"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it," said philosopher George Santayana. But you can’t ‘remember’ what you weren’t alive to witness. Read on for my latest take on why corporate memory matters, via RSSB's Expert Edit outlet: www.rssb.co.uk/expert-edit/...

"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it," said philosopher George Santayana. But you can’t ‘remember’ what you weren’t alive to witness. Read on for my latest take on why corporate memory matters, via RSSB's Expert Edit outlet: www.rssb.co.uk/expert-edit/...

Morning. We're at Didoct (not Parkway), where Class 31 5826 is on a parcels, which includes a Thompson six-wheeler. It is 20 April 1974 and Terry Jacks is (alas) enjoying his season in the sun. 📷©️ George Woods. Click the link to see his Flickr selections. api.flickr.com/photos/52467...

'Now he's just come out the movie Numb of all the pain Sad, but in a while He'll soon be back on his train' - 'Rudy' by Supertramp (1974) - 📷 Plymouth, England, 1975, taken by Trevor Ermel

Morning. Here we are at Llandudno Junction, where 40199 departs with the 08:41 York-Llandudno. It is 12 August 1978 and John and Olivia are at no. 1. Super 📷©️ David Rostance. Click the link to see his Flickr selections. www.flickr.com/photos/71592...

Morning. Splendid shot of a Class 26 at Kyle of Lochalsh on 21 August 1979. Michael Palin is not far away and Cliff is at no.1 (though we don't talk any more). 📷©️ Andy. Click the link to see his Flickr selections. www.flickr.com/photos/woodm...

Morning. We're at Paddington, where D1010 WESTERN CAMPAIGNER is leaving with a train to Swansea. It is 23 August 1969 and the Stones are at no.1. 📷©️ The KDH Archive. Click the link to see their Flickr selections. www.flickr.com/photos/96859...

Morning. Off to Stirling today, so here it is in 1981, with 26018 and 023 on 1N32, the 13:10 Glasgow Queen Street-Inverness. I will be listening to The Byrds 📷©️ David Chamberlain. Click the link to see his Flickr selections. www.flickr.com/photos/25762...

Morning. D1015 WESTERN CHAMPION has terminated at Plymouth with a train from Paddington, and so are we. It's 2 November 1976 and Pussycat will soon give way to Chicago. Thanks for joining me on this journey. 📷©️ Barry Lewis. Click the link to see his Flickr selection. www.flickr.com/photos/16179...

Morning. Here is 47580 COUNTY OF ESSEX passing Dockyard station in Plymouth with the 12:15 Penzance-Paddington mail. It is 12 August 1993. 📷©️ via foto-rail. Click the link to see their Flickr selections. www.flickr.com/photos/foto-...

Morning. Swindon built "Warship" D826 JUPITER runs into Saltash station with an up Plymouth area working. It is c.1969, so Abbey Road or LZ I are probably on the deck. 📷©️ via John Turner. Click the link to see his excellent Flickr selections. www.flickr.com/photos/blue-...

Morning D818 GLORY heads the 'Billy Graham Special Cornwall Train' through Menheniot station. It is 11 June 1966 and 'Revolver' is still a couple of months away. 📷©️Colin Alexander. Click the link to see his Flickr selections. www.flickr.com/photos/55727...

Morning. Here we are at Liskeard, junction for Looe. An HST in 'Executive' livery is making for Penzance. It is 9 June 1988, and I'm listening to Crosby, Stills and Nash. 📷©️David Hann. Click the link to see his Flickr selections. www.flickr.com/photos/sparr...

Morning. Bodmin Road now, where D1022 WESTERN SENTINEL and D1013 WESTERN RANGER are seen in the sunshine of May 1976. Lovely 📷 by Barry Gay, via Chris Nuthall. Click the link to see his Flickr selections. www.flickr.com/photos/55063...

RIP Len Deighton.

Morning. Lostwithiel now, where there is a whole host of GWR paraphernalia in evidence as a DMU arrives and parcels are barrowed. It is sometime in the long hot summer of 1976. 📷 ©️ MailRail. Click the link to see their Flickr selections. www.flickr.com/photos/45603...

Morning. Here we are at Par, where 1054 WESTERN GOVERNOR arrives on a Paddington to Penzance working. It is 25 September 1976 and 'Presence' is on the deck. 📷©️Stephen Burdett. Click the link to see his Flickr selections. www.flickr.com/photos/invad...

Morning. St Austell now, where 50037 ILLUSTRIOUS is seen on an Up parcels. It's 18 September 1979 and The Police are sending an SOS to the world. 📷©️ Robert Mitchell. Click the link to see his Flickr selections. www.flickr.com/photos/14883...

Morning. St Austell now, where 50037 ILLUSTRIOUS is seen on an Up parcels. It's 18 September 1979 and The Police are sending an SOS to the world. 📷©️ Robert Mitchell. Click the link to see his Flickr selections. www.flickr.com/photos/14883...

Morning. At Grampound Road, Network Rail's New Measurement Train is seen making for Penzance in the sunshine. It is 11 April 2014. 📷©️ Kernow Ned. Click the link to see his Flickr selections. www.flickr.com/photos/nat37...

Morning. Truro in monochrome today, and 50050 is seen on the 09:10 ex-Falmouth. It is 8 May 1976 and Abba are at No.1, Fernando. 📷©️ Arnie Furniss. Click the link to see his Flickr selections. www.flickr.com/photos/deadm...

Morning. We've reached Redruth. No trains, but some elegant GWR spear fencing and a barrow in evidence. It is 1982. 📷©️ Blue-pelican-railway. Click the link to see their Flickr selections. www.flickr.com/photos/blue-...

Morning. Camborne today, where 47752 is on a parcel train from Penzance. It's 23 April 1992. 📷©️ George C Richards. Click the link to see his Flickr selections. www.flickr.com/photos/99291...

Morning. Like a fool I missed St Erth, so we've gone back to it. Here is D1061 WESTERN ENVOY on an ECS move. It is 4 August 1974. 📷©️Arnie Furniss. Click the link to see his Flickr selections. www.flickr.com/photos/deadm...

Morning. On we go, now reaching Hayle, where 47506 takes the 10:00 Birmingham New Street-Penzance over the viaduct. It's 25 July 1978 and John and Olivia are at no.1. Oh well. 📷©️ David Rostance. Click the link to see his excellent Flickr selections. www.flickr.com/photos/71592...

A break in the journey to remember all those effected by the Rickerscote train accident of 8 March 1996. www.linkedin.com/posts/gregmo...

Morning. We're at Marazion (I've been on the phone). 50008 and 50015 are working a railtour past the camping coaches. It's 4 May 1991, and LZ I is on the deck. 📷©️ Paul Robertson. Click the link to see their Flickr selections. www.flickr.com/photos/37923...

Morning. We've left Penzance and have called into Long Rock Depot, where D1001 WESTERN PATHFINDER is present, with a '50'. It is 4 August 1974 and George McCrae is at No.1. Long Rock Your Baby, perhaps? 📷©️ Arnie Furniss. Click to see his Flickr selections. www.flickr.com/photos/deadm...

It's #WorldBookDay folks! Some of you may be aware that this Twitter/X account was inspired by a book, namely 'The Train Kept A-Rollin - How The Train Song Changed The Face Of Popular Music' by @spencervignes.bsky.social If you're short of reading material, there's an answer.

Morning. We're at Penzance, where 253025 waits to form the 15:37 to Paddington. In the background, 50026 INDOMITABLE waits with a parcels train. It is 16 July 1980, and Olivia and ELO are at No.1. 📷©️ Kevin Redwood. Click to see their Flickr selections. www.flickr.com/photos/river...

Morning. Here's D2185 with empty stock at Highworth in 9/61. The branch closed to passengers in '53, but trains continued for Swindon Works staff til '62. Wrote about the line for Steam World once. 📷the late N. Thomas, via Ray Viney. Click to see his Flickr selection. www.flickr.com/photos/56639...

Morning. Here is a Class 45 at Bedford Junction, the shot taken from the Up Platform at Bedford Midland Road station. It is 2 September 1976 and ABBA are at no.1. 📷©️David Blower. Click the link to see his Flickr selections. www.flickr.com/photos/90214...

Morning. Here's Class 03 No.2060 shunting parcel vans at Ipswich in the early 1970s. I'm probably listening to LZ II. 📷©️ Crewcastrian. Click the link to see their Flickr selection. www.flickr.com/photos/86020...

Today we remember the 10 people who died in the Selby rail crash at Great Heck, 25 years ago on 28 February 2001. Six passengers and four railwaymen lost their lives in this tragedy and 80 people were seriously injured. Today railway colleagues will be gathering in Newcastle and Selby to remember

Morning. We're at Didcot (not yet Parkway), where D1070 WESTERN GAUNTLET is taking the Oxford line with a load of quarried limestone. It's 3 September 1976 and Abba are at no.1. 📷©️ Keith Wilde. Click the image to see his Flickr selections. www.flickr.com/photos/12921...

Morning. We're at Glasgow Queen Street, where the sun plays on 47626 as it waits with the 13:33 to Inverness. It's 3 November 1988 and Robin Beck is at no.1. 📷©️British Rail Late 70s. Click the link for their Flickr selection. www.flickr.com/photos/13491...

Morning. I'm off to Glasgow, to talk to @irseglobal.bsky.social scottish about lessons the rail industry learnt in the past, and which now form an important part of our #corporatememory. Here's a photo from the last time I did this. ©️ Me

Morning. This week's trip will be to Glasgow, so here is 87024 leaving Central station light engine. It is the August Bank Holiday Sunday of 1976. Elton and Kiki will be at no 1 for two more days. Superb 📷 ©️ John Woolley. Click the link to see his Flickr selections. www.flickr.com/photos/pics-...

'You said no strings could secure you at the station Platform ticket, restless diesels, goodbye windows' - 'White Room' by Cream (1968) - 📷 Normanton, England, 1981, taken by Napier Ned

Morning. Here's a Sunday track renewal possession, with 20100 in the forefront. We're at Glasgow Central and it's 23 March 1980. The Jam were at no.1. 📷©️ Martyn Hilbert. Click the link to see his Flickr selection. www.flickr.com/photos/marty...

I’ve been spending a bit of time reading books I read a long time ago. What strikes me is that the words on the page haven’t altered, but I have. It’s all got a bit Roland Barthes... (though #Larkin and #Betjeman get mentioned too)... #learning #human #discovery www.linkedin.com/posts/gregmo...

'On the late commuter special Carriage lights that flicker, fade and die Howling into hollow blackness Dusky diesel shudders in full cry' - 'Journeyman' by Jethro Tull (1976) - 📷 Kings Cross station, London, 1978, taken by David Hayes

Morning. Here is 253012 at Swindon with a 'Paddington' soon after the introduction of HST services in October 1976. Note the ex-Midland van on the left and the lads on the right. You or me. Great 📷©️Phil Wakely. Click the link to see his Flickr pages. www.flickr.com/photos/pwake...

Delighted to say that LEADING LEARNING vol 1 by Peter Freeth, for which I was honoured to be asked to write a chapter on corporate memory, is now available: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/190829366...

Delighted to say that LEADING LEARNING vol 1 by Peter Freeth, for which I was honoured to be asked to write a chapter on corporate memory, is now available: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/190829366...

Morning. Off to Aylesbury Depot next week, so I will go via Marylebone. Here, the sunlight plays on a '117' at some point in 1970. LZ III is on the deck. Superb 📷©️Malcolm Bott. Click the link to see his Flickr selection. www.flickr.com/photos/malco...

Off to teach a session at @lborouniversity.bsky.social next week, so here is 45131 on an express for St Pancras, just south of Loughborough station in March 1978. Superb 📷©️ John Woolley. Click the link to see his Flickr selection. www.flickr.com/photos/pics-...

It is 2 years old, but finally read @gregmorsedphil.bsky.social & RSSB's track worker digest - really interesting parallels between historic and recent accidents. Really worth a read.

Morning. Off to London again next week, so here are 47478 and 50026 on the blocks at Paddington on 3rd April 1976. 📷©️David Rostance. Click the link to access his superb Flickr pages. www.flickr.com/photos/71592...

Morning. Here we are at Helmsdale, where a Class 26 hauls a service from Inverness. It is July 1974 and Houses of the Holy is on the deck. 📷©️ David Ford. Click the link to see his Flickr selections. www.flickr.com/photos/david...