Branch Line Society

Braunschweig & Hannover Explorer 13-15 June. This multi day tour visits the Verkehrsbetriebe Peine-Salzgitter network, goods lines in Braunschweig, Hannover freight ring, 2 dock systems, a heritage railway, a peat railway & possibly a tram tour! branchline.uk

Alexandra Palace branch walking tour Sat 13 June. Join us as we explore former stations at Alexandra Palace, Highgate, Crouch End & Stroud Green. Tickets just £18 available branchline.uk @MrTimDunn

@ChrisWeir5 @DavidRRoss_ @GBRailfreight @GOSHCharity 4-CEP 70262

@BLSFixtures @DavidRRoss_ @GBRailfreight @GOSHCharity What is the wide bodied coach, with the drop light windows, in the middle? Refurbished inter city EMU coach?

Thank you to @DavidRRoss_ for the Huntly pause giving the opportunity for this fantastic photo! @GBRailfreight @GOSHCharity Never to be seen again?!….

@AlstomUK @ChimeWhistle @ScotRail @GBRailfreight

At our Glasgow Traincare Centre (Polmadie Depot) one of our trusty Class 08s (No. 08696) moves No. 334001 inside to undergo modernisation works as part of our @ScotRail Class 334 Coradia Juniper overhaul programme. #Gronk

Ladies in flares at Gunnislake. This is the old station after the old building was demolished, but before it was moved across the road in 1994 so the bridge could be removed. 📷 me 1980

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The GOSH Ness Monster is found lurking in its cave shortly about to appear! Pay on the day and part fares are welcome raising funds for @GOSHCharity and thanks to @GBRailfreight

A Hastings DEMU heading all the way to Inverness from Tonbridge for the first time? Now that's a railtour for the history books! This special three-day adventure raises funds for @GOSHCharity with photo stops, rare track & an unforgettable journey! branchline.uk

With the line via Catford and Bromley South closed for engineering work, @Se_Railway are running a special shuttle between London Cannon Street and Bromley North, providing a rare chance to travel over the link at Grove Park. Added bonus of having celebrity unit 465908.

East London Railway Architecture Sat 23 May. Visit historic railway architecture in east London inc Stratford High Street, Forest Gate, Gants Hill, Fairlop, Hainault, Chigwell, Loughton, Buckhurst Hill, Snaresbrook, Wapping, Shadwell & Limehouse Cut. branchline.uk

45388 banks a freight off Burnley Viaduct a couple of days before the end of steam in the first week of August, 1968. Photograph by Ian Krause.

Finally saw this

This is Pete. Pete is one of a specialist team of @GBRailfreight drivers that can operate the Hastings Diesels thumper. Come and meet Pete on The Gosh Ness Monster @GOSHCharity he may give you an autograph if you ask nice! branchline.uk

Wondered what it looks like inside the 201 Driving Motor seating area? Here is a cracking photo of DMBS 60116, seeing the craftsmanship of the work undertaken by the HDL volunteers. Sample the train firsthand on the GOSH Ness Monster Tickets available branchline.uk

#OnThisDay 40 years ago IBM station serving its factory on the Wemyss Bay branch became publicly advertised (the only purely acronym station name?) Since 2018 (last day pictured; Felix Alexander) it has had no service despite being ‘open’, one of several stations in similar limbo