Bryan
@elwick70.bsky.social
Yorkshireman. Train Driver. Coffee
Mostly photos of trains I’ve driven and the railway I work on, especially the old bits that really should be in a museum. And other things
Mostly photos of trains I’ve driven and the railway I work on, especially the old bits that really should be in a museum. And other things
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Bryan
@elwick70.bsky.social
· Nov 18
Scotland, 2016
The Caledonian Sleeper, early hours, makes it’s way thru a snowy Scottish landscape…
#UKSnow
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The Caledonian Sleeper, early hours, makes it’s way thru a snowy Scottish landscape…
#UKSnow
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Managed to cadge a ride on 91109 this morning for my road learning. Glad I got one in before they all go to the big yard in the sky…
November 25, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Managed to cadge a ride on 91109 this morning for my road learning. Glad I got one in before they all go to the big yard in the sky…
Excuse me railway, but when I’m doing my road learning I expect you to run in as finely tuned a manner as my road learning plan.
I don’t expect my down workings to be so perfectly late that my up workings are just leaving the platform as I’m arriving!
It won’t do…
I don’t expect my down workings to be so perfectly late that my up workings are just leaving the platform as I’m arriving!
It won’t do…
November 24, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Excuse me railway, but when I’m doing my road learning I expect you to run in as finely tuned a manner as my road learning plan.
I don’t expect my down workings to be so perfectly late that my up workings are just leaving the platform as I’m arriving!
It won’t do…
I don’t expect my down workings to be so perfectly late that my up workings are just leaving the platform as I’m arriving!
It won’t do…
A lovely old station. Splendid Victorian Gothic stone, wood and marble. Somewhat disheveled in places, but hints at the wealth and confidence that once flowed through this area
#Middlesbrough
#Middlesbrough
November 24, 2025 at 1:53 PM
A lovely old station. Splendid Victorian Gothic stone, wood and marble. Somewhat disheveled in places, but hints at the wealth and confidence that once flowed through this area
#Middlesbrough
#Middlesbrough
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Roseberry Topping sunset, north Yorkshire, photo by Harrogate-based landscape photographer Paula Beaumont.
November 22, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Roseberry Topping sunset, north Yorkshire, photo by Harrogate-based landscape photographer Paula Beaumont.
November 20, 2025 at 2:10 PM
November 20, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Look, if you can afford to buy a house that cost TWO MILLION QUID, you can afford to pay an extra £40 a week tax.
Don’t pretend you can’t.
Don’t pretend you can’t.
November 20, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Look, if you can afford to buy a house that cost TWO MILLION QUID, you can afford to pay an extra £40 a week tax.
Don’t pretend you can’t.
Don’t pretend you can’t.
Every time I see a Microsoft 365 Copilot advert I am SO glad I don’t have the kind of life that would need me to use Microsoft 365 Copilot…
November 18, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Every time I see a Microsoft 365 Copilot advert I am SO glad I don’t have the kind of life that would need me to use Microsoft 365 Copilot…
Route briefing today, for a couple of weeks of road learning. I’ll be signing Doncaster to Middlesbrough/ Teesport via Darlington. York is as far north as I’ve ever driven a train before, so should be interesting.
November 17, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Route briefing today, for a couple of weeks of road learning. I’ll be signing Doncaster to Middlesbrough/ Teesport via Darlington. York is as far north as I’ve ever driven a train before, so should be interesting.
Exhibit A, Your Honour
London and Labour should sue 🙄
London and Labour should sue 🙄
November 15, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Exhibit A, Your Honour
London and Labour should sue 🙄
London and Labour should sue 🙄
There is a unique irony in a bloke who makes a living by openly lying and generally pulling the wool over people’s eyes, suing an organising for “lying” about him.
Let him sue. He’ll lose. Then counter sue. He’ll lose again.
Let him sue. He’ll lose. Then counter sue. He’ll lose again.
November 15, 2025 at 12:52 PM
There is a unique irony in a bloke who makes a living by openly lying and generally pulling the wool over people’s eyes, suing an organising for “lying” about him.
Let him sue. He’ll lose. Then counter sue. He’ll lose again.
Let him sue. He’ll lose. Then counter sue. He’ll lose again.
What a difference a day makes!
Old pinky’s gonna need a good scrub after this storm has done, and I could do with a North Sea Trawlerman’s waterproofs, never mind a train drivers uniform… 🌧️🌧️🌧️🌧️
#Tinsley #Yorkshire
Old pinky’s gonna need a good scrub after this storm has done, and I could do with a North Sea Trawlerman’s waterproofs, never mind a train drivers uniform… 🌧️🌧️🌧️🌧️
#Tinsley #Yorkshire
November 14, 2025 at 8:33 AM
What a difference a day makes!
Old pinky’s gonna need a good scrub after this storm has done, and I could do with a North Sea Trawlerman’s waterproofs, never mind a train drivers uniform… 🌧️🌧️🌧️🌧️
#Tinsley #Yorkshire
Old pinky’s gonna need a good scrub after this storm has done, and I could do with a North Sea Trawlerman’s waterproofs, never mind a train drivers uniform… 🌧️🌧️🌧️🌧️
#Tinsley #Yorkshire
Start as we mean to go on ☕️ 🍫
November 13, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Start as we mean to go on ☕️ 🍫
November 13, 2025 at 8:19 AM
I’ve got a Pink ONE for my trip up Sheffield mountain today in the shape of 66587
I’m not an earlies man, it has to be said. Where’s me coffee… ☕️ ☕️ ☕️
#Tinsley #Yorkshire
I’m not an earlies man, it has to be said. Where’s me coffee… ☕️ ☕️ ☕️
#Tinsley #Yorkshire
November 13, 2025 at 7:56 AM
I’ve got a Pink ONE for my trip up Sheffield mountain today in the shape of 66587
I’m not an earlies man, it has to be said. Where’s me coffee… ☕️ ☕️ ☕️
#Tinsley #Yorkshire
I’m not an earlies man, it has to be said. Where’s me coffee… ☕️ ☕️ ☕️
#Tinsley #Yorkshire
Time for tea, with an orange Kit-Kat for the win! ☕️ 🫖 🍫
November 9, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Time for tea, with an orange Kit-Kat for the win! ☕️ 🫖 🍫
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Night Freight (Condor)
Terence Cuneo, 1960
A Class 28 ‘metrovick’ hauls Condor, a London to Glasgow express container train, the forerunner of today’s Freightliner services
And that’s what I’ll be doing tonight, driving the night freight…
Terence Cuneo, 1960
A Class 28 ‘metrovick’ hauls Condor, a London to Glasgow express container train, the forerunner of today’s Freightliner services
And that’s what I’ll be doing tonight, driving the night freight…
August 29, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Night Freight (Condor)
Terence Cuneo, 1960
A Class 28 ‘metrovick’ hauls Condor, a London to Glasgow express container train, the forerunner of today’s Freightliner services
And that’s what I’ll be doing tonight, driving the night freight…
Terence Cuneo, 1960
A Class 28 ‘metrovick’ hauls Condor, a London to Glasgow express container train, the forerunner of today’s Freightliner services
And that’s what I’ll be doing tonight, driving the night freight…
Do trains feel unsafe?
I’ve used trains a lot over the past 30 years, thru work and as a passenger. I’ve never felt “unsafe”
Some people I’m wary of, yes. They make me more vigilant, but that’s not train specific. That’s just life
Some people suck
I’ve used trains a lot over the past 30 years, thru work and as a passenger. I’ve never felt “unsafe”
Some people I’m wary of, yes. They make me more vigilant, but that’s not train specific. That’s just life
Some people suck
Why trains feel unsafe - from police shortages to absence of life-saving kits
Experts warned of a ‘public safety crisis’ and called for more funding of British Transport Police officers onboard trains
inews.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Do trains feel unsafe?
I’ve used trains a lot over the past 30 years, thru work and as a passenger. I’ve never felt “unsafe”
Some people I’m wary of, yes. They make me more vigilant, but that’s not train specific. That’s just life
Some people suck
I’ve used trains a lot over the past 30 years, thru work and as a passenger. I’ve never felt “unsafe”
Some people I’m wary of, yes. They make me more vigilant, but that’s not train specific. That’s just life
Some people suck
Ah, good evening 413. We meet at last
My company for the first half of tonight’s shift will be 66413. That’s all of the 66/4s in my log book now 📕
My company for the first half of tonight’s shift will be 66413. That’s all of the 66/4s in my log book now 📕
October 23, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Ah, good evening 413. We meet at last
My company for the first half of tonight’s shift will be 66413. That’s all of the 66/4s in my log book now 📕
My company for the first half of tonight’s shift will be 66413. That’s all of the 66/4s in my log book now 📕
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Finishing the week with a couple of night turns. I like working nights. Nobody around, the world to myself, and I’ll be going to bed just as you lot are getting up for work
That’ll do for me
That’ll do for me
October 16, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Finishing the week with a couple of night turns. I like working nights. Nobody around, the world to myself, and I’ll be going to bed just as you lot are getting up for work
That’ll do for me
That’ll do for me
Finishing the week with a couple of night turns. I like working nights. Nobody around, the world to myself, and I’ll be going to bed just as you lot are getting up for work
That’ll do for me
That’ll do for me
October 16, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Finishing the week with a couple of night turns. I like working nights. Nobody around, the world to myself, and I’ll be going to bed just as you lot are getting up for work
That’ll do for me
That’ll do for me
Pre-flight checks completed, I’m in possession of the relevant paperwork, and I have coffee and a pastie.
66524 ready for take off!
66524 ready for take off!
October 15, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Pre-flight checks completed, I’m in possession of the relevant paperwork, and I have coffee and a pastie.
66524 ready for take off!
66524 ready for take off!