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A different type of IET for a change today.....800 007 sits under the magnificent Paddington roof awaiting departure towards Cheltenham Spa

Here's hoping everyone's week is going well so far 👌

Royal Scot sits at Euston being cleaned and replenished ready for the next run down the WCML 🚄

A week of many early starts comes to an end 😴

157 sits at Euston during the week ready for an early run North

9 car set 009 pictured at Manchester Piccadilly awaiting departure for the 125mph journey to the capital 🚄

Set 104, pictured recently, ready to head up North in the early hours of a winter morning ❄️

Two Pendo's ready for the journey South 🚄

It's been a while 👋

It's a front row lockout for the Pendo's on P1 and P2 at Euston 🏎

Happy Friday everyone ☀️

Have a great day Chris 👍

Pictured last month, 390 131 sits waiting on Platform 2 at Euston next to the recently arrived sleeper 😴

390 121 all prepped and ready for the early morning run North ☀️

390 016 sits idle on Platform 3 at London Euston waiting for it's return run North.....or 390 200 depending on how good your eye sight is 🧐

You know it 😂

390 129 "Brett" gets ready for the run North from Platform 16 at Euston....the closest platform to the mess room, very important route knowledge for the end of the shift 🏃

Train over plane.....especially today 👀

390 121 "Opportunity" sits on Platform 6 at Manchester Piccadilly waiting for me to stop faffing about and run it back down South 🏃

Something a little bit faster to grace your timelines with today 💨 The TransManche Super Train or simply the Class 373 sits in Platform 10 at London St Pancras.

Is it just me or does the new Eurostar logo feel a bit of a downgrade to the previous 2? 🤔

Spring is in the air (for now) and I'm at work 🙄 Why does it always seem to rain on your days off 🤷‍♂️

Anyway, here's set 002 on Platform 1 at Euston waiting for it's next run down the WCML 🚄

One Pendo being replenished on Platform 3 sat next to another, set 128, also getting ready to head North out of Euston ⬆️

I hope everyone's week is going swimmingly so far 🤞

The 20 odd year workhorse of the West Coast sitting on the stops at Euston next to the shiny new kid on the block 💁‍♂️

It surprises me how they've made that number as big as it could possibly be but at the same time also less visible 🤷‍♂️😂

I think they should go bigger every time they peel off 😅

I'm trying to remain anonymous Rich and you put up a picture of me 😳😂

You Liverpool lot and your shiny new trains 🙄😂

I know on my last medical they said that my eye sight has got slightly worse but honestly I think my colleagues at the Unit Number Painting Department are taking the mick with the size of this one 😳👀

A nice pair in Piccadilly last month with set 128 boarding for the return down South 💨

Clear aerodynamic lines visible on my unit, just don't ask any driver what causes the aerodynamic lines behind the cab window 👀😂

It wasn't me 😂 Must have been one of those dodgy Piccadilly lot 👀😂

A Saturday morning fry up and a lot of football over the weekend, the only thing that ruined it was having to work 👀

Hope everyone is having a great weekend 👌 A battered set 114 awaiting the Southbound departure from Manchester Piccadilly, pictured recently on a wet evening 💁‍♂️

Sorry for the radio silence lately 🫡 I've been enjoying a bit of family time but back to the iron road now 🚂

Here's set 040 ready for the North bound run in the early morning light ☀️

Still showing a faint arch underneath the vinyls of a past life 🔴

390 154 gets ready to leave Manchester on a cold January evening 🚄

Have a great weekend everyone ☀️

I always thought it was a strange decision to run it knowing that TSR was there 🤔 I'm sure NR will find another ESR to throw a spanner in the works shortly before this one sets off 😅