A GWR Class 800 train was dedicated to Railway200’s Greatest Gathering, honoring the 200th rail anniversary festival and Derby’s rolling-stock heritage.
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July 31, 2026 at 3:13 PM
A GWR Class 800 train was dedicated to Railway200’s Greatest Gathering, honoring the 200th rail anniversary festival and Derby’s rolling-stock heritage.
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SLからしか得られない好奇心がある
SLからしか得られない好奇心がある
【迷列車で行こう】鉄道すべての原点 - 世界最初の「迷」200年前の蒸気機関車「ロコモーション」（Railway200/S&DR200）
YouTube video by 64 denden
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May 10, 2026 at 10:55 AM
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SLからしか得られない好奇心がある
SLからしか得られない好奇心がある
Have been invited to talk to year 5 (ages 9-10) at child no.2's school, about the Victorians & railways.
What cool things should I share with them?
Themes are work, innovation, & entertainment; they're keen on the effect on children, too. Accidents will feature!
#Railway200
What cool things should I share with them?
Themes are work, innovation, & entertainment; they're keen on the effect on children, too. Accidents will feature!
#Railway200
January 9, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Have been invited to talk to year 5 (ages 9-10) at child no.2's school, about the Victorians & railways.
What cool things should I share with them?
Themes are work, innovation, & entertainment; they're keen on the effect on children, too. Accidents will feature!
#Railway200
What cool things should I share with them?
Themes are work, innovation, & entertainment; they're keen on the effect on children, too. Accidents will feature!
#Railway200
It's Poetry in Loco-Motion.
As 2025 ends, @lner.co.uk celebrates the pivotal role we've played in @railway200.bsky.social with "We Will Carry You" - a powerful poem by Darlington’s Lizzie Lovejoy.
Commissioned by @lner.co.uk with S&DR200 , it honours journeys past, present and future.
As 2025 ends, @lner.co.uk celebrates the pivotal role we've played in @railway200.bsky.social with "We Will Carry You" - a powerful poem by Darlington’s Lizzie Lovejoy.
Commissioned by @lner.co.uk with S&DR200 , it honours journeys past, present and future.
December 31, 2025 at 9:55 AM
It's Poetry in Loco-Motion.
As 2025 ends, @lner.co.uk celebrates the pivotal role we've played in @railway200.bsky.social with "We Will Carry You" - a powerful poem by Darlington’s Lizzie Lovejoy.
Commissioned by @lner.co.uk with S&DR200 , it honours journeys past, present and future.
As 2025 ends, @lner.co.uk celebrates the pivotal role we've played in @railway200.bsky.social with "We Will Carry You" - a powerful poem by Darlington’s Lizzie Lovejoy.
Commissioned by @lner.co.uk with S&DR200 , it honours journeys past, present and future.
We went to London Victoria to inspect the Railway 200 "Inspiration" train.
With Class 66's in some bold liveries hauling a generator van from a failed 1990s sleeper project.
Watch our new video here: youtu.be/Fr5RTJXNqz4
#Railway200 #Class66 #Nightstar #UKRail #TrainSpotting #RailwayMayhem
With Class 66's in some bold liveries hauling a generator van from a failed 1990s sleeper project.
Watch our new video here: youtu.be/Fr5RTJXNqz4
#Railway200 #Class66 #Nightstar #UKRail #TrainSpotting #RailwayMayhem
History Of The Railway 200 Exhibition Train
YouTube video by RailwayMayhem
youtu.be
December 23, 2025 at 6:59 PM
We went to London Victoria to inspect the Railway 200 "Inspiration" train.
With Class 66's in some bold liveries hauling a generator van from a failed 1990s sleeper project.
Watch our new video here: youtu.be/Fr5RTJXNqz4
#Railway200 #Class66 #Nightstar #UKRail #TrainSpotting #RailwayMayhem
With Class 66's in some bold liveries hauling a generator van from a failed 1990s sleeper project.
Watch our new video here: youtu.be/Fr5RTJXNqz4
#Railway200 #Class66 #Nightstar #UKRail #TrainSpotting #RailwayMayhem
Today is the final day of 2025's #DisabilityHistoryMonth!
It's an important means of focusing attention on the lives of people with disabilities in the past - including, for us, in the #Railway200 year, on the railways.
Read more here:
It's an important means of focusing attention on the lives of people with disabilities in the past - including, for us, in the #Railway200 year, on the railways.
Read more here:
Disability History Month Archives - Railway Work, Life & Death
Railway Work, Life & Death
www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk
December 20, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Today is the final day of 2025's #DisabilityHistoryMonth!
It's an important means of focusing attention on the lives of people with disabilities in the past - including, for us, in the #Railway200 year, on the railways.
Read more here:
It's an important means of focusing attention on the lives of people with disabilities in the past - including, for us, in the #Railway200 year, on the railways.
Read more here:
#ICYMI our new blog post looks at level crossing keeper Margaret Hamer's accident in #Wales in 1923.
It thinks particularly about #DisabilityHistory; today is the final day of 2025's #DisabilityHistoryMonth.
#Railway200
It thinks particularly about #DisabilityHistory; today is the final day of 2025's #DisabilityHistoryMonth.
#Railway200
Margaret Hamer – heroic actions with a lasting impact - Railway Work, Life & Death
GWR level crossing keeper Margaret Hamer tried to save her nephew's life in Wales in 1923; we consider what she tells us about disability history.
www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk
December 20, 2025 at 11:00 AM
#ICYMI our new blog post looks at level crossing keeper Margaret Hamer's accident in #Wales in 1923.
It thinks particularly about #DisabilityHistory; today is the final day of 2025's #DisabilityHistoryMonth.
#Railway200
It thinks particularly about #DisabilityHistory; today is the final day of 2025's #DisabilityHistoryMonth.
#Railway200
"A vital aspect of #CommunityRail is providing a voice for local communities, helping the railway to work in partnership with communities to move the railway into the future."
Listen to our chief exec on #Railway200's Great Rail Tales 🎧 railway200.co.uk/podcast/jool...
Listen to our chief exec on #Railway200's Great Rail Tales 🎧 railway200.co.uk/podcast/jool...
Jools Townsend - Giving communities a voice through the Community Rail Network
Jools Townsend, Chief Executive of the Community Rail Network explains the important history, evolution and contribution of the Community Rail Network to our relationship with the railways.
railway200.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 4:33 PM
"A vital aspect of #CommunityRail is providing a voice for local communities, helping the railway to work in partnership with communities to move the railway into the future."
Listen to our chief exec on #Railway200's Great Rail Tales 🎧 railway200.co.uk/podcast/jool...
Listen to our chief exec on #Railway200's Great Rail Tales 🎧 railway200.co.uk/podcast/jool...
Snippet from an interview I recorded with @geofftech.bsky.social at the S&DR 200 festival as part of my upcoming documentary titled ‘The Great War’
The importance of rail enthusiasts in preserving history- Geoff Marshall #railway200 #railways
YouTube video by Riku F.
youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Snippet from an interview I recorded with @geofftech.bsky.social at the S&DR 200 festival as part of my upcoming documentary titled ‘The Great War’
Don't miss the exciting opportunity to hop aboard 'Inspiration' 🚂
Railway 200's exhibition train is still touring the UK and will soon be coming to Llandudno, London Paddington and Southampton Central to name a few.
Book your tickets 🎟️ #Railway200
Railway 200's exhibition train is still touring the UK and will soon be coming to Llandudno, London Paddington and Southampton Central to name a few.
Book your tickets 🎟️ #Railway200
Welcome to Inspiration
Discover the past, present and future of railways on our incredible exhibition train, Inspiration, touring Britain from 27 June 2025
railway200.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Don't miss the exciting opportunity to hop aboard 'Inspiration' 🚂
Railway 200's exhibition train is still touring the UK and will soon be coming to Llandudno, London Paddington and Southampton Central to name a few.
Book your tickets 🎟️ #Railway200
Railway 200's exhibition train is still touring the UK and will soon be coming to Llandudno, London Paddington and Southampton Central to name a few.
Book your tickets 🎟️ #Railway200
Celebrated the birth of the modern railways at Hopetown Darlington with a great event for @teammodeshift.bsky.social (S)teambiilding!!
#history #heritage #Histrionics #railway200 #activetravel
#history #heritage #Histrionics #railway200 #activetravel
October 26, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Celebrated the birth of the modern railways at Hopetown Darlington with a great event for @teammodeshift.bsky.social (S)teambiilding!!
#history #heritage #Histrionics #railway200 #activetravel
#history #heritage #Histrionics #railway200 #activetravel
#FindeSemana en el museo 🚂🚃🛤️
🗓️ S (18) y D (19)
📍 #MOM2025
📍 #EstaciónZhivago
📍 Teatro musical infantil
📍 Talleres #Railway200
📍 Visitas: 'Delicias, una estación de cine'
📍 Trenes de jardín @fcdcimaf
+INFO👉 www.museodelferrocarril.org/comunicacion...
🗓️ S (18) y D (19)
📍 #MOM2025
📍 #EstaciónZhivago
📍 Teatro musical infantil
📍 Talleres #Railway200
📍 Visitas: 'Delicias, una estación de cine'
📍 Trenes de jardín @fcdcimaf
+INFO👉 www.museodelferrocarril.org/comunicacion...
October 17, 2025 at 3:57 PM
#FindeSemana en el museo 🚂🚃🛤️
🗓️ S (18) y D (19)
📍 #MOM2025
📍 #EstaciónZhivago
📍 Teatro musical infantil
📍 Talleres #Railway200
📍 Visitas: 'Delicias, una estación de cine'
📍 Trenes de jardín @fcdcimaf
+INFO👉 www.museodelferrocarril.org/comunicacion...
🗓️ S (18) y D (19)
📍 #MOM2025
📍 #EstaciónZhivago
📍 Teatro musical infantil
📍 Talleres #Railway200
📍 Visitas: 'Delicias, una estación de cine'
📍 Trenes de jardín @fcdcimaf
+INFO👉 www.museodelferrocarril.org/comunicacion...
📢'Madrid Otra Mirada' #MOM2025
🗓️ (S) 18 y (D) 19
📍 Visitas guiadas: 'Bicentenario del Ferrocarril'
🚂👉 museodelferrocarril.org/comunicacion...
#Railway200 @railway200.bsky.social
🗓️ (S) 18 y (D) 19
📍 Visitas guiadas: 'Bicentenario del Ferrocarril'
🚂👉 museodelferrocarril.org/comunicacion...
#Railway200 @railway200.bsky.social
October 15, 2025 at 7:17 PM
📢'Madrid Otra Mirada' #MOM2025
🗓️ (S) 18 y (D) 19
📍 Visitas guiadas: 'Bicentenario del Ferrocarril'
🚂👉 museodelferrocarril.org/comunicacion...
#Railway200 @railway200.bsky.social
🗓️ (S) 18 y (D) 19
📍 Visitas guiadas: 'Bicentenario del Ferrocarril'
🚂👉 museodelferrocarril.org/comunicacion...
#Railway200 @railway200.bsky.social
There's still time to book your tickets 🎟️
#Railway200's exciting exhibition train is still touring the UK and will soon be coming to Edinburgh, Llandudno, Southampton and many more places.
Don't miss the chance to hop aboard 'Inspiration' 👇
#Railway200's exciting exhibition train is still touring the UK and will soon be coming to Edinburgh, Llandudno, Southampton and many more places.
Don't miss the chance to hop aboard 'Inspiration' 👇
Welcome to Inspiration
Discover the past, present and future of railways on our incredible exhibition train, Inspiration, touring Britain from 27 June 2025
railway200.co.uk
October 15, 2025 at 7:00 AM
There's still time to book your tickets 🎟️
#Railway200's exciting exhibition train is still touring the UK and will soon be coming to Edinburgh, Llandudno, Southampton and many more places.
Don't miss the chance to hop aboard 'Inspiration' 👇
#Railway200's exciting exhibition train is still touring the UK and will soon be coming to Edinburgh, Llandudno, Southampton and many more places.
Don't miss the chance to hop aboard 'Inspiration' 👇
Went looking for railway phrases in folk songs and found this gem of a project that I missed earlier in the year @bbcradio2bot.bsky.social #Railway200 canvas-story.bbcrewind.co.uk/radio-2-21st...
Radio 2's 21st Century Folk 2025
21st Century Folk returns to BBC Radio 2 with songs inspired by train stories to celebrate 200 years of train travel around the UK.
canvas-story.bbcrewind.co.uk
October 12, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Went looking for railway phrases in folk songs and found this gem of a project that I missed earlier in the year @bbcradio2bot.bsky.social #Railway200 canvas-story.bbcrewind.co.uk/radio-2-21st...
Sandal & lived in Garden Street, Wakefield in the 1840's before moving to Manchester & Bristol. A number of current Peckett family members were present for the unveiling. The event which coincided with national Railway200 celebrations was used as an opportunity to explore Wakefield's rail history /2
October 3, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Sandal & lived in Garden Street, Wakefield in the 1840's before moving to Manchester & Bristol. A number of current Peckett family members were present for the unveiling. The event which coincided with national Railway200 celebrations was used as an opportunity to explore Wakefield's rail history /2
NEW special #Railway200 issue of Historic England Research magazine, incl. beautiful drawings by @allantadams.bsky.social!
Issue 29 commemorates 200 years of railway heritage and the bicentenary of the Stockton & Darlington Railway (S&DR).
View the full magazine ➡️ t.co/zin6WfdPS5
Issue 29 commemorates 200 years of railway heritage and the bicentenary of the Stockton & Darlington Railway (S&DR).
View the full magazine ➡️ t.co/zin6WfdPS5
September 30, 2025 at 5:14 PM
NEW special #Railway200 issue of Historic England Research magazine, incl. beautiful drawings by @allantadams.bsky.social!
Issue 29 commemorates 200 years of railway heritage and the bicentenary of the Stockton & Darlington Railway (S&DR).
View the full magazine ➡️ t.co/zin6WfdPS5
Issue 29 commemorates 200 years of railway heritage and the bicentenary of the Stockton & Darlington Railway (S&DR).
View the full magazine ➡️ t.co/zin6WfdPS5
Is train travel part of a green future, not just our industrial past?
If you missed Campaign for Better Transport's Silviya Barrett on BBC Radio 4's Rare Earth discussing this with Helen Czerski and Tom Heap last week, catch up here: https://ow.ly/KQWv50X4j2p.
#Railway200
If you missed Campaign for Better Transport's Silviya Barrett on BBC Radio 4's Rare Earth discussing this with Helen Czerski and Tom Heap last week, catch up here: https://ow.ly/KQWv50X4j2p.
#Railway200
Rare Earth - Trains on Trial - BBC Sounds
Is train travel part of a green future, not just our industrial past?
ow.ly
September 30, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Is train travel part of a green future, not just our industrial past?
If you missed Campaign for Better Transport's Silviya Barrett on BBC Radio 4's Rare Earth discussing this with Helen Czerski and Tom Heap last week, catch up here: https://ow.ly/KQWv50X4j2p.
#Railway200
If you missed Campaign for Better Transport's Silviya Barrett on BBC Radio 4's Rare Earth discussing this with Helen Czerski and Tom Heap last week, catch up here: https://ow.ly/KQWv50X4j2p.
#Railway200
Must have been so exciting!
#Trains #SteamTrains #Locomotive1 #S&DR #StocktonAndDarlington #Railway200 #200thAnniversary
#Trains #SteamTrains #Locomotive1 #S&DR #StocktonAndDarlington #Railway200 #200thAnniversary
In pictures: Steam train completes S&DR 200th anniversary journey
A replica of an old steam train has spent three days travelling from Shildon to Stockton.
bbc.com
September 29, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Must have been so exciting!
#Trains #SteamTrains #Locomotive1 #S&DR #StocktonAndDarlington #Railway200 #200thAnniversary
#Trains #SteamTrains #Locomotive1 #S&DR #StocktonAndDarlington #Railway200 #200thAnniversary
Stockton and Darlington may have been the focus of #Railway200 events today, but another S&D also held a Railway 200 Gala event today - the Somerset and Dorset Railway at Midsomer Norton.
#SignalOfTheDay
#SignalOfTheDay
September 28, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Stockton and Darlington may have been the focus of #Railway200 events today, but another S&D also held a Railway 200 Gala event today - the Somerset and Dorset Railway at Midsomer Norton.
#SignalOfTheDay
#SignalOfTheDay
On Railway200 +1 day, we learned that double-deck trains never caught on in the UK not, contrary to popular belief, because of our loading gauge, but because of smelly feet.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
How Oliver Bulleid helped shape modern Southern rail
As part of Railway 200's campaign, the BBC is celebrating a man who made a huge impact on the rails.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 28, 2025 at 3:59 PM
On Railway200 +1 day, we learned that double-deck trains never caught on in the UK not, contrary to popular belief, because of our loading gauge, but because of smelly feet.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
This week, Silviya, our Director of Policy & Campaigns, was delighted to be a guest on Radio 4's 'Rare Earth' programme.
In honour of #Railway200, the programme looked at rail's environmental record - it's a fascinating listen:
In honour of #Railway200, the programme looked at rail's environmental record - it's a fascinating listen:
BBC Radio 4 - Rare Earth, Trains on Trial
Is train travel part of a green future, not just our industrial past?
www.bbc.co.uk
September 28, 2025 at 9:46 AM
This week, Silviya, our Director of Policy & Campaigns, was delighted to be a guest on Radio 4's 'Rare Earth' programme.
In honour of #Railway200, the programme looked at rail's environmental record - it's a fascinating listen:
In honour of #Railway200, the programme looked at rail's environmental record - it's a fascinating listen: