It's been a very weird week at work, we're still trying to process what unfolded last Friday. It's been a horrible time for many, though we're all supporting one another the best we can Thanks you all of you lot for the kind words to our colleagues involved in the incident ❤️

Shaun, you'll be sorely missed Nobody should ever go to work and not make it home Thinking of his partner, family and friends, as well as all my colleagues at St Pancras and the profound grief they will carry Green lights all the way ⚫⚫🟢⚫ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Nearly 2 years later, I'm finally back volunteering on the @hastingsdiesels.co.uk DEMU again 🥹 The sounds, the smells, the lovely regulars, oh how brilliant it is to be back! I've missed this

Eddie Dempsey general secretary RMT said: “We are devastated to learn that a train driver and former RMT rep has tragically died as a result of today’s crash between Luton and Bedford. The thoughts of RMT are with their family, friends, colleagues and the ASLEF trade union at this awful time.”

Please, don't speculate or fabricate things on what's happened at Bedford. We're all trying to process what's happened and hoping our colleagues involved in the incident are okay and accounted for

A weekend of Manton Mania Spent the weekend going via Melton Mowbray and Corby on Meridians. Here's two of my services during standing time at Wellingborough and Leicester Of all the diverts we do, Manton is my favourite, the view over Harringworth viaduct is simply stunning! 😁

I've decided that after today, I don't like pantographs 😭 I refuse to elaborate

I always feel like I'm being teased when my Meridian parks up on Platform 4 and there's a Eurostar next to me, but especially if that Eurostar has the fabled "3999" powercar 👀 A lucky puddle gave me this amazing photo during my turn around in London this evening 😁

Oh hey Pride Month, we're back again! 🌈 It does feel a bit harder going into Pride Month this year. Things have continued to go backwards rather than forwards in regards to LGBTQIA+ rights, but especially the "T". There's so much more that needs to be done 1/3

I was in London yesterday and by chance has the GBR 701 back to Waterloo 👀 Take the red off the intermediate coaches to be far less on the nose and it wouldn't be too bad of a livery. Looks better in the flesh than on the renders I do think it will be a bit boring when this is the norm though

Its been more than 2 years since I last worked the first train of the morning into St Pancras, but there I was this morning at 4:15am in the station and ready to work 😅 I've not missed the 3:30am alarms but equally, its nice to be back doing a mix of earlies and lates again

If you had told me a couple of years ago that the trusty DEMU would make it to Scotland, I'd have laughed right back at you But there it is, tucked away in Edinburgh Waverley with an adventure to the Highlands. Utterly, utterly brilliant 🥹

What do you mean today is 3 years since the last ever run of a Class 313 in passenger service? Still miss these absolute shitbox trains. The amount of weekends and school holidays spent racking up miles with the window down in the motor coach will stick with me Forever my favourite EMUs 🥺

I was back on the job this week, but with a slight twist 👀 As part of the 810 Training Programme, myself and a few other hosts and TMs were on a customer service day. We fed back about 810s and talked through many things customer service It was very good in fairness, my group were great fun too 😂

Happy timetable change day to all those who celebrate 🥂 May your Newquays be hourly and your Readings stop at Vauxhall

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