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Stuart Barber 🏳️‍🌈🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
@barberstig.bsky.social
Train Manager, based in Edinburgh.

Let’s go on an adventure!

All views are my own.

#railways #photography #travel
Some shiny class 99 parking at Edinburgh.

Beautiful looking new pieces of kit.

#class99 #GBRF #Freight #Trains
November 12, 2025 at 3:36 PM
A much needed walk today, loving the autumnal colours today with the haw on the Forth.

#Walks #Autumn #Forth #Haw
November 8, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Back across the border working 1E09 this morning as far as NCL.

Then I shall be crossing this border another three times today.

#railways #officeview #ukrail #border
November 5, 2025 at 10:44 AM
No matter how many times I’ve been at York station it still impresses me every time.

#York #RailStation #Trains
November 3, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Another Sunday and back up here at Perth for the morning run this time.

1E17 primed and ready for its journey back to Northallerton.

#LNER #Trains #Class800
October 26, 2025 at 11:27 AM
A glorious sky as the sun sets taken from our messroom at York.

#sunset #redsky #York #RailwayStation
October 24, 2025 at 5:07 PM
An unusual Perth duty this evening due to the Highland Mainline Engineering Closure.

Set all empty and ready to lock up and head home.

#LNER #Trains #Railways
October 19, 2025 at 5:08 PM
LNER 91127 arriving into York earlier on 1N81 from London Kings Cross. Always great to see an old girl wherever we can.

#LNER #Class91 @225group.org.uk
October 15, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Fabulous few days away in Nottingham, 170534 to start the journey home working 1N03 to Newark Castle.

Something about this moquette always says grandmothers sofa to me….

#EMR #Class170
October 13, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Had a wonderful guided tour yesterday at the London Transport Museum at Acton.

It was so cool to finally get to see inside this amazing warehouse of all things transport in London.

#LondonTransport #Museum #GuidedTour
October 12, 2025 at 9:33 AM
A run down to the Capital today for a day in London.

222012 working 1B22 this morning seen on 6A at Nottingham.

#EMR #Meridian #Trains #Class222
October 11, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Another day, another set of @nct-buses.bsky.social Yutongs snapped.

#NCT #Yutong #ElectricPower
October 10, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Had a wonderful day around Nottingham and catching up with the growing Yutong Electric fleet.

@nct-buses.bsky.social #Yutong #Buses
October 9, 2025 at 4:07 PM
And here is our ride, 91111 at the rear of 1A31 for our little skip to Grantham before catching our EMR service to Nottingham.

@225group.org.uk #LNER #Class91
October 8, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Doncaster, centre for all things 225!

91110 pushing out the late running 1A30 on its way from Leeds to London.

@225group.org.uk #LNER #Class91
October 8, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Back in York this afternoon, after working 1E17 down, it’s time to work 1S22 back north to Edinburgh.

Here we see @lner.co.uk 1S21 and set 801229 basking in the late afternoon sunshine

#LNER #trains #railways #York
September 25, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Whilst out on my walk, @lner.co.uk set 800112 working 1E80 (1146 ABD-EDB) runs past South Gyle.

#LNER #Railways #Trains #class800
September 21, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Heading up north on today’s duty;

1W11 EDB-ABD, 1E30 ABD-EDB.

Always a lovely photographic spot here at Montrose.

#trains #railways #water #Scotland
September 19, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Reposted by Stuart Barber 🏳️‍🌈🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
So the good news is I will be announcing the 2026 Tube Mapper Calendar early next week.

In the meantime here's a sneak peak of the front cover!
September 12, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Let’s roll!

Sunday double trip 1E95/1S13/1E99/1S23!

Working a fabulous team today so let’s make this a super day!

#LNER #trains #railways #sunday
September 7, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Spare duty this morning with a 0523 book on.

Call to head to Haymarket this morning and pick up 1E11 and take it through to Waverley.

#trains #passing #railways
September 6, 2025 at 9:18 AM
As the sun rises, we are all set for another day on the Iron Road!

This morning an overtime turn to York and back.

#LNER #Sunrise #Trains #Stations
September 5, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Reposted by Stuart Barber 🏳️‍🌈🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
What's the best way to get to a major car-event? By train!

Thanks to great efforts of the Dutch Railways (NS), which ran a train every 5 minutes, last weekend thousands of Formula 1 fans were able to travel to Zandvoort for the Dutch Grand Prix in a sustainable way.

📽 by Tijmen Voet on LinkedIn.
September 3, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Back towards Birmingham with 730005 working 2I54 from Rugeley TV to Birmingham Int.

#WestMidlandsTrains #Class730 #trains #railways
August 20, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Cannock station.

West Midlands Trains 730012 arriving working 2H49 Birmingham Int - Rugeley TV.

#trains #railways #stations #class730
August 20, 2025 at 12:27 PM