56008 Acts as a Thunderbird when its fellow classmate suffered a failure near Clay Cross many years ago! The rail blue looking a little worn and faded on the early build 56.
#Class56 #Grid #RailBlue #BritishRail #ClayCross
#Class56 #Grid #RailBlue #BritishRail #ClayCross
November 2, 2026 at 8:12 AM
56008 Acts as a Thunderbird when its fellow classmate suffered a failure near Clay Cross many years ago! The rail blue looking a little worn and faded on the early build 56.
#Class56 #Grid #RailBlue #BritishRail #ClayCross
#Class56 #Grid #RailBlue #BritishRail #ClayCross
Last one from me this week for the #AlphabetChallenge
#WeekMForMachinery
Hats off to this incredible machine, the British Rail HST, introduced in service 50 years ago today. #HST50 #RailBlue
3 of my photos from the early days on the ECML at Thirsk, and 1 from the last days, Dec 2019, at Kings Cross
#WeekMForMachinery
Hats off to this incredible machine, the British Rail HST, introduced in service 50 years ago today. #HST50 #RailBlue
3 of my photos from the early days on the ECML at Thirsk, and 1 from the last days, Dec 2019, at Kings Cross
October 4, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Last one from me this week for the #AlphabetChallenge
#WeekMForMachinery
Hats off to this incredible machine, the British Rail HST, introduced in service 50 years ago today. #HST50 #RailBlue
3 of my photos from the early days on the ECML at Thirsk, and 1 from the last days, Dec 2019, at Kings Cross
#WeekMForMachinery
Hats off to this incredible machine, the British Rail HST, introduced in service 50 years ago today. #HST50 #RailBlue
3 of my photos from the early days on the ECML at Thirsk, and 1 from the last days, Dec 2019, at Kings Cross
August 7, 2024 at 10:09 PM
Something #RailBlue. Hunslet saddletank Hastings arriving at Tenterden Town with the Doodle Train - this summer’s special attention at the Kent & East Sussex Railway.
August 8, 2024 at 6:48 PM
Something #RailBlue. Hunslet saddletank Hastings arriving at Tenterden Town with the Doodle Train - this summer’s special attention at the Kent & East Sussex Railway.
August 7, 2024 at 10:22 PM
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#ListenToBlackVoices
August 7, 2024 at 8:30 PM
Back in the day, #TrainTwitter used to be very enjoyable. It would be lovely to see something similar on here. #RailBlue maybe? How about sharing your favourite railway images in celebration of a great way to travel. I'll start with one of tracks and signals in Brussels by night.
August 7, 2024 at 8:22 PM
Back in the day, #TrainTwitter used to be very enjoyable. It would be lovely to see something similar on here. #RailBlue maybe? How about sharing your favourite railway images in celebration of a great way to travel. I'll start with one of tracks and signals in Brussels by night.
And the return trip north, Push Mode ON
(Shhhh ignore the class 56 on the front 🤫)
33108 with the VEP passing the Ropley Up Distant on the @thewatercressline.bsky.social #DieselGala
@gordon3417.bsky.social
#Trains #RailBlue
(Shhhh ignore the class 56 on the front 🤫)
33108 with the VEP passing the Ropley Up Distant on the @thewatercressline.bsky.social #DieselGala
@gordon3417.bsky.social
#Trains #RailBlue
July 12, 2026 at 12:35 PM
And the return trip north, Push Mode ON
(Shhhh ignore the class 56 on the front 🤫)
33108 with the VEP passing the Ropley Up Distant on the @thewatercressline.bsky.social #DieselGala
@gordon3417.bsky.social
#Trains #RailBlue
(Shhhh ignore the class 56 on the front 🤫)
33108 with the VEP passing the Ropley Up Distant on the @thewatercressline.bsky.social #DieselGala
@gordon3417.bsky.social
#Trains #RailBlue
‘STOP LOOK & LISTEN’
Did that
@gordon3417.bsky.social
@thewatercressline.bsky.social
#DieselGala #Trains #RailBlue
Did that
@gordon3417.bsky.social
@thewatercressline.bsky.social
#DieselGala #Trains #RailBlue
July 12, 2026 at 12:01 PM
‘STOP LOOK & LISTEN’
Did that
@gordon3417.bsky.social
@thewatercressline.bsky.social
#DieselGala #Trains #RailBlue
Did that
@gordon3417.bsky.social
@thewatercressline.bsky.social
#DieselGala #Trains #RailBlue
Superb versatile machines.
Crompton 33108 arriving at Medstead and Four Marks this afternoon, pulling 4-VEP 3417.
#DieselGala #Class33 #Locomotive #Trains #RailBlue
Crompton 33108 arriving at Medstead and Four Marks this afternoon, pulling 4-VEP 3417.
#DieselGala #Class33 #Locomotive #Trains #RailBlue
July 11, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Superb versatile machines.
Crompton 33108 arriving at Medstead and Four Marks this afternoon, pulling 4-VEP 3417.
#DieselGala #Class33 #Locomotive #Trains #RailBlue
Crompton 33108 arriving at Medstead and Four Marks this afternoon, pulling 4-VEP 3417.
#DieselGala #Class33 #Locomotive #Trains #RailBlue
#WeekJforJuxtaposition
#AlphabetChallenge
2R meets 2D at the Spa Valley Railway
#Lego #Thumper #DEMU #ModelTrains #RailBlue
#AlphabetChallenge
2R meets 2D at the Spa Valley Railway
#Lego #Thumper #DEMU #ModelTrains #RailBlue
March 15, 2026 at 6:14 PM
#WeekJforJuxtaposition
#AlphabetChallenge
2R meets 2D at the Spa Valley Railway
#Lego #Thumper #DEMU #ModelTrains #RailBlue
#AlphabetChallenge
2R meets 2D at the Spa Valley Railway
#Lego #Thumper #DEMU #ModelTrains #RailBlue
Love that long spotters’ view across the platforms 👍
That train reminds me of the occasional oil trains through P8 at Stratford, the evening commuters taking a step back as the tanks clanked and bounced past. #RailBlue #Class37
That train reminds me of the occasional oil trains through P8 at Stratford, the evening commuters taking a step back as the tanks clanked and bounced past. #RailBlue #Class37
37080 Stratford 12/03/82
Stratford used to see an occasional freight through Platform 8, the main down platform for the evening commuter trains. Sometimes sand, in this case oil. Hard to forget the raw sound of the clanking, ...
flic.kr
November 11, 2025 at 7:01 PM
#EnglishElectric family gathering at Kingscote.
Thumper, Shoebox and Hoover assemble!
#BluebellRailway #Diesel Gala #trains #RailBlue
Thumper, Shoebox and Hoover assemble!
#BluebellRailway #Diesel Gala #trains #RailBlue
September 5, 2025 at 8:48 AM
#EnglishElectric family gathering at Kingscote.
Thumper, Shoebox and Hoover assemble!
#BluebellRailway #Diesel Gala #trains #RailBlue
Thumper, Shoebox and Hoover assemble!
#BluebellRailway #Diesel Gala #trains #RailBlue
Right Away, first train of the #BluebellRailway #Diesel Gala.
60000 Hastings looking fantastic in the early sun at Horsted Keynes in grey and #RailBlue, just as I remember them. Thanks
@hastingsdiesels.co.uk
#Bluesky
60000 Hastings looking fantastic in the early sun at Horsted Keynes in grey and #RailBlue, just as I remember them. Thanks
@hastingsdiesels.co.uk
#Bluesky
September 5, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Right Away, first train of the #BluebellRailway #Diesel Gala.
60000 Hastings looking fantastic in the early sun at Horsted Keynes in grey and #RailBlue, just as I remember them. Thanks
@hastingsdiesels.co.uk
#Bluesky
60000 Hastings looking fantastic in the early sun at Horsted Keynes in grey and #RailBlue, just as I remember them. Thanks
@hastingsdiesels.co.uk
#Bluesky
Electro-diesel 73119 ‘Paul Taylor’ at the #GreatestGathering yesterday and as ‘Borough of Eastleigh’, on its home turf at the Eastleigh 100 event in 2009.
16 years, 2 great events, same locomotive
#RailBlue #BRBlue #Class73 #Eastleigh
#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekEforEasyE
16 years, 2 great events, same locomotive
#RailBlue #BRBlue #Class73 #Eastleigh
#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekEforEasyE
August 2, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Electro-diesel 73119 ‘Paul Taylor’ at the #GreatestGathering yesterday and as ‘Borough of Eastleigh’, on its home turf at the Eastleigh 100 event in 2009.
16 years, 2 great events, same locomotive
#RailBlue #BRBlue #Class73 #Eastleigh
#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekEforEasyE
16 years, 2 great events, same locomotive
#RailBlue #BRBlue #Class73 #Eastleigh
#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekEforEasyE
Also at Derby today! Really looking forward to this. Nearly at St P for the trip north, can’t wait!
Any other Blueskyers attending #GreatestGathering today?
#RailBlue
Any other Blueskyers attending #GreatestGathering today?
#RailBlue
August 1, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Also at Derby today! Really looking forward to this. Nearly at St P for the trip north, can’t wait!
Any other Blueskyers attending #GreatestGathering today?
#RailBlue
Any other Blueskyers attending #GreatestGathering today?
#RailBlue
Red Blinds at Eastleigh. Outwards and Returns of the day, almost exactly 12 years apart.
@gordon3417.bsky.social on its way to the #SwanageRailway gala, May 2013 and on its way back, today, May 2025
#RailBlue #SETG #4VEP #EMU #Eastleigh
@gordon3417.bsky.social on its way to the #SwanageRailway gala, May 2013 and on its way back, today, May 2025
#RailBlue #SETG #4VEP #EMU #Eastleigh
May 12, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Red Blinds at Eastleigh. Outwards and Returns of the day, almost exactly 12 years apart.
@gordon3417.bsky.social on its way to the #SwanageRailway gala, May 2013 and on its way back, today, May 2025
#RailBlue #SETG #4VEP #EMU #Eastleigh
@gordon3417.bsky.social on its way to the #SwanageRailway gala, May 2013 and on its way back, today, May 2025
#RailBlue #SETG #4VEP #EMU #Eastleigh
Excellent day out at the Swanage Railway gala yesterday.
Fantastic to ride in a proper slammer again, Thanks to the @gordon3417.bsky.social team.
15 years this month since the last slammers ran in the South, the end of the Lymington shuttle.
Ker-lunk, tic-a-tic-a-tic-a…
#RailBlue #SwanageRailway
Fantastic to ride in a proper slammer again, Thanks to the @gordon3417.bsky.social team.
15 years this month since the last slammers ran in the South, the end of the Lymington shuttle.
Ker-lunk, tic-a-tic-a-tic-a…
#RailBlue #SwanageRailway
May 10, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Excellent day out at the Swanage Railway gala yesterday.
Fantastic to ride in a proper slammer again, Thanks to the @gordon3417.bsky.social team.
15 years this month since the last slammers ran in the South, the end of the Lymington shuttle.
Ker-lunk, tic-a-tic-a-tic-a…
#RailBlue #SwanageRailway
Fantastic to ride in a proper slammer again, Thanks to the @gordon3417.bsky.social team.
15 years this month since the last slammers ran in the South, the end of the Lymington shuttle.
Ker-lunk, tic-a-tic-a-tic-a…
#RailBlue #SwanageRailway
January 31, 2025 at 5:04 PM