The heatwave is finally getting to the infrastructure and good people of Latchmere…. #Heatwave #Modeltrains #modelrailway #Latchmere

BR Blue liveried 73129 'City of Winchester' is seen stabled at Oswestry station on the Cambrian Heritage Railway 2.7.26 scottishtrains.zenfolio.com/p101805061/e...

'Only last night I found myself lost By the station called King's Cross Dead and wounded on either side You know it's only a matter of time' - 'Kings Cross' by the Pet Shop Boys (1987) whose lead singer, Neil Tennant, turns 72 today 📷 Keith Long

#ThirtyOnesOnThursday An engineers pair getting on with it through Narborough, summer 1997.

Before the trams, when the trusty Class 504 reigned on the Manchester Victoria to Bury services. M65444 Photographed at Manchester Victoria in its glorious blue and grey corporate livery. #Class504 #BritishRail #ManchesterVictoria #GMPTE #Trainspotting

#SignalBoxSunday 153325 calls Narborough on a Coventry-Nottingham, summer 1997.

455 803 at Selhurst at 12.48 on 31st December 2000. #Archive

7014 at #Wimbledon at 13.45 on 8th January 2001. #Archive

#ThrowbackThursday A rare occurrence of a southbound freight using platform two at Leicester, summer 1997. A smart 47285 is hauling Cargowagons.

47 358 at Banbury at 13.02 on 30th December 2000. #Archive

#MixedBagMonday A 37/31 combination haul concrete sleepers at Washwood Heath , summer 1997.

This one should be pretty special! Wishing all the best to my friends at LNER for later today when they'll unveil something big, bold and blue! 🙌

#ThrowbackThursday Class 86 heads for London Euston through Watford Junction, summer 1997.

Project commuter has its own #NSE40 celebration Saturday 21st June at Locomotion in Shildon. So for those 'up north' you can enjoy some NSE goodness too complete with a fully restored 1-HAP 🔴🔵⚪

SPECIAL OFFER: Get 20% off the cost of my @crecyrail.bsky.social titles with the discount code FATHERSDAY26 between now and 22 June. crecy.co.uk/crecy-author... #IsleofWight #Railways

#FrontEndFriday #NSE 313009 on St Albans Abbey branch duties. Watford Junction, summer 1997.

flic.kr/p/PwGQgk Forty years ago today Network Southeast burst onto the railway scene. This shot from 1990 shows the striking livery at Paddington.

2026 is gonna be awesome….!! #NSE40

The NSE tribute video that @variousmu.bsky.social and I made is now on YouTube!!! #NSE40 #NetworkSoutheast #ModelRailway youtu.be/fDr7QzC_kIg?...

'Have to catch an early train Got to be to work by nine' - 'Manic Monday' by The Bangles (1986) - 📷 Liverpool Street station, London, 1983, taken by @spencervignes.bsky.social

Finally seen her, she looks stunning, proper gorgeous 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍, seen at #LondonCannonStreet on the 21.15 to #Dartford #class465 07/06/26 #NetworkSouthEast

10th June 1986 saw the launch of Network SouthEast at Waterloo station.Seen here with 50023 & 5850/5872 at London Waterloo. Just so happens it's the 10th this week and we'll have a small display at Waterloo station Photo taken by Brian Morrison (Used with permission from Images Unite Photo Library

What a privilege to be in the Model railway companion Vol3 alongside 12 fantastically realistic layouts. It is out now by Wild swan Publishing. It’s a glossy ,full colour book-a-zine. A rather nice thing!! #modelrailway #Modeltrains

165 033 at Beaconsfield at 10.51 on 30th December 2000. #Archive

165 033 at Beaconsfield at 10.51 on 30th December 2000. #Archive

165 020 at Princes Risborough at 11.18 on 30th December 2000. #Archive

40 years ago today the new Polegate station opened. I was there to see the first DOWN train (the newspaper train from London) and the first UP service. I decided to mark the occasion by taking photos in the same locations 40 years later. Enjoy these comparisons. (Post 1/4)

319 364 at Tulse Hill at 10.19 on 23rd December 2000. #Archive

#OnThisDay 16 years ago the two 3-CIG units on the quasi-heritage Lymington service retired marking the end of Slammers. They had been modified with centrally locked doors to comply with regulations that caused the demise of slam door stock. Geof Sheppard buff.ly/rrQ58eA

#ThirtyOnesOnThursday Dirty Dutch. Clay Cross Jnc 1997.

The symbol is getting smaller and clearly not as important as Arterio, whatever that means to the passenger; there are three conflicting brands on this train: - GBR - Arterio - Great British Railways | South Western Make it make sense

The 1st GB Railways branded train has been unveiled in Brighton! (Please remember, yellow is NOT part of the design, it is a legal requirement.) The choice of location is to mark the UK's largest operator, Govia Thameslink services, coming back under public control at the end of this month. 1/3

Class 108 DMUs at Bewdley on the Severn Valley Railway, May 2016

D1013 Western Ranger at Kidderminster Diesel Depot yesterday! Hopefully it won’t be too long before she runs again!

Last night we were very fortunate to be invited to South Eastern railway, Railway 200 event , talks from Christian Wolmer,Chris Green and Steve white helped raise over £30k for charity.

Network SouthEast history- on 19/12/1991 the first BREL & Metro-Cammell 4-car ‘Networker’ sets were handed over and displayed to the rail press. The first of the Metro-Cammell sets 465201 is seen inside the Met-Cam Washwood Heath factory. Photo - Colin Marsden

We're having a small event at Waterloo station on Wednesday 10th June 2026. A small collection of items from the archive and the history of NSE to view will be available. If you're passing by do come and see us. 🔴🔵⚪

Nice to see celebrations for this anniversary!!! 👍👍👍👍

Looking forward to reading this 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 @nse-latchmere.bsky.social #bsmrguk #tmrguk

Such a great day running trains with @various mu.bsky.social today! Thanks bro. #ModelRailway

What a sunny day it was at Latchmere today! #ModelTrains

4 EPBs 5274 and 5133 stabled at London Blackfriars during 1990. A long time before the rebuild of the station! Photo by Ade Paul. 🔴🔵⚪

Night 2 of 7. Tonight's soundtrack into work is 1993's Very by Pet Shop Boys. Need the positivity esp after a not great first night and just shy of 4hrs kip! 😴

Very proud to be in the NSE 40th anniversary edition of Hornby Magazine! #Hornby #NSE40 #Latchmere #Modeltrains

Five days to go….. #NSE40 #Hornby #Latchmere #modelrailway

Yes, this is a model train. Wow. Just "wow".

Five days to go….. #NSE40 #Hornby #Latchmere #modelrailway

I do hope you'll be able to join us. It looks as though it is going to be an epic few days. Poster is not bad either ;-)