Today Russia's open assault on Ukraine lasts as long as the First World War. Tomorrow it will be one day longer than the First World War. 1,4 million Russsins were thrown in the meat grinder buy Putin. Russia lost 1.8 million soldiers in WW 1. What a progess, but Putin's meat grinder carries on.

Ahh that's better. The reliability of DBs lateness meant I didn't miss the connection 😁 Looks like a good seat to be in #seat61

Heading back to UK via Prague after delivering an L200 evac pickup with WyreForest2Ukraine. Medics of 93rd Brigade arrived to collect it in Nissan Xtrail I delivered in Sept 2024, I was pleased to see it still going. Medic said "it has saved many lives" If you can help fund more please msg me

On a nice train with good coffee, writing about trains.. But not in seat61. 😁

Unexpected photo opportunity whilst cycling round Prague. Aka don't argue with trams...

The latest edition (No 584) of Steam Railway Magazine includes my 8 page feature on GWR large prairie 4150, the last Barry loco at the SVR to be restored. (Update since publication - a successful steam test was carried out earlier this week) www.facebook.com/groups/43342...

I don't like a lot of the Trump memes but this one's funny.

What the government is doing to trans people is a society-wide version of Section 28. It is a level of bureaucratic cruelty that utterly decimates a whole group of people’s rights and puts anyone who doesn’t ‘look’ right in the eyes of others under constant surveillance. It’s a horrific thing.

The newest arrival at Bridgnorth Station SVR Class 07 D2996, owned by the SVR Class 14 Company (They have a Facebook page for more info.)

However many books I've written, always get a buzz of excitement when the #author copies arrive & see the real version for the first time The is Transport Treasury Publishings Railway Times periodical. Looking at events on British Railways year by year. Already working on the next edition, 1955

Hinton Manor left The Engine House at Highley, Severn Valley Railway this week, and Dukedog No 9017 Earl of Berkeley arrived. Gordon got some fresh air while the moves were underway

Hopefully of interest, today, this month & every month ... do share the word about Britain's first railwaywomen track workers, over 100yrs ago! #InternationalWomensDay @railwayhistorian.bsky.social @davidhorne.bsky.social @garethdennis.uk @randomrailways.bsky.social @mrtimdunn.bsky.social

If you want to know how the British print news industry ends (which is, de facto, amazingly still what supports most newspaper websites) it's the distribution channels getting banjaxed. When you lose "TG Jones" etc even people who want a paper can't get one. That'll be the real start of the ending.

A warning. All the worst people in the country are now shitting themselves. The mother of all campaigns is now going to be directed against the Green Party. It will be an unrelenting smear campaign. The Greens need to be ready for that - and so does everyone on the left.

🎯from Green MP Siȃn Berry: “The public is fed up with the outrageous profiteering of rolling stock leasing companies as they line the pockets of shareholders with record profits, while rail passengers are made to pay the bill with rising rail fares."

Unbelievable that Scotrail used this AI slop imagery in presentations & publicity. Not only making themselves look ridiculous, but not employing real artists & designers, esp in a state owned railway Using humans contributes to the economy. AI doesn't. www.scotsman.com/.../bumpy-in....

Builth Road Goods Shed for sale: The end cottage in Railway Terrace, originally built for LNWR staff, is up for sale, along with the goods shed, now in its garden: www.jamesdean.co.uk/property-det... A flat in the station house is also on the market. www.morganestateagents.co.uk/properties/s...

The new Steam Railway magazine is out today, with my feature on alternative income streams for heritage railways, featuring the Severn Valley Railway:

“You are a government of cowards, because you won’t tell people the truth about migration” The Green Party’s Zack Polanski says society is “feeling broken” because of years of austerity, and “fair and managed” immigration is “a positive thing for the country” #bbcqt

FFS 🤬 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Nice to see my image of the 701s at Long Marston on the front cover of the new RAIL Magazine. 🙂 Shame they are still in storage though 😕 www.railmagazine.com/news/rolling...

NEW: Reform UK’s former leader in Wales, Nathan Gill, has been jailed at the Old Bailey for 10 and a half years for taking bribes to make statements in favour of Russia when he was an MEP. Full story 👇 www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

My new book with Graffeg is now out: Lost Lines, Matlock to Buxton Available now: graffeg.com/products/los...

Today's office. 1955 Hibberd Planet 🥰

Sadly missed it but absolute credit to @lb-southwark.bsky.social running a 'Guided Cycle Consultation' where Officers actually got out & cycled with residents to consult changes. People saying it was the best consultation they've ever seen. FANTASTIC progress that every Council should copy.

The new RAIL Magazine is out today, with my feature on Ridgmont Station and its volunteers, with the @Marston Vale Community Rail Partnership www.railmagazine.com

Good morning to all those people who wasted the last decade saying, "there's no point tackling climate change in the UK, because China." www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

My new book on Class 20s is now out with Transport Treasury Publishing: Buy it now: ttpublishing.co.uk/.../spotligh...

Amid horrific violence it is clear the LNER train crew acted with incredible professionalism and bravery. The actions of the injured guard were heroic, and the coordination with blue lights to get to the best place for help to reach passengers was vital. Full respect for these workers. 🙏👏

HUGE result from @greenpeace.no, @naturogungdom.bsky.social and youth activists The European Court of Human Rights has just ruled that the Norwegian government must take the global climate impact into account before approving new oil and gas projects

Don't forget BST ends tonight, time to adjust the clocks again

Ah! Good morning, reality. And welcome. We’ve been expecting you…

Reform’s Russian ‘asset’ – the Kremlin shadow over Nigel Farage

Possibly the most forgotten viaduct in England… Calstock viaduct is amazing and definitely worth a visit!

www.railwaygazette.com/monorail-and... *Inserts obligatory Simpsons quote* 🚝 @garethdennis.uk

Paris-Berlin sleeper: low carbon, 2 years old, constantly full, but currently losing SNCF a few million EUR/yr Intl Jet fuel tax exemptions are 80 years old and cost the EU 22 million EUR/yr for the Paris-Berlin route alone. And you're cutting... the sleeper? www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...

ARE YOU PAYING ATTENTION YET? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

A week to go before the Autumn Diesel Bash at the SVR, 65 years of Class 37s. @geofftech.bsky.social @sarahwiththetrains.bsky.social svr.co.uk/event/65-yea...

Unusual sight last weekend due to ECML closure, Azumas on the Tyne Valley line - seen here at Hexham and Haltwhistle

NCB No 49 gets an early watering at Bridgnorth MPD, SVR Autumn Gala

GB Railfreight 66721 at Healey Mills B junction with 4M36, 09.54 Drax Aes to Liverpool Biomass Tml, 16th Sepetember 2025

New footage shows the scale of the fire after a Russian strike on an Epicenter logistics facility in Kyiv region. The damage is significant, with rescue services working at the scene.

We all need to be having these conversations.