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#classictraction 37175+37254 on 0Z26 1000 Carlisle NY-Derby RTC pass Prudhoe.

And just like that, having ridden Class 455s all my life, this really is the last time in revenue earning service. End of an era & another childhood fleet of mine gone… #Class455 #NetworkSouthEast❤️💙🤍

So. Farewell then, class 455. I didn't get around to photographing you until 1991. But I think I caught you at your best. #nse #networksoutheast #455 #train #railway

Disturbing the birds. 37423 departs from Stranraer with 1Z07 to Largs. BLS BWC 4 20/03/26

EuroPhoenix retro #LargeLogo #Class37 37501 ‘Teesside Steelmaster’ at the Derby Rail Technical Centre

🚉 It's official: the West's newest train station will be called Bristol Brabazon! Passenger rains return to the Henbury Line this autumn for the first time since 1964, connecting you to jobs, homes, and (soon) the new Aviva Arena. @ytlcommunity @networkrailwest @GWRHelp @darrenpjones @CHazelgroveMP

Centenary Lounge at Birmingham Moor Street as delightful as ever. And I’ve lucked out with the 10:45 home from Brum…

Benjamin Netanyahu has suggested sending ground troops into Iran, as the race for the 2026 FIFA Peace Prize really hots up

55002 was stabled at York depot on 14th April 1981 after working 1D62, 0355 Doncaster - Hull then 5L08 Hull - York. It would later take 1A31, the 1810 stopper to Kings Cross. #FiftyFivesOnFriday

Holgate Junction, 8/4/82 and it looks like 47456's driver is applying full power, something that drivers of Southbound Deltics weren't permitted to do until they'd reached Chaloners Whin Junction. FTR it was hauling 1M77, the 1521 Newcastle - Liverpool LS. #FortySevensOnFriday

A flashback to this day five years ago, when I did an eight-mile circular walk from/to home under Scotswood Railway Bridge on the Tyne, then via Blaydon and Swalwell. It saw traffic until 1982 when Tyne Valley Line traffic was diverted, to continue east to Newcastle via Dunston.

I've been to my first steam gala this year today @WorthValley I saw lots of great engines and even found a few to have a sit on in the little museum at Oxenhope #BearsWhoLikeTrains #HappyLittleBear 🐻🚂

No.13 𝘒𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘤𝘬 of 19 arriving with the 11.50am ex-Douglas passing No.4 𝘓𝘰𝘤𝘩 of 1874 in the glorious spring sunshine this afternoon #iomrailway #heritge #steam #nostalgia #greatphoto #Castletown #IsleofMan #Loch #Kissack #locomotives #Manx #IMR #trains #seasonstarted

It's been a busy day out on the Fens for interesting traction with 37, 47, 57, 60 and 69's all making an appearance. LSL's 47810/D1924 passing Third Drove with 5Z31 Crewe to Gt Yarmouth on 19th march 2026 with the HST barriers and a Mk2 BSO. #Class47 #RailwayPhotography

#FrontEndFriday On the Falmouth branch 3.10.96

PRINCES RISBOROUGH: 47402 Generators in the fog.

Flashback Friday. 37408 spinning along the north Wales coast to Crewe in February 1999. #tmrguk #class37 #tractors @TheGrowlerGroup

On this day. West Silkstone Junction signal-box 20/3/1969. The box was at the top of the Worsbrough incline between Wath and Penistone, the class 76 bankers were detached here and assisting locomotives for extra braking were attached to descending trains. © Keith Long

As the UK Government weighs up whether it can afford rail electrification, the Indian Government is celebrating how much it has saved by electrifying & how it has created a resilient, affordable system that has avoided oil shocks.

68009 on 4C15 1000 Drigg BNF-Shap Summit Quarry arrives at Carnforth. 😻