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.
π―from Green MP SiΘn Berry:
βThe 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...
Hi Kev, it's on Readley and Pocketmags if you use them
The new Steam Railway magazine is out today, with my feature on alternative income streams for heritage railways, featuring the Severn Valley Railway:
βYou are a government of cowards, because you wonβt tell people the truth about migrationβ
The Green Partyβs Zack Polanski says society is βfeeling brokenβ because of years of austerity, and βfair and managedβ immigration is βa positive thing for the countryβ
#bbcqt
Used to do this when living in London, meeting friends in Leicester Sq. We all had the numbers of the row of phones nearest the cafe. Plenty of instances of bemused tourists answering a ringing phone to be asked if they could pass it to the bloke with the long hair & leather jacket standing nearby π
Front cover of RAIL Magazine showing a line of brand new Class 701 South Western Trains in storage at Long Marston Rail Centre
Nice to see my image of the 701s at Long Marston on the front cover of the new RAIL Magazine. π
Shame they are still in storage though π
www.railmagazine.com/news/rolling...
NEW: Reform UKβs 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 π
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Yes, in June 1958
My new book with Graffeg is now out:
Lost Lines, Matlock to Buxton
Available now: graffeg.com/products/los...
A view through the cab window of a Hibberd narrow gauge diesel loco, with a view of the track ahead and two vintage standard gauge carriages
Today's office. 1955 Hibberd Planet π₯°
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.
"His policies do deserve proper scrutiny"
*Proceeds with a pathetic condescending article that has no scrutiny of polices, just ignorant dismissal of everything they don't want to understand*
If you really want to read the drivel without paying Murdoch, this works (Option2)
www.removepaywall.com
Image capture of two pages of RAIL Magazine, of a feature on Ridgmont Station, Bedfordshire and its volunteers, who run a shop, tearoom and community garden at the restored station building.
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...
Front cover of my new book, with a photo of a pair of Class 20 diesel locos, 20013 & 20087 climbing out of the Ironbridge Gorge at Coalbrookdale hauling a rake of empty MGR coal wagons from Ironbridge power station in July 1989
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. ππ
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
A person in orange hi vis adjusting the ornate station clock in the roof of Kings Cross Station, London
Don't forget BST ends tonight, time to adjust the clocks again
