Blake C

Good morning all! I spent a very very cold hour or so near Sandy, Bedfordshire this morning. I hope you enjoy the few I'll post this morning. Here's the first -"Ice Ice Baby" - An @LNER Azuma snaps crackles and pops it's way south to London just before the sun popped up.

@TLRailUK Please thank the driver of the 2016 St P - Peterborough this evening for his clear and honest announcements with the LNER stopped at Welwyn North (of all places). Excellent communication, with little info, very much appreciated.

@TLRailUK So what's the reason for my service being delayed please? As we are still crawling along getting later and later

@BlakeCphoto Oh yeah, my mistake! Apologies, I was looking at the wrong row. Enjoy your journey! 🙂 ^Will S

@TLRailUK afternoon, what is the reason for the delay to the 1440 from Huntingdon towards Horsham at Sandy please? The driver did make an announcement but it was unfortunately inaudible

@TLRailUK Are we talking about the same service as we have just left Stevenage heading south definitely not cancelled! 1440 from Huntingdon towards London.

@BlakeCphoto That's very helpful, thank you! I'll raise that with our Fleet team. I can see that service has now been cancelled. Apologies for the inconvenience, the next southbound service from Sandy will be the 15:55 service. ^Will S

@TLRailUK Thanks Will, yes heard the jingle and the first part but then it just died away into something barely audible as is often the case. Could still hear it so it was "working" but so soft that you couldn't make out a word. 412139 carriage no. if it helps.

@BlakeCphoto Hi there Blake, this service has been delayed by train crew being delayed I'm afraid. To clarify, is it the case that the driver made an announcement but the PA wasn't working correctly and was inaudible? ^Will S

@TLRailUK Thanks I'll get off at St Neots then

@BlakeCphoto Hi there, this train is expected to run through to Peterborough and will call at St Neots at 22.35 - It will not call at Huntingdon ^Ben

Hi @TLRailUK is the 2146 that just left St Pancras definitely running through to St Neots? Need to plan my transport back to Huntingdon from there

@TLRailUK Thank you for the confirmation 👍

@BlakeCphoto Thanks for confirming. It will be fine for you to do this. ^Will C

@TLRailUK Morning, regarding engineering works this weekend, I am on a night shift Sunday into Monday, if I park at Bedford on Sunday, will I be permitted to return to Bedford on Monday morning with my London-Huntingdon season ticket?

@TLRailUK Hi Will, into London about 1300 on Sunday, heading back out about 0900 on Monday

@BlakeCphoto Morning Blake. What time were you planning on making your outbound and return journeys? ^Will C

@ChimeWhistle @ScotRail Thank you

@BlakeCphoto @ScotRail That's a fabulous picture.

Not bothering the locals...@ScotRail's 43163 leads an "Inter7City" set south, having just called at Newtonmore on it's way to Edinburgh having departed Inverness at 1248. 29/10/24.

@TLRailUK 1616 St Pancras to Peterborough showing on the station screens as a 12 car when it is an 8, 700023 to be precise, if you want to update it

@crepycidon @ScotRail @FWHLines This was the inspiration for the above!

@BlakeCphoto @ScotRail @FWHLines Superb photo could only be improved by …. Photo from Scotphoto

An iconic view of the West Highland line with 156500 leading the 0603 Mallaig - Glasgow Queen Street @ScotRail service. Beinn Dorain forms the backdrop as the train heads for it's next stop at Upper Tyndrum.

@ecocars1 @PoletoPoleEV @ArtElectrics @DriveElectricUK @wire_brigade @EVPuzzle Did Fort William - Cambridge recently in my Ioniq 38. Charged at Tesla Larkhall, then Todhills, then Wetherby. Quick last top up at Newark (needed the loo) and we were back. Easy as that, needed those stops for rest too. Max 140 mile sectors.

Tomorrow morning i start my drive south to Leicester in this £5000 Zoe 50kWh , shall i live stream the trip ? 🤔 1st overnight stop will be Perth Travel Lodge, as i can't drive longer than 5 hours straight ! Has the EV infrastructure improved for a 160 mile range EV ?

Power, both human and natural. @ScotRail's 43127 leads an Inter7city service north towards Inverness. 📍 Kindallachan, Perth and Kinross

From London to the clouds - the Fort William portion of the @CalSleeper passes between Tyndrum and Bridge of Orchy.

Most farmers I know are generational family farmers. They’re not wealthy people and often struggle to make ends-meat. They’ve already been hit by losing subsidies and today, there will be a farmer who’s father is in hospital at the end of a hard life, his son will have to find upwards of £1m on his fathers death to keep the farm. It’s just not going to happen. The farm will be sold and that’s the end of that. Its sad. Sad beyond belief. I cannot believe how or why our government think this is moral or just.

@BrianNe08342467 @ScotRail Unfortunately "where's the 0603 from Mallaig" doesn't have the same ring as a well known man in a stripy top and hat

@BlakeCphoto @ScotRail Found it - just! 😉

It's difficult sometimes to get the scale of the landscape around the West Highland Line, but this does a pretty good job of showing it. I invite you to find yesterday's 0603 @ScotRail Mallaig - Glasgow Queen Street which is hiding in shot....