It’s your last chance to get free postage in our calendar early bird offer. The deal ends tonight, so don't miss out! Enjoy free postage on your entire purchase when you order at least one calendar at shop.225group.org.uk!

We're delighted to reveal our 2026 Calendar! 😁 Now available at shop.225group.org.uk, there's an early bird offer of free postage for orders made before the end of Sunday.

Our supporters are asked to note the following important update from Eric Holmes, Director of the 225 Group.

Missed out on the @lner.co.uk @225group.org.uk #225day, so a few days late here is something for #255day. 91117 "Project Electra" sits in the middle of the unusual OHL Test train with a 43 at either end - testing the electrification systems in the Severn Tunnel. #trainlogger trainlogger.co.uk

Ah I missed #225day yesterday, apologies but I do remember these coming in as a kid and to celebrate #225day here is some of my favourite photos I have taken over the years. #york #leeds #photooftheday #lner #inctercity225 #yorkshire #railway #railwayfamily #photography @225group.org.uk @lner.co.uk

Yesterday was incredibly fun! It was amazing to see so many people enjoying such a brilliant train! Got to do some social media work for the @225group.org.uk and enjoyed the rest of the day bouncing from city to city The daytime Bradford IC225 rounded off the day perfectly. Fabulous! 😁 #225Day

📺 Did you see our team on BBC Look North? Check out their coverage of @lner.co.uk 's #225Day on BBC iPlayer! Look North (Yorkshire) - Evening News: 22/05/2025 📷 J McLeish

We hope you've enjoyed our coverage of #225Day! Want to see more of this in the future? Make sure to get a membership by going to membership.225group.org.uk. More members will give us the strongest chance of seeing more days like this!

We've had an excellent day! Many thanks to @lner.co.uk for inviting us on 1A30 today, we appreciate the time and effort put in by LNER and the traincrew to make the occasion truly special! #225Day

Our onboard stall and LNER's merch from the buffet have both done exceptionally well, we don't have much left onboard! There's always plenty of gifts you can buy from our store online: shop.225group.org.uk #225Day

What a stunning day for it too! Nameplate (and 225 day logo) designed by me, on behalf of LNER, with a little quirk... Different nameplates on each side, so the swallow icon sits on the 'leading edge' of the plate, pointed forwards, as it used to be on the original Inter-City 225 livery 😉👍

Happy #225Day! Great to see these majestic machines still in service 35 years on from their launch. Definitely check out @225group.org.uk if you’re interested in helping them maybe preserve one!

A fabulous museum curated by the wonderful Tim Dunn has opened on board 1A30! He's seen chatting to Paul who has worked these trains since their introduction in 1989. Check out that InterCity 225 phone brought for the occasion by Aidan, our lovely Admin Assistant! #225Day

One of our directors Ben has received some jelly beans from LNER, delivered in a replica 91106 "Swallow". Prints and bagels have been flying off in the buffet too! #225Day

Want to see more special days like today's 225 day? Don't forget to pick up a membership! Without these, days like today wouldn't be possible. membership.225group.org.uk

91106 has been formally named Swallow at Leeds. We're ready to go on 1A30 to London and look forward to seeing you onboard! 📷 Will Quibell

This is going to be fun 👀

More pictures of the newly named 91106 “Swallow”? Well why not! Here are some lovely detail shots from Neville Hill depot in Leeds yesterday afternoon, captured by Jonny Dye. Check out that gorgeous InterCity swallow on the grille! 😍 #225Day #TeamNL @lner.co.uk

We're loving the special window labels @lner.co.uk have produced for today! It evokes many memories of the Intercity 225, but what are your most fond memories of these trains? Share them with us! 📷 ontspanners

91110 "Battle of Britain Memorial Flight" is snapped under blue skies on the 3rd of April 2023 with a service to Leeds. Of course, it's the classic north end of Platform 3, Doncaster photo... But not the best one I've ever taken here. #225day @lner.co.uk @225group.org.uk

Behold, the newly named Class 91! #225day 91106 “Swallow” 📷 Alex Hay

Tomorrow is the first @lner.co.uk #225Day - a celebration of the mighty InterCity 225 🎉 The star of the show will be a newly named Class 91 locomotive! Following a brief unveiling ceremony at Leeds, it will work 1A30 (the 1245 to King’s Cross, arriving 1500). 📷 Alex Hay

Could you help us illustrate an article for our next magazine? We're looking for pictures of: ➡️ Dr Michael Reece, Director of GEC Research Ltd ➡️ 1S31 (the 1500 KGX to GLC) in 1997 ➡️ 91013 in GNER livery Please email [email protected] if you have any! 📷 Jim Binnie

📅 Grab your diary! Thursday 22 May - 22.05.2025 - will mark the first #225Day. Alongside celebrations on @lner.co.uk InterCity 225 services, a newly named Class 91 locomotive will enter traffic. More information will follow, but we hope to see you on the route! 📷 Colin J Marsden

Nice to see 91119 out today, love the Intercity livery sm! @225group.org.uk

LNER plans to run its remaining Class 91s 'blunt end first' from the May 2025 timetable change. The change has come about because components in the 'blunt end' cab have faced less wear and tear and LNER hopes this will reduce maintenance costs as the locomotives enter their final years on the ECML.

RIP John 'Paddy' Hemingway, the last surviving Battle of Britain pilot, who died yesterday aged 105. 91110, part of @lner.co.uk's InterCity 225 fleet, serves as a moving tribute to Gp Capt Hemingway and all those who fought courageously and selflessly for freedom. 📷 Gareth Griffiths

37 years ago tonight, at 2200 on 14 February 1988, British Rail signed off the formal acceptance for the first Class 91. That very locomotive, now numbered 91101, was in service with @lner.co.uk today. Here it is ready to work a rake of Mark 3 coaches to Leeds in June 1989, captured by Carl Looker.

Following The Greatest Gathering’s exciting announcement about London North Eastern Railway’s 91110 ‘Battle of Britain Memorial Flight’ attending The Greatest Gathering this August, we thought we’d celebrate by sharing some of our favourite shots of this iconic loco! 🚆✨

I joined the @225group.org.uk last night. One of the only classes of loco I can actually say I've travelled behind every one of them. Had 2 on HST drags , Been pulled by a 67 numerous times and had a couple blunt end first. #Traingeek 😋

If the calendar is to be believed it's the @225group.org.uk birthday today. Very happy to be a member and to support the preservation of the greatest trains to grace British rails.

Thought you might like to see some Class 91 action ✌️

Number 9 sports her new white valance, now resembling classmate 91106. After sitting in platform 1 under the iconic Kings Cross roof, it would take MK4 rake NL06 and DVT 82208 north to Leeds just 5 minutes later on 1D23. (01/01/25) www.flickr.com/photos/19080... @lner.co.uk @225group.org.uk

91110 ‘Battle of Britain Memorial Flight’ prepares to depart from platform 6 in York with 1Y84 to London Kings Cross. The loco always attracts a lot of attention and it’s great to watch people photographing it. #Class91 #LNER #Electra #York #Trainspotting

#ElectricMonday Double 91s at the Cross. Back in 2019 as i was getting back into the hobby i stumbled on @lner.co.uk 91130 & 91127 (pan down) arriving into Kings Cross & then forming 1S09, the 09.00 to Edinburgh. It seemed worth a bash to Peterborough.. #ECML #LNER @225group.org.uk 18/11/19

As the sun sets on another year, we've just dispatched our last shop order before Christmas. 📨 Including magazines, we've shipped almost 1250 items this year and made a modest operating profit which we'll reinvest in the Group. Thank you to everyone for your support! 🥰 📷 Marnix van Kampen-Brooks

91111 "For the Fallen" arrives into Doncaster on 1D10 to Leeds. @225group.org.uk #class91 #intercity225

Wonderful to see so much love for the InterCity 225 on test in Newcastle today 🥰 We're the 225 Group and we want to make sure these beautiful beasts survive into preservation. Join us to become part of the story! Go to 225group.org.uk/join to find out how. 📷 @coastwaywill.me

3 years in the making... 91127 and set NL17 become the first IC225 set to visit the ECML North of York since 2021. It reversed at Newcastle before heading south again, all as an empty test in association with the overhead line monitoring equipment fitted to the loco 😁 (c.c @225group.org.uk)

91127 'Neville Hill' stands at Newcastle on 17th December 2024 after arriving from it's home depot with 5G90 from Nevillr Hill

For the first time since May 2021, an InterCity 225 has left York bound for Newcastle. Safe travels, 91127! 🫡 📷 Lee Brannan

For anyone waiting for 91127's test trip to Newcastle today, it's just now left Neville Hill! The timings are as follows: ➡️ 5G90 0920 Neville Hill to Newcastle 1310 realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-n... ➡️ 5G91 1320 Newcastle to Neville Hill 1608 realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-n... 📷 John Fisher

It's going to be a busy day at 225Group Social Media HQ! Keep us busy! Tag us if you get to see or photograph 91127's run to Newcastle today, the first time a 225 set has ran to Newcastle since the livery refresh 👀

Subject to the usual caveats, an LNER InterCity 225 is due to run to Newcastle on Tuesday 17 December! It's the first run of an InterCity 225 north of York since May 2021. This is a one-off test, using new equipment installed on some of the Class 91s to assess forces in the overhead line equipment.

There are fewer than ten of our 2025 calendars remaining now. There won't be a reorder, so this really is your last chance to bag one from our shop!

GNER's franchise ended 17 years ago this week, but its legacy still remains if you know where to look... Who knows which station features this 'ALL GNER TRAINS' stop board? (Hint: it's still served by InterCity 225s!) 🤔

While you were listening to Taylor Swift and Charli XCX, We were vibing to the Electric Hum of the InterCity 225. Truly an underrated song. 🎧 #SpotifyWrapped #TrainSpotifyWrapped

Happy December! ❄️ Just a few hours left to get free postage on Christmas gifts in our shop. Head to shop.225group.org.uk before midnight tonight - don't miss out! 📷 Phil Precious