1054 the wonderful LNWR Webb Coal Tank locomotive seen departing Haworth with a whistle in March 2025

Sad news about an event which is always popular.. www.directrailservices.com/open-day-ann...

A glimpse of York pre-electrification and line layout rationalisation. 31168 Traverses the now lifted line between what is now platforms 9 & 10. #Class31 #BritishRail #BRBlue #York

South Eastern Trains Networker, another train that is getting on in age, I remember them being built! 465929 Approaches London Waterloo East station. #Class465 #Networker #SouthEasternTrains #WaterlooEast

Bakerloo line 1972 stock unit 3263 arriving into Harrow & Wealdstone platform 2 from the reversing siding, March 2022

Sizewell sheds: after delivering track, 66735 Peterborough United & 66706 Nene Valley power down the branch, ready to join @eastsuffolklines.co.uk and return to Whitemoor tonight. Thanks to @rangercaps66.bsky.social for the tip. @gerbil1978.bsky.social @jedkendray.bsky.social @pickgs.bsky.social

1/ A cast iron inspection cover. Despite being only 2 miles from central Gateshead, Dunston was part of the WUDC (Whickham Urban District Council) area from 1894 until local govt reorganisation in 1974. Smith Patterson, not far away in Blaydon, ran under that name from 1870-1954.

Back to a time when Inverness was a bit of a mecca for enthusiasts! The Duffs were hammering up and down the Highland mainline, and the 37s were chugging along to Aberdeen and back. Not quite the same these days! 37212 In trainload coal anyone? #Class37 #Tractor #Inverness

Ariel snoozing in the sunlight this afternoon.

A trip to the WWT at Washington is always something to look forward to, whatever the season. Yesterday was first visit this year. We feel as at home in its surroundings as its residents do.

American Kestrel deep dive. Toronto, Canada, April 17th 2026. Photo by Jose Raposo

Former TPE class 350/4, 350408 prepares for departure from Crewe with service for Birmingham New Street. Good to see one of the former fleet again, always liked these units. #Class350 #Siemens #Crewe

Glasgow & South Western Railway poster promoting train services to resorts along the Ayrshire coast. (1910)

Alexander Morton, 1945–2026. Actor known for Get Carter, Looking after Jo Jo, Take the High Road, Taggart and Monarch of the Glen (pictured).

A Ford Prefect being hoisted off the Stornoway mailboat MV Loch Seaforth at Armadale, Skye. Pic: Robert Chappell

Dawn-departures: In the foreground and e300 forming the 07:04 London St Pancras to Brussels. Behind it, and e320 ready for the 07:31 to Paris. You can see from the image that an e320 is slightly longer than our original trains. #TrainsNotPlanes.

#OnThisDay 60 years ago the East London Line was disconnected from the GER mainline near Liverpool Street, and freight traffic ceased. This 1995 Illustration of Wapping in the 60's by Nick Hardcastle depicts a freight disappearing into the Thames Tunnel as an F Stock emerges.

87018 ‘Lord Nelson’ in what was my favourite iteration of InterCity. Yes, the nameplate was too close to the red band, but I loved those big yellow wrap round cabs and black numbers. Happy times for these WCML giants. #Class87 #WCML #Carlisle #InterCity #BritishRail

Been promising myself a copy of this for a good while! Arrived this morning. @joebrownlondon.bsky.social

357045 passing through #WestHam on an ECS move, looks great in her new livery #class357 #C2C 16/04/26

Mandelson should never have been considered for the role. Even on the basis of what was known then, I'm struggling to understand how anyone at the centre of Government would have expected him to pass vetting anyway. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A very welcome sight in the postal sidings at York on 15/04/26! 37407 ‘Blackpool Tower’ looking the business, along with 37512 ‘Thornaby Demon’. Whilst I love what’s been done here, they’re not exactly faithful to the originals which is a bit of a shame. #Class37 #Tractor #York

#BakerlooLine at #SouthKenton bound for #HarrowandWealdstone 15/04/26

A headline which speaks volumes..

Lammy and a US vice president who thinks we just 'don't get the joke' when his boss depicts himself as Jesus, less than a week after threatening to wipe out a civilisation. Not sure it's a vehicle for whimsical commentary from Chris Mason on an "unlikely friendship". www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Trainload Distribution liveried 47304 finds itself on a TransPennine service at Manchester Victoria. Days when even if suitable traction wasn’t available, the service still ran! #Class47 #Duff #TrainloadDistribution #ManchesterVictoria #TransPennineExpress #BritishRail

New Brighton Tower - when it was built it was the tallest structure in Britain. It was taller than Blackpool but only lasted from 1899 to 1919 when demolition started. The building under the Tower survived until 1969.

2807 at Gotherington last May

Sundays are for pretending I’m starving to get a third breakfast before 7:00 AM.

66763 ‘Severn Valley Railway’ eases through Leeds with 6D37, the Rylstone to Hunslet. A splash of orange in a world of grey! #Class66 #Shed #GBRf #LeedsCityStation

For sheer colour intensity and vibrancy, nothing we do matches the natural world.

We elected you to Congress to be a check on executive power, not a spectator. You swore an oath to defend the Constitution, not to protect a man who threatens democracy, threatens war, and threatens the future. Stop hiding behind voters. Stop punting responsibility. DO YOUR JOBS.👇

D9516 and friends at Wansford on the @N_V_R in August 1989. No idea who that is hanging off the steps!😉

Edinburgh: The Scott Monument. British Railways poster, c.1950s.

'Scotland For The Holidays' railway poster, 1939.

Watford (Metropolitan line) station building, November 2021

I said what I said. We need to look at all options for removal immediately, including impeachment and invoking the 25th amendment.

Been singing Richard Ashcroft songs since Monday's brilliant concert at Newcastle Arena. He dedicated this one to anyone dealing with depression. Ever since his Verve days, his work has resonated with me because it's lived experience, from the heart. youtu.be/vbfgKANU2J0?...

His supporters will say his "whole civilisation will die tonight" threat enabled negotiation. Much as this news comes as a relief, the biggest danger - a highly volatile president in the White House - remains. What about the next time he gets a bit bored? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Frutigen🇨🇭on the #Lötschberg line. Northbound #Eurocity #Vauban, mainly composed of #SNCB #NMBS carriages and bound for Brussels 🇧🇪 via #Strasbourg 🇫🇷 and #Luxembourg 🇱🇺 is ready to depart. Picture taken in the early 2000s. #PastTrainTrips

"The station was crowded by the time the express pulled up. I felt then, as I do now, that there is no joy like the arrival of a train [...] particularly a European train that will carry you south." Elizabeth Kostova, The Historian

Maybe you could be even more competitive on prices @sainsburys if you weren't wasting paper telling people you're price matching Aldi with things they didn't want in this shop anyway, after they've paid? Just a thought.

I still can't quite believe that anyone capable of a shred of critical or logical thinking even believes or entertains his arguments. Nasty, egotistical, hypocritical.

Celebrities of Scotland: The Skirving Street cat in Shawlands, Glasgow. (2025) Pic: David McPherson.

Corstorphine railway station, Edinburgh, 1902–1968. The train journey from Corstorphine to Edinburgh Waverley took 11 minutes. The site has since been built over by Mactaggart & Mickel, and is now occupied by the Paddockholm Estate.

Departure from Heckington. 7 February 2026. #railway #photography

Bedlington...then and now. The station from the same position, in 2022 and on Monday this week. Both 📸:©️ Graeme Pickering

Poor shot but gives an idea of where the station at Moffat was, fenced off ground in the middle distance and line platform would have followed along the edge to right next to the filling station. The wooden platform building is in the distance and recent Co-op store behind it.