Morning Andy.
Morning Andy.
Morning. We've reached Redruth. No trains, but some elegant GWR spear fencing and a barrow in evidence. It is 1982. π·Β©οΈ Blue-pelican-railway. Click the link to see their Flickr selections.
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Morning. Camborne today, where 47752 is on a parcel train from Penzance. It's 23 April 1992. π·Β©οΈ George C Richards. Click the link to see his Flickr selections.
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Morning Andy. No no, all above board, squire!
Morning. Like a fool I missed St Erth, so we've gone back to it. Here is D1061 WESTERN ENVOY on an ECS move. It is 4 August 1974. π·Β©οΈArnie Furniss. Click the link to see his Flickr selections.
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Morning. On we go, now reaching Hayle, where 47506 takes the 10:00 Birmingham New Street-Penzance over the viaduct. It's 25 July 1978 and John and Olivia are at no.1. Oh well. π·Β©οΈ David Rostance. Click the link to see his excellent Flickr selections.
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Good call Andy. Morning.
A break in the journey to remember all those effected by the Rickerscote train accident of 8 March 1996.
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Superb!
Lovely aren't they?
Morning. We're at Marazion (I've been on the phone). 50008 and 50015 are working a railtour past the camping coaches. It's 4 May 1991, and LZ I is on the deck. π·Β©οΈ Paul Robertson. Click the link to see their Flickr selections.
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Good show. Morning Andy.
Morning Andy - you too. We're on a journey.
Morning. We've left Penzance and have called into Long Rock Depot, where D1001 WESTERN PATHFINDER is present, with a '50'. It is 4 August 1974 and George McCrae is at No.1. Long Rock Your Baby, perhaps? π·Β©οΈ Arnie Furniss. Click to see his Flickr selections.
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It's #WorldBookDay folks!
Some of you may be aware that this Twitter/X account was inspired by a book, namely 'The Train Kept A-Rollin - How The Train Song Changed The Face Of Popular Music' by @spencervignes.bsky.social
If you're short of reading material, there's an answer.
Actually no, but maybe that's why Penzance popped into my head?
Could be! Morning Andy.
Morning. We're at Penzance, where 253025 waits to form the 15:37 to Paddington. In the background, 50026 INDOMITABLE waits with a parcels train. It is 16 July 1980, and Olivia and ELO are at No.1. π·Β©οΈ Kevin Redwood. Click to see their Flickr selections.
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Morning Andy. You too.
Morning. Here's D2185 with empty stock at Highworth in 9/61. The branch closed to passengers in '53, but trains continued for Swindon Works staff til '62. Wrote about the line for Steam World once. π·the late N. Thomas, via Ray Viney. Click to see his Flickr selection.
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Morning Andy. Have a good trip.
Morning. Here is a Class 45 at Bedford Junction, the shot taken from the Up Platform at Bedford Midland Road station. It is 2 September 1976 and ABBA are at no.1. π·Β©οΈDavid Blower. Click the link to see his Flickr selections.
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Excellent!
Very nice! ππ
Morning Andy.
Morning. Here's Class 03 No.2060 shunting parcel vans at Ipswich in the early 1970s. I'm probably listening to LZ II. π·Β©οΈ Crewcastrian. Click the link to see their Flickr selection.
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Morning Andy - Happy St David's Day.
The Great Heck memorial garden with a GNER train passing behind
Today we remember the 10 people who died in the Selby rail crash at Great Heck, 25 years ago on 28 February 2001.
Six passengers and four railwaymen lost their lives in this tragedy and 80 people were seriously injured.
Today railway colleagues will be gathering in Newcastle and Selby to remember
Morning Andy, you too.
Morning. We're at Didcot (not yet Parkway), where D1070 WESTERN GAUNTLET is taking the Oxford line with a load of quarried limestone. It's 3 September 1976 and Abba are at no.1. π·Β©οΈ Keith Wilde. Click the image to see his Flickr selections.
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