D1015 and 31128 lay over in Chinnor yard between services on day two of our Diesel gala.

#McRaturday with one of the top performers at Day one of the @chinnorrailway.bsky.social diesel gala. @GWSR ‘s wonderfully turned out 26043 pictured at Chinnor (📷20/3)

The sun starts to go down on a great day at the @chinnorrailway.bsky.social diesel gala ! D1501 on my last working to Princes Risborough

31128 and 26043 bask in the late afternoon sun at the end of Day 1 of our Diesel gala 😎

Easter changes to Chiltern services during HS2 works #amersham #aylesbury #buckinghamshire #ChilternRailways #disruption #GreatMissenden #hs2 #london #marylebone #NationalRail

A quick visit to Princes Risborough north box - middle frame - in between trains. This controls our active layout at PR between the independent line and platform 4.

The Cab 1 desk of 26043 shortly after it had an early start to unload 08703.

The yard at Chinnor was looking busy first thing this morning 👀

Our diesel gala is starting today. And arriving just in the nick of time is 08703.

#ChinnorChuesday , looking forward to my first diesel gala bash of the year on Friday. Here is a highlight from the 2022 visit to @chinnorrailway.bsky.social

Unfortunately we are unable to run our winter warmer timetable today. The cold weather has frozen most of our facilities. Our steam crew did manage to get 6046 into steam first thing this morning, but even it is frozen in multiple places ❄️

Today’s motive power @chinnorrailway.bsky.social

Today’s efforts in Risborough North @chinnorrailway.bsky.social

Started the day at @chinnorrailway.bsky.social with 47109 Joyce - she’s a fantastic little loco, a Sentinel! My first time riding with her and indeed my first ride on the new independent line!

@chinnorrailway.bsky.social Today’s outing on our resident steamer

A short video of our VIP day for the opening of our Chinnor Independent Line that connects our line at Thame Jcn to our platform at Princes Risborough. youtu.be/ViBMLhlgkc0

Been a rather good day in the big box! @chinnorrailway.bsky.social

Quick trip on @chinnorrailway.bsky.social this afternoon to get reacquainted with an S160. Can't say they are my favourite locos, but the whistle is epic! The new independent line is a hugely impressive achievement - great to see the signalling at Princes Risborough all commissioned too.

New home for Class 47 locomotive https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2025/04/new-home-for-class-47-locomotive.html #BrClass_47No_47715 #ChinnorAndPrincesRisboroughRailway

Finished my day with a cab ride with 31108 - what a fantastic way to end the day! Great work from all the folks at the @chinnorrailway.bsky.social - thank you to all the staff and volunteers!

Cracking gala over this weekend! @chinnorrailway.bsky.social

47715 which hasn’t been out for some time is back and putting smiles on the faces at @chinnorrailway.bsky.social and age is my next loco! Looking forward to it!

From one 50 to another, the legend that is 50008 Thunderer is up next! As the coaching stock is vac braked and the loco air, she will work with the stunning 37227 for this run! What a great pairing at the @chinnorrailway.bsky.social !!!

Valiant is coming out to play now! The gorgeous class 50 visiting the @chinnorrailway.bsky.social from the ELR is boarding for the 10:00 departure! Looking forward to this!

A claggy arrival into Princes Risborough from the stunning 45108 at the @chinnorrailway.bsky.social diesel gala.

45108 - a little bit of Peak perfection to kick off the day at @chinnorrailway.bsky.social and their diesel gala!

It’s time for my second service of the day at @chinnorrailway.bsky.social and it’s the second of the ELR visitors and it’s the fabulous fifty! 50015 ‘Valiant’ leading the way!

Day one of the diesel gala went well! @chinnorrailway.bsky.social

Our diesel gala starts tomorrow. Three days of visiting traction. Full details and timetables on our website. Advance tickets on our website - or buy at the station on the day. www.chinnorrailway.co.uk/product.php/...

A huge thank you to the Risborough North Signal Box team at the Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railwa for enabling our Society visit to the box. An interesting and enjoyable time was had by all.

This will help the line operationally and represents a big step forward! Well done to all involved.

This is great news and very reportable! Decades of detailed work by Steve, Jamie and the pway gang have at last paid off.

A major step forward for our independent line over the last 2 days. An 18 wagon train brought in 900 tons of ballast that was laid along our 800m independent line, which connects our platform at Princes Risborough with Thame Jcn. The next step is to tamp the track and connect up signalling equipment

Hello Bluesky! My name is James, I’m 26 and I’m a volunteer for @chinnorrailway.bsky.social . Duties include signalling, guarding and occasionally I am allowed on the footplate as an engine cleaner and have a go at firing

The next of our popular Society clubroom opens days Saturday 22nd March between 10am and 3pm. Come along to see all our layouts, latest project and find out how you can join in, take part in our activities and learn new skills along the way. #highwycombe www.hwdmrs.org.uk

More training sessions today at Chinnor. 08825 and our shark brake van seen here in the yard, as one of our trainee drivers does some shunting under instruction from one of our Senior Drivers.

Also welcome to everyone who has found our new home here on Bluesky!

We are currently closed for the winter but behind the scenes our volunteers are still busy working. We are running works trains throughout the winter, along with this train which was used for training several of our Operations trainees.

Appropriate weather this morning for the preparations for the Santa Specials at Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway! @chinnorrailway.bsky.social

Good bit of post-Christmas steam (and gronk) action in the fog at the lovely Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway (@chinnorrailway.bsky.social) Very popular today with train almost full. They're running again tomorrow and on New Years Day.

A @railway200.bsky.social promotion.

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #3,888,691!

Our full Steam Gala timetable is now available with all loco allocations shown Full timetable and tickets on our website: www.chinnorrailway.co.uk/product.php/...

AGM Wed 7th Aug 2024 A reminder that our AGM will be held on Wed 7th Aug. Those not attending in person must return Proxy voting forms by Sun 4 Aug. Full details and Proxy voting form on our website: www.chinnorrailway.co.uk/article.php/...

The line up is now complete for our first ever Steam Gala. The third star guest is sole surviving Caledonian 439 Class 55189, courtesy of our friends at SRPS. She joins 7820 Dinmore Manor & GWR Small Prairie 4555 for 3 days of intensive steam action 13-15 Sept!

A major advance with our Independent Line extension into Princes Risborough as 400 yards (21 panels of 60ft, each 11 tonnes) of pre-loved track arrives at Thame Jcn, kindly donated by Network Rail. No longer useful on the Mainline but with lots of life left for our lightly used line.

For those who haven't already heard: The first guest loco at our 13th 14th & 15th September Steam Gala has been announced: 7820 Dinmore Manor (appearing courtesy of Dinmore Manor Locomotive Ltd). Full details and advance tickets on our website www.chinnorrailway.co.uk/product.php/...

Do you like to work and play hard? Our Friday Gang invite you to join them! Originally rebuilding Platform 4 at Princes Risborough, they turned to many other tasks at the PR end of the railway including TRM repairs; various Groundworks and repairs; track laying; and weedkilling.