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Dan | Stuart Studios 5
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I like talking choo choos ok?
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black lives matter always and always will
Melissa Sigodo@melissasigodo
On this day in 2020, George Floyd was murdered by a white police officer who knelt on his neck for 9 & a 1/2 mins in a video that shocked many, even moving people to act to end racism. That pursuit still matters. Rest in peace George Floyd🙏🏾
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@ponyforwea @MiguelTheMan18 I love you too! We all do!
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time to once again see the american right insufferably suggesting june should be "veterans month" instead of pride month despite veterans month already being a thing
Pop Base@PopBase
Pride Month is one week away.
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Twitter the MILLISECOND Pride Month begins next week:
Pop Crave@PopCrave
Pride Month begins in one week.
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@DeliciousNDulce Of course I will!
Any specific games you want to play? 🤍🍰🐾
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Genuinely can't tell who has the dimmest brain anymore
These Tiktok bellends or the "Essex is a continent" person

Aditya@ASchooluse70932
Thomas TikTok is actually so dense it isn’t even funny
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@Christo9051 @StellaPinkAxoto @partiwar Stop moaning about still being in the orphanage at 46 years old
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and its fucking manchild in deviantart.
this is twitter, not deviantart deadass
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Christopher Robins@Christo9051
@Parasica_Music Animation does not swear. Watch TV like a normal person and be friendly!
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@tomcoll71721810 @NKSchwarzwalder You think blackface is ethical, stfu
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@NKSchwarzwalder “Nia’s patterns cannot be removed due to historical reasons” is an invalid line of thinking just let people redesign her how they see fit




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The Wisbech and Upwell Tramway was a distinctive rural standard-gauge line constructed by the Great Eastern Railway to serve the rich agricultural fenlands of East Anglia, linking the market town of Wisbech in Cambridgeshire with the village of Upwell in Norfolk. Although officially a tramway, it operated very much like a conventional railway using bull-head rails and standard goods wagons that allowed produce to move without transhipment, yet it ran largely alongside or even on public roads for much of its route through flat farmland, villages, and fields. The project had been promoted by the GER for years as a way to demonstrate the value of light rural rail services for perishable and agricultural traffic; after an earlier private attempt to build it failed for lack of funds, parliamentary authorisation came through the Great Eastern Railway Act of 1881, with construction beginning in earnest in 1882 under the cheaper provisions of the Tramways Act 1870.
The first section from Wisbech to Outwell Basin opened on 20 August 1883, and the extension through to Upwell Depot followed on 8 September 1884, creating a line just over five miles long that quickly proved its worth in moving goods to and from the main network at Wisbech. Traffic on the tramway was overwhelmingly agricultural in nature, following the classic pattern of “coal in, potatoes out” along with a wide range of vegetables, fruit, and later flowers grown in the fertile fens. Outbound loads of fresh produce were the lifeblood of the line, especially during the busy harvest and fruit seasons when numerous sidings along the route filled with vans ready for dispatch; inbound trains brought coal to supply farms, villages, and the local canal interchange at Outwell.
The tramway effectively competed with the struggling Wisbech Canal, handling some coal transfers there in its early years before absorbing much of the waterway’s trade, which led to the canal’s abandonment around 1922. Passenger services ran from the outset alongside the freight, with six trains a day in each direction providing a vital link for local people, though most workings were mixed trains that required passengers to wait patiently while goods wagons were shunted at the various sidings and depots. Operations were shaped by the tramway’s roadside character and the need to share space with road users.
Trains ran at a cautious initial speed limit of eight miles per hour, later raised to twelve miles per hour in 1904, and passengers could originally board or alight almost anywhere along the route before designated stops were introduced. The distinctive locomotives were specially adapted tram engines fitted with sideplates, cowcatchers, and other features required by Board of Trade regulations for street running, allowing them to bustle along with minimal disruption while a policeman or flagman sometimes managed road traffic at crossings. Shunting was a constant activity at the quayside-style depots and roadside sidings, where wagons were detached or added as produce was loaded from nearby farms or coal was delivered.
The tramway’s infrastructure included eleven sidings capable of holding over a hundred vans at peak times, along with facilities such as cattle docks and coal chutes at Outwell Village and Upwell. Motive power evolved over the decades to match the demands of the traffic. At opening, the GER provided three Class G15 0-4-0T tram engines, small but sturdy machines that resembled brake vans more than conventional locomotives; further examples of the class were built through to 1897, some allocated here and others to similar dock and street workings elsewhere on the GER system. These were later supplemented and largely replaced by the more powerful Class C53 0-6-0T tram engines (later LNER J70), up to five of which were based at Wisbech, offering greater haulage capacity for the growing goods trains while retaining the essential sideplates and cowcatchers for road compliance. For a short period in 1930–1931, two LNER Class Y10 Sentinel geared steam locomotives added their distinctive sound to the line before moving on to other tramway duties. The biggest change came in 1952 when modified Drewry 0-6-0DM diesel shunters, also fitted with sideplates, took over completely, making the Wisbech and Upwell the first wholly diesel-worked line in Britain and ushering in a new era of quieter, more efficient operation that lasted until the end. Rolling stock reflected the tramway’s dual role. Early passenger accommodation included second-hand coaches later replaced by new four-wheeled and bogie tram carriages with ornate end balconies, while goods traffic relied on standard vans and open wagons suited to the seasonal rushes of fruit and vegetables.
After the 1923 Grouping, the line passed to the LNER, which continued to operate it much as before until competition from motor buses led to the withdrawal of passenger services on 31 December 1927. Freight traffic proved more resilient, surviving well into British Railways' days despite the rise of lorries that gradually eroded the agricultural flows. The tramway received a brief reprieve from the Beeching axe in the early 1960s but could not hold out indefinitely; the last train, hauled by a Drewry diesel shunter with three wagons and a brake van, ran on 20 May 1966, with official closure following three days later.
For more than eighty years, the Wisbech and Upwell Tramway had exemplified the GER’s practical approach to serving remote agricultural districts with efficient, low-cost rail links that blended railway and tramway practices. Its roadside running, frequent shunting, and perishable-goods focus made it a memorable counterpart to the larger fish-train operations at Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft, showcasing the same spirit of adaptability that defined East Anglian rail services in their heyday. Though the tracks have long since been lifted, the tramway’s legacy endures in local memory and even in popular culture, having directly inspired the character of Toby the Tram Engine and his coach Henrietta in the Reverend W. Awdry’s Railway Series.




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Kinda feel as though she should've had the Ffestiniog Princess treatment in all honesty

TheJohnler@TheJohnler
Unpopular opinions on No. 1 Talyllyn?
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@Christo9051 @StellaPinkAxoto @partiwar Mate stop trying to hide the fact you’re an orphan
You just don’t want to endure your fucking daily punishments XD
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@StuartStudios5 @StellaPinkAxoto @partiwar This needs to stop. Think about in reality if you see any real child. Stop posting this in front of kids and people and get serious mental help. Respect to animation and stop cussing bad words!
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"It's stuff like this that makes the fandom look bad"
its thomas the train
son
SuperThomasEli99@SuperThomasEli
@AngryBirdMask It's stuff like this that makes the fandom look bad. Like I don't like the idea of child voices either, but my god can these guys quiet down for once
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