold! A sleeper train? 🛏️ Nevermind, it's an hour late already and we're not even in DB territory

I've left platforms 2-4 endless times at St Pancras, but my train has left from Platform 10 this time 👀 Interrail now in play, let's see where we end up

Behold! A sleeper train! 🛏️ Myself and @pacerclara.insanity.tube are starting the trip with the Caledonian from Edinburgh to London. It's going via Bescot tonight so a different route to what I'm used to, but hopefully I'll be sound asleep so I won't need to worry about it 😌

Well then, let's start an international trip... by going to Edinburgh? What could I possibly be thinking? 🧐

After working the 2102 St Pancras to Sheffield yesterday, it's time to hang up the lanyard and put my T-key away for the next 10 days! Time for a little bit of Annual Leave methinks 😁 We'll start the exciting adventure on Monday, for now I have 2 days of chilling in Sheffield

Things I've learnt over a weekend in Edinburgh with @pacerclara.insanity.tube and Gaelan 🚲 Using the Voi Bikes to do a really cool circular of Edinburgh is absolutely amazing 🚋 Doing cycling, walking, bus, tram and train all in the same day is cool ♥️ This was time well spent with amazing people

Coastway Will

How the end of the week has looked like Sunny days at work mean visits to the London Wildlife Trust Cafe on long breaks whilst sunny days in Manchester mean visits to 1505 "Ariadne" on long weekend 😂 I've needed the 4 day long weekend after 7 on!

Worked an Aurora to Bedford today, nice weather for it! ☀️ Been a weekend of just going to Bedford whilst engineering works take place between Bedford and Harpenden. This was my second of 3 trips over 2 days. Back to London tomorrow though!

"The Purple One" has finished its duties on the Midland Mainline 🫡 The only 222 in full purple, dressed up for the EMR franchise launch in 2019, it's now out of service and will eventually be transferred to ScotRail Always take photos of the mundane, they won't be mundane forever!

Yesterday was... Interesting! Finally got to meet up with @pacerclara.insanity.tube again! We went to Glasgow using TPE's weird temporary shuttle whilst the WCML was shut and enjoyed a lap of the Subway and the Riverside Museum Would thoroughly recommend all of the above 😁

"Get the Yorkshire Flyer home" they said "It would be fun" they said "Should be a 158" they said It was uhhh...... quite something 😭

Have a mix of work pics recently About equal on the whole Meridian and Aurora front. Worked 810016 on its first day too, there're now eight different 810s that you can ride in passenger service I'm enjoying the longer evenings for sure, those iconic Sharnbrook sunsets are back again ✨

tune in to tunel nick badley camp hill video innit @nickbadley.com youtu.be/zWKTKSB8mqs?...

It's okay guys, I've now been to Magna tram... station, it feels more like a station than a tram stop, let's call it a station ig

It appears that as of today, I have no longer been to every tram stop on the Supertram Network 😱

2 years on the railway already? I'm still loving every minute onboard, I wouldn't change railway life for the world. Here's to even more successful and fulfilling years in my career on the Iron Road and a huge cheers to everyone who's supported me. This is just the start of something special 💜

So, we all went to the Camp Hill stations as they opened up this morning! It was a very fun morning indeed and it was lovely to see so many people @nickbadley.com @nattj.bsky.social @wmjaida.bsky.social

Good morning 🍍

Today's third and final act of silliness was a Chiltern special. Why have a single 165 on Marylebone to Birmingham when you can have... *checks notes*** ...FOUR OF THEM @realkasumi.bsky.social was insane enough to do it from London, I'll settle for Warwick Parkway to Brum instead 😅

It's 2026 yet somehow TfW found a pair of 153s to stretch their legs into Birmingham International Took it to Wolverhampton, of course @downonthestour.bsky.social dispatched it I used to despise these, I still think they're terrible, but had a go because the allocation was that batshit 😂

If you have a PhD, you might be able to figure out how on earth you get a tram to Millennium Point on the new extension Eventually worked it out

My childhood memories include getting IC225s all the way down the ECML, so to sample one north of York for the first time since I was 16 was amazing, the memories certainly came back for sure! King Edward Bridge down, Royal Border Bridge next? Maybe one day

No April Fool from me this year, have a photo of a plane instead, because why not

Well then, my first Interrail has been purchased as well as some European Sleeper reservations See you in the not too distant future... Berlin!

From now on this is the only way I will travel

Myself and @nickbadley.com took trains seriously last week, thought you'd ought to know

Definitely one of the more quieter station openings I've been to, but great fun nonetheless! Hello Darlaston and Willenhall! Your new Black Country train stations

My new camera has been out and about recently, here are some fun results Newcastle - Choose your fighter. Still getting used to shooting with my new equipment so not as sharp as I'd have liked but still a good effort methinks, especially the surprise 397 that came out from absolutely nowhere!

One for my neurodiverse followers out there - Do you find that job application that involve the use of AI tend to drag you down or even result in a rejection that you'd be fairly confident would've resulted in getting to the next recruitment stage if it was human read? I've been finding... 1/2

I apologise to earlies, you're okay actually. End of my permanent late era in a few weeks time ig

There's something fun about working trains when the sun is out ☀️ 1F32 back to Sheffield this afternoon reminded me how much I love working in a moving office. Every time I look out the window, I've got a different view, it's just utterly brilliant! 😁

My first day back after 9 days off...... and I worked an early shift? 👀 I'm going back to earlies for the week as I explore the idea of potentially swapping back to the standard week of lates, week of earlies pattern for a couple of personal reasons So far, they're not as bad as I remember! 😅

Definitely a photo I'm proud of, the Shard is silly tall though! 465908 "Chris Green" in NSE Livery is seen calling at London Bridge with 2H48: 1726 Charing Cross to Tunbridge Wells service during the evening peak Getting a photo from P5 during the peak is always risky with frequent Thameslinks!

So, I need to be down south but I was up in Edinburgh last night Oh, an excuse to use the sleeper? Absolutely! Not as good sleep as last August as I had a cabin near the bogie but still acceptable enough! Two winning 92s in the book and my traveling hotel has done its job 😁

Today was a "Boxes Day" By filling out one of my two boxes, I was granted 1st on LNER, so myself and @pacerclara.insanity.tube made best use of it by going from London to Edinburgh via a "Signature" menu 225 to Leeds then an Azuma from York Delicious food as always, rateable traction to start 😎

Oh my word Hadestown, you were absolutely phenomenal! @pacerclara.insanity.tube got me a pair of tickets for Christmas and we had such a fantastic time watching Hadestown. Wait for Me is the best song of the lot by far, THOSE LAMPS THO! So glad to get back into watching shows again 😊

Well, that's me done for 9 days now 🎉 Have three Meridians all satisfyingly lined up in a row with a TMST lurking in the background Time to relax for a couple of days before an exciting few days of getting the mileage in

That's exactly what happened one rainy Friday and how a new chapter for MkIV Preservation began It's going to be ambitious, but with the right people in hand, we've got a brilliant team and I look forward to seeing what we achieve Welcome to 225 Preservation 😊 225.org.uk

Some absolutely fantastic news coming out of Strawberry Hill, hats off to you all! It'll be lovely to relive my childhood for many more years to come down the line 😊

It's gone 2am and I've randomly booked a sleeper I truly live the dream ADHD life you see

Roses are red Violets are blue Your train has been cancelled Due to lack of train crew