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...and obviously it popped up again on The Muppet Show in 1976 – and those of us who were children at the time have never been the same again
Mahna Mahna, by The Snowths in The Muppet Show (1969)
YouTube video by Jérôme Labbé
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November 27, 2025 at 9:27 AM
...and obviously it popped up again on The Muppet Show in 1976 – and those of us who were children at the time have never been the same again
#ThrowbackThursday C231 Bo-Bo , Inchicore Works open day 15.6.96
November 27, 2025 at 8:43 AM
#ThrowbackThursday C231 Bo-Bo , Inchicore Works open day 15.6.96
#ThrowbackThursday A39 (039) on display at Inchicore Works open day 15.6.96
November 27, 2025 at 8:43 AM
#ThrowbackThursday A39 (039) on display at Inchicore Works open day 15.6.96
#WagonWednesday Fuel Oil Tank 26738 & Molasses Tank 26585 , Inchicore Works open day 15.6.96
November 26, 2025 at 9:07 AM
#WagonWednesday Fuel Oil Tank 26738 & Molasses Tank 26585 , Inchicore Works open day 15.6.96
#WagonWednesday Gypsum wagon 26274 , Inchicore Works open day 15.6.96
November 26, 2025 at 9:06 AM
#WagonWednesday Gypsum wagon 26274 , Inchicore Works open day 15.6.96
A wedding at Leamington Spa.
Something old (mk3 rake)
Something new (mk5 rake)
Something borrowed (well,leased)
Something blue (mk5s)
68012 heads to Birmingham as a mk5 rake passes going Stourbridge to Bicester North.
Something old (mk3 rake)
Something new (mk5 rake)
Something borrowed (well,leased)
Something blue (mk5s)
68012 heads to Birmingham as a mk5 rake passes going Stourbridge to Bicester North.
November 25, 2025 at 11:06 AM
A wedding at Leamington Spa.
Something old (mk3 rake)
Something new (mk5 rake)
Something borrowed (well,leased)
Something blue (mk5s)
68012 heads to Birmingham as a mk5 rake passes going Stourbridge to Bicester North.
Something old (mk3 rake)
Something new (mk5 rake)
Something borrowed (well,leased)
Something blue (mk5s)
68012 heads to Birmingham as a mk5 rake passes going Stourbridge to Bicester North.
#TwentiesOnTuesday (🇮🇪 version). 156 with engine exposed, Inchicore Works open day 15.6.96
November 25, 2025 at 7:06 AM
#TwentiesOnTuesday (🇮🇪 version). 156 with engine exposed, Inchicore Works open day 15.6.96
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#MixedBagMonday 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley takes water alongside St George’s Retail Park, Leicester on Saturday.
@EastMidRailway Mainline services and a Regional on the outside complete a busy scene.
@EastMidRailway Mainline services and a Regional on the outside complete a busy scene.
November 24, 2025 at 9:48 AM
#MixedBagMonday 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley takes water alongside St George’s Retail Park, Leicester on Saturday.
@EastMidRailway Mainline services and a Regional on the outside complete a busy scene.
@EastMidRailway Mainline services and a Regional on the outside complete a busy scene.
#MondayMorningBlues 14.6.96 early afternoon at Rhyl. 37429 heads towards Bangor. These Regional Railways liveried trains were smart.
November 24, 2025 at 9:48 AM
#MondayMorningBlues 14.6.96 early afternoon at Rhyl. 37429 heads towards Bangor. These Regional Railways liveried trains were smart.
#SignalBoxSunday 37417 departs passed Rhyl No1 14.6.96
November 23, 2025 at 9:17 AM
#SignalBoxSunday 37417 departs passed Rhyl No1 14.6.96
#SignalBoxSunday Featured a few weeks back, another of Bangor with 37421 passing.
November 23, 2025 at 9:16 AM
#SignalBoxSunday Featured a few weeks back, another of Bangor with 37421 passing.
#SprinterSaturday 156441 in Regional Railways Express livery 14.6.96. At Rhyl running Llandudno to Chester.
November 22, 2025 at 8:18 AM
#SprinterSaturday 156441 in Regional Railways Express livery 14.6.96. At Rhyl running Llandudno to Chester.
Over on FB…
November 22, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Over on FB…
#TractorThursday 37429 at Bangor 14.6.96, what signallers were driving on the left.
November 20, 2025 at 8:37 AM
#TractorThursday 37429 at Bangor 14.6.96, what signallers were driving on the left.
Nice to see this as it’s spending some time in the East Midlands. 66316 6F77 Mountsorrel Sidings to Wellingborough Up TC through Melton Mowbray 19.11.25
#ShedWatch
#ShedWatch
November 19, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Nice to see this as it’s spending some time in the East Midlands. 66316 6F77 Mountsorrel Sidings to Wellingborough Up TC through Melton Mowbray 19.11.25
#ShedWatch
#ShedWatch
#HighSpeedTuesday 43164 & 43028 in charge of a Holyhead-London Euston run. Collecting the waiting crowd at Bangor 14.6.96
November 18, 2025 at 7:13 AM
#HighSpeedTuesday 43164 & 43028 in charge of a Holyhead-London Euston run. Collecting the waiting crowd at Bangor 14.6.96
#MountainMonday Hunslet No9, Snowdon Mountain Railway 13.6.96
November 17, 2025 at 8:56 AM
#MountainMonday Hunslet No9, Snowdon Mountain Railway 13.6.96
#MondayMorningBlues 37429 heading westbound across North Wales at Rhyl, 14.6.96.
November 17, 2025 at 8:54 AM
#MondayMorningBlues 37429 heading westbound across North Wales at Rhyl, 14.6.96.
#SignalBoxSunday Skerries 🇮🇪. NIR liveried 209 is on an Enterprise service to Dublin Heuston. 15.6.96
November 16, 2025 at 3:12 PM
#SignalBoxSunday Skerries 🇮🇪. NIR liveried 209 is on an Enterprise service to Dublin Heuston. 15.6.96
#SignalBoxSunday Llanfair.P.G (well, it’s only a small box!) 14.6.96
November 16, 2025 at 11:21 AM
#SignalBoxSunday Llanfair.P.G (well, it’s only a small box!) 14.6.96
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Warming up @GcrGreat . Empty unit is followed by D5370 running Loughborough Central to Swithland Sidings to collect mineral wagons. #Raturday
November 15, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Warming up @GcrGreat . Empty unit is followed by D5370 running Loughborough Central to Swithland Sidings to collect mineral wagons. #Raturday
Trainspotting or spot the train? A descending service on Snowdon from an ascending one. 13.6.96 #SteamSaturday
November 15, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Trainspotting or spot the train? A descending service on Snowdon from an ascending one. 13.6.96 #SteamSaturday
5541 @LlangollenRail 12.6.96
#SteamSaturday
#SteamSaturday
November 15, 2025 at 7:35 AM
5541 @LlangollenRail 12.6.96
#SteamSaturday
#SteamSaturday