So 2 196s are in Chiltern livery now. Its... A look for sure

Trains! Spent a day in London getting some units in that I've either never been on before or ones that don't have long left. Started with 458/5s (Finally - Last 2 times I tried they got cancelled), then 455s. I then did 376s & 171s for the first time. And managed to get 466003 at the end too

Banbury things this evening! First time seeing a 68/MK5 set in the new livery too

168106 seems to have had a day of teleporting around 😂

I find it ironic how Hornby's 'retro' hst set uses a tooling they isn't even theirs

Huh Chiltern service, turning into a WCR one...?

Major 165/166 shake up going on, and it's definitely confused me a few times 🫠 So, 3 car 165039 is now a 2 car, and will become 165025. The current 025 has gone back to being 166202, with its MSO back. What was going to become 165035 will now be the new 165039, with the original 039s MSO 🙃 #BSMRGUK

Buying a job lot of stuff for one specific item that's included >> buying the item alone Ironic how it usually works out cheaper

Bought way more than I should have at GETS this year 💀 #BSMRGUK

Christ they're really pushing 034 already!

That was quicker than expected!

After 13 months, 165034 is finally a 3 car again! Was on test today, should be back in service soon hopefully

Oh what a surprise, its completely skipping the whole Aylesbury-Great Missenden section, typical 🙄

Downsides to living on a half Underground line means that it's impossible for anything other than regular services to run down it, except the RHTT, and any test trains that still do run at like 2am But not today it seems 👀

Finding models that are this old & still newly wrapped is certainly a struggle. But by luck I've ended up with 3 this year! Anyway, 166214 has arrived, meaning I've finally got the full 166 collection again. I did have them all years ago but then I repainted one 💀 #BSMRGUK

So similar yet so different... Always nice to be treated to a 168 replacing a 165 though!

Oh 👀

So, the full 68/MK5 livery was revealed, and its actually quite nice... But what if... 🤔

Quite the lineup on the shelves currently 😌 #BSMRGUK

Look what's started to appear 👀

Just seen the new livery for the Chiltern 68s & MK5s It's... A choice, not the worst, but definitely a bit odd

Was trying to find the Arriva 158 that Bachmann did, but then I realised that they used the same cat number for the 3 car RR version! It appears they did this for a few 158/159s? #BSMRGUK

Stoke Mandeville *finally* has a new board! The old one was falling in on itself 😂 Only on the Aylesbury bound side though, the London bound is still the same

I get way into spreadsheets sometimes... Just made a whole spreadsheet for my model fleet🙃 #BSMRGUK

How many 168s is too many 😂 #BSMRGUK

Completely forgot to post Holiday photos from my camera 🙃 Also it turns out I *did* bring the wire with me, I just didn't realise until the day I came back! Anyway, brief overview incoming... 3 days in, Dawlish! Also when the 950 appeared.

Final day, and just 166208! So no 150s or 158s at all for me this year! 🥲

Today was quite the day... Bus and train problems throughout! Started in the morning with buses either being terminated early, then the next ones being so busy they didn't stop! Then the trains broke 🙃 Then on the way back, the buses were going past in the complete wrong direction both ways!

Safe to say I'm not doing well on the 150 front this holiday! Just turbos so far 🙃

Found out how to do something and now I'm having way too much fun with it 😅

So I remembered to bring my camera on holiday with me, but what I didn't remember to bring was the wire allowing me to transfer my photos onto my laptop 🫠 Anyway, saw the 950 today out of pure luck 😂

Finally decided to get busy with a few projects I've put off! The first was my spare sleeper MK3, which has now been GWR-ified The second is my spare 170 MSO, which is now midway through being painted into Chiltern livery, so that it can be put into 168107, which is mid delivery!

Well that was the weirdest underground experience I've had! There was only 1 other person on the platform, no trains on the board and a longer than usual wait for one to show up Was worried it was closed and I didn't realise! 😂

One other notable thing that I saw today was that 350104 has lost its Eurovision livery It has LNR logos applied to the base white, although those logos are on a silver background...

Had a nice day out at the Heritage Centre in Crewe! Saw everything there, including a very white APT... I'm quite a weird person because the thing I was most interested to see was actually the Pretendolino MK3s 🙃 Nice journey back too, since the 350 I was on is ran fast from Crewe to Rugby!

I must say, kudos to Chiltern for reopening a line that is supposed to be closed for engineering work right now, to allow diversions to take place while the mainline is closed!

Very random thought, but I've always wondered why 158881-158890 were renumbered the way they are Unless there's some difference between them and other 158s, like something to do with the engines perhaps?

The future of Chiltern has arrived! This morning 68022 & set TP12 arrived at Banbury Depot! 68022 happened to be the only 68 I had travelled behind under TPE too, which was a nice coincidence

3 carriages from 3 different units 🙃 The other halves of 165018 & 165024 have found themselves with 55409 from 165034 in the middle! Currently stored in Banbury Depot, presumably awaiting parts or being used to give parts instead? More important post coming later 😉

I realised that I had quite a lot of memorabilia from various events, so I decided to make a sort of "memorabilia shelf" A few window labels on there, such as a LNER FS one, a few GWR ones, few Chiltern ones & of course the Creighton-Ward one Put my Rail200 395 on there too, because why not!

Popped out to see 47727 come into Aylesbury. No idea why it was there, but it was!

Last spam post of pictures I promise! Spent a bit of time at Derby station today unintentionally before heading home. Saw a fair bit, including new livery 170112 & 113, as well as a 37 & 43257/43274

Pictures have finally been uploaded! And I might as well do a quick walkthrough. Once the 345 test track run was done, we were allowed to start roaming around freely. I started by walking towards the entrance/exit, seeing 331013, 91105, and the 2 50s first, as well as 390119 of course!

The Greatest Gathering! Early access thanks to the 390 tour. Annoyingly, because of delays and the annoyingly long test track run, I didn't get to see everything, like the 89 or any of the EMR stuff, but I did get to see basically everything else!

Despite not being able to drive it for very long, am very much enjoying the new 170s in TSW! Liking it a lot more now that I've made a LM livery, not a big fan of the orange!

Been to a nice little station today, Berrylands! Didn't stay there for very long but still got to see a decent amount, including 455s at speed which is something I've not seen before!

Finally caught up with it! 024 & 018 still running around together. Third time 024 has been in a mashup like this in a number of years! Makes it easier to spot with 024 though based on where it's carriage numbers are

I'm interested to know, do you lot still prefer to use this or move back to Twitter? I cannot stand the other app but have seen a lot of people move back there!

455 project is well underway! Using the Dapol 150 as a base (cheaper 🫠) I've so far completed the work on the MSO, just painting next then onto the DTSOs. This is the first time I've had to do any proper filling/sanding work on something too, and so far hasn't gone too badly! #BSMRGUK

Been a bit of a busy day! Firstly went out to Wolverton to see a 175 drag, with 37611 & 37608 doing the hours, and then once back at Tring I waited around for a bit to see 807010 on its first day in service!