OM the Rails 🇵🇸
@omtherails.bsky.social
UK based rail traveller & enthusiast. 00 gauge modeller. #TMRGUK. Views my own. When I'm not travelling on trains, you'll find me making videos about them 👇
https://youtube.com/@omtherails
https://youtube.com/@omtherails
The channel’s now reached 40k subscribers… I continue to be humbled by how much people enjoy my content and just how far it’s come in the last almost 4 years, especially given I’m balancing this with my main (and hectic!) full time job.
Thank you so much for your continued support 🙏❤️
Thank you so much for your continued support 🙏❤️
November 23, 2025 at 8:44 AM
The channel’s now reached 40k subscribers… I continue to be humbled by how much people enjoy my content and just how far it’s come in the last almost 4 years, especially given I’m balancing this with my main (and hectic!) full time job.
Thank you so much for your continued support 🙏❤️
Thank you so much for your continued support 🙏❤️
It would seem ÖBB has FINALLY listened and dropped the ridiculous dynamic pricing model on its international sleeper routes - the examples below are regular tickets for Amsterdam to Vienna and Brussels to Vienna 3 weeks in advance. Provided they keep this up, I may be tempted to use them more now!
November 22, 2025 at 9:09 PM
It would seem ÖBB has FINALLY listened and dropped the ridiculous dynamic pricing model on its international sleeper routes - the examples below are regular tickets for Amsterdam to Vienna and Brussels to Vienna 3 weeks in advance. Provided they keep this up, I may be tempted to use them more now!
📍 St Pancras International
Engineering works on the ECML this weekend of course means chaos on the MML - still managed to sort out the weekend first upgrade, a fitting end to what’s likely my last ride home on a Meridian!
Engineering works on the ECML this weekend of course means chaos on the MML - still managed to sort out the weekend first upgrade, a fitting end to what’s likely my last ride home on a Meridian!
November 22, 2025 at 3:10 PM
📍 St Pancras International
Engineering works on the ECML this weekend of course means chaos on the MML - still managed to sort out the weekend first upgrade, a fitting end to what’s likely my last ride home on a Meridian!
Engineering works on the ECML this weekend of course means chaos on the MML - still managed to sort out the weekend first upgrade, a fitting end to what’s likely my last ride home on a Meridian!
📍 Plymouth
Time to head home - another 3 hour “Cattle Class” ride awaits…
Time to head home - another 3 hour “Cattle Class” ride awaits…
November 19, 2025 at 4:20 PM
📍 Plymouth
Time to head home - another 3 hour “Cattle Class” ride awaits…
Time to head home - another 3 hour “Cattle Class” ride awaits…
📍 Paddington
Now onto the worser Hitachi unit as I head South West on business…
Now onto the worser Hitachi unit as I head South West on business…
November 17, 2025 at 5:18 PM
📍 Paddington
Now onto the worser Hitachi unit as I head South West on business…
Now onto the worser Hitachi unit as I head South West on business…
📍 St Pancras International
Made a quick stop here to check out EMR’s new “Aurora” out on test, they look fantastic!
Excited to try them out next month 👀
Made a quick stop here to check out EMR’s new “Aurora” out on test, they look fantastic!
Excited to try them out next month 👀
November 17, 2025 at 4:14 PM
📍 St Pancras International
Made a quick stop here to check out EMR’s new “Aurora” out on test, they look fantastic!
Excited to try them out next month 👀
Made a quick stop here to check out EMR’s new “Aurora” out on test, they look fantastic!
Excited to try them out next month 👀
Hopefully the fares will be cheaper than what Nightjet offered as well, great news!
BREAKING: European Sleeper will start a Paris-Berlin sleeper train from 26 March 2026, after Nightjet pulls out in December.
It'll run via Brussels (with Eurostar connection from London) 3 times a week. This + existing train = Brussels-Berlin 6 times a week. www.europeansleeper.eu/paris
It'll run via Brussels (with Eurostar connection from London) 3 times a week. This + existing train = Brussels-Berlin 6 times a week. www.europeansleeper.eu/paris
November 12, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Hopefully the fares will be cheaper than what Nightjet offered as well, great news!
NEW VIDEO! A look at Ceske Drahy’s brand new ComfortJet from Prague to Berlin!
Link: youtube.com/watch?v=xHMH...
Link: youtube.com/watch?v=xHMH...
November 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
NEW VIDEO! A look at Ceske Drahy’s brand new ComfortJet from Prague to Berlin!
Link: youtube.com/watch?v=xHMH...
Link: youtube.com/watch?v=xHMH...
With the UP Express suspended due to GO Transit engineering works, my trip ends with a Rail Replacement Bus to the airport for my flight home 🥲
Canada it’s been an absolute pleasure, I look forward to coming back some day 🇨🇦❤️
Canada it’s been an absolute pleasure, I look forward to coming back some day 🇨🇦❤️
November 8, 2025 at 10:08 PM
With the UP Express suspended due to GO Transit engineering works, my trip ends with a Rail Replacement Bus to the airport for my flight home 🥲
Canada it’s been an absolute pleasure, I look forward to coming back some day 🇨🇦❤️
Canada it’s been an absolute pleasure, I look forward to coming back some day 🇨🇦❤️
📍 Oshawa
Enjoying my last rides with Via and GO Transit this morning with a return ride to and from Toronto 🇨🇦
Enjoying my last rides with Via and GO Transit this morning with a return ride to and from Toronto 🇨🇦
November 8, 2025 at 2:56 PM
📍 Oshawa
Enjoying my last rides with Via and GO Transit this morning with a return ride to and from Toronto 🇨🇦
Enjoying my last rides with Via and GO Transit this morning with a return ride to and from Toronto 🇨🇦
The comings and goings of Toronto Union Station… 🇨🇦
November 7, 2025 at 7:21 PM
The comings and goings of Toronto Union Station… 🇨🇦
Been a fun day out to Niagara Falls, but I best be getting back to Toronto now - instead of having to wait hours for the direct GO train or take a bus, I opted to use the Amtrak/Via Rail “Maple Leaf” for its Canadian leg. My Via Preference Points came in handy here, covering the entire fare 😎
November 6, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Been a fun day out to Niagara Falls, but I best be getting back to Toronto now - instead of having to wait hours for the direct GO train or take a bus, I opted to use the Amtrak/Via Rail “Maple Leaf” for its Canadian leg. My Via Preference Points came in handy here, covering the entire fare 😎
📍 Niagara Falls, ON
The town centre is as far as I can go by train - getting to the falls themselves requires manning up and transferring onto a local bus, but doing so certainly didn’t disappoint… 😍🇨🇦
The town centre is as far as I can go by train - getting to the falls themselves requires manning up and transferring onto a local bus, but doing so certainly didn’t disappoint… 😍🇨🇦
November 6, 2025 at 7:14 PM
📍 Niagara Falls, ON
The town centre is as far as I can go by train - getting to the falls themselves requires manning up and transferring onto a local bus, but doing so certainly didn’t disappoint… 😍🇨🇦
The town centre is as far as I can go by train - getting to the falls themselves requires manning up and transferring onto a local bus, but doing so certainly didn’t disappoint… 😍🇨🇦
Morning!
Today I’m taking my first ride with GO Transit which is on the “Express” limited stop service to Niagara Falls, a journey of around 2ish hours. 6 return services run on weekdays, upped to 8 on weekends in addition to Amtrak/Via’s “Maple Leaf”. Let’s go! 🇨🇦
Today I’m taking my first ride with GO Transit which is on the “Express” limited stop service to Niagara Falls, a journey of around 2ish hours. 6 return services run on weekdays, upped to 8 on weekends in addition to Amtrak/Via’s “Maple Leaf”. Let’s go! 🇨🇦
November 6, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Morning!
Today I’m taking my first ride with GO Transit which is on the “Express” limited stop service to Niagara Falls, a journey of around 2ish hours. 6 return services run on weekdays, upped to 8 on weekends in addition to Amtrak/Via’s “Maple Leaf”. Let’s go! 🇨🇦
Today I’m taking my first ride with GO Transit which is on the “Express” limited stop service to Niagara Falls, a journey of around 2ish hours. 6 return services run on weekdays, upped to 8 on weekends in addition to Amtrak/Via’s “Maple Leaf”. Let’s go! 🇨🇦
📍 Toronto Union Station
4 min late arrival, which wraps up my time with Via Rail - can’t say many aspects of their boarding and alighting practices have made filming these journeys easy, but we got there in the end 😁
I have 3 more days in Toronto, mostly for resting and others for tourist stuff… 🇨🇦
4 min late arrival, which wraps up my time with Via Rail - can’t say many aspects of their boarding and alighting practices have made filming these journeys easy, but we got there in the end 😁
I have 3 more days in Toronto, mostly for resting and others for tourist stuff… 🇨🇦
November 5, 2025 at 6:28 PM
📍 Toronto Union Station
4 min late arrival, which wraps up my time with Via Rail - can’t say many aspects of their boarding and alighting practices have made filming these journeys easy, but we got there in the end 😁
I have 3 more days in Toronto, mostly for resting and others for tourist stuff… 🇨🇦
4 min late arrival, which wraps up my time with Via Rail - can’t say many aspects of their boarding and alighting practices have made filming these journeys easy, but we got there in the end 😁
I have 3 more days in Toronto, mostly for resting and others for tourist stuff… 🇨🇦
A short and sweet stay in London (🇨🇦) as I’m heading back to Toronto on board Via’s LRC coaches. Certain routes out of Windsor and Montreal to Toronto are the last ones these coaches are doing as they, like the HEP2s, are progressively replaced by the new Venture sets. Let’s go!
November 5, 2025 at 3:53 PM
A short and sweet stay in London (🇨🇦) as I’m heading back to Toronto on board Via’s LRC coaches. Certain routes out of Windsor and Montreal to Toronto are the last ones these coaches are doing as they, like the HEP2s, are progressively replaced by the new Venture sets. Let’s go!
📍 London, ON
Ended up getting a personal safety demonstration on this trip (presumably as I’m a foreigner), not to mention Via staff decided to close the platform halfway through me recording the train’s departure (despite knowing what I was doing)…
This is Via Rail Canada, not Via Air Canada 🙃
Ended up getting a personal safety demonstration on this trip (presumably as I’m a foreigner), not to mention Via staff decided to close the platform halfway through me recording the train’s departure (despite knowing what I was doing)…
This is Via Rail Canada, not Via Air Canada 🙃
November 5, 2025 at 2:34 PM
📍 London, ON
Ended up getting a personal safety demonstration on this trip (presumably as I’m a foreigner), not to mention Via staff decided to close the platform halfway through me recording the train’s departure (despite knowing what I was doing)…
This is Via Rail Canada, not Via Air Canada 🙃
Ended up getting a personal safety demonstration on this trip (presumably as I’m a foreigner), not to mention Via staff decided to close the platform halfway through me recording the train’s departure (despite knowing what I was doing)…
This is Via Rail Canada, not Via Air Canada 🙃
Morning!
Off to London (🇨🇦) this morning, which partially covers some of the remaining sections of the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor I have left to clear. The outbound is on a Venture, but the inbound will be something different…
Off to London (🇨🇦) this morning, which partially covers some of the remaining sections of the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor I have left to clear. The outbound is on a Venture, but the inbound will be something different…
November 5, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Morning!
Off to London (🇨🇦) this morning, which partially covers some of the remaining sections of the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor I have left to clear. The outbound is on a Venture, but the inbound will be something different…
Off to London (🇨🇦) this morning, which partially covers some of the remaining sections of the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor I have left to clear. The outbound is on a Venture, but the inbound will be something different…
📍 Toronto Union Station
11 minutes late in the end thanks to waiting for a platform to clear, but all in all a great trip with Via Rail - these trains really are a step up to the existing Corridor fleet and by far a better Venture model than the US ones (so far at least).
Off to check in & rest 🇨🇦
11 minutes late in the end thanks to waiting for a platform to clear, but all in all a great trip with Via Rail - these trains really are a step up to the existing Corridor fleet and by far a better Venture model than the US ones (so far at least).
Off to check in & rest 🇨🇦
November 4, 2025 at 8:13 PM
📍 Toronto Union Station
11 minutes late in the end thanks to waiting for a platform to clear, but all in all a great trip with Via Rail - these trains really are a step up to the existing Corridor fleet and by far a better Venture model than the US ones (so far at least).
Off to check in & rest 🇨🇦
11 minutes late in the end thanks to waiting for a platform to clear, but all in all a great trip with Via Rail - these trains really are a step up to the existing Corridor fleet and by far a better Venture model than the US ones (so far at least).
Off to check in & rest 🇨🇦
Remember how I said yesterday I wasn’t filming the Venture from Ottawa? That’s because the sets have now taken over all bar a handful of services on Via’s “Corridor” trains - consequently, my originally-booked LRC to Toronto got swapped for a Venture, so I’ll have 5.5 hours of fun on this. Let’s go!
November 4, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Remember how I said yesterday I wasn’t filming the Venture from Ottawa? That’s because the sets have now taken over all bar a handful of services on Via’s “Corridor” trains - consequently, my originally-booked LRC to Toronto got swapped for a Venture, so I’ll have 5.5 hours of fun on this. Let’s go!
Bonjour!
I’m leaving Quebec for good this time, so I’m making use of the Via Rail Lounge here in Montreal before my journey south 🇨🇦
I’m leaving Quebec for good this time, so I’m making use of the Via Rail Lounge here in Montreal before my journey south 🇨🇦
November 4, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Bonjour!
I’m leaving Quebec for good this time, so I’m making use of the Via Rail Lounge here in Montreal before my journey south 🇨🇦
I’m leaving Quebec for good this time, so I’m making use of the Via Rail Lounge here in Montreal before my journey south 🇨🇦
Sadly a lot of Exo’s fleet are the same Bombardier multi-level cars also used by NJ Transit - great from a comfort perspective, but sadly the same dirty window issue is also present… 🥴
November 3, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Sadly a lot of Exo’s fleet are the same Bombardier multi-level cars also used by NJ Transit - great from a comfort perspective, but sadly the same dirty window issue is also present… 🥴
📍 Montreal Gare Centrale
Arrival on time into Montreal - as much as I’m giving Via Rail a lot of stick for their airline practices, the staff and onboard service so far have been absolutely brilliant and this journey was no exception!
Whilst I wait, I’m off for a ride on Exo 🇨🇦
Arrival on time into Montreal - as much as I’m giving Via Rail a lot of stick for their airline practices, the staff and onboard service so far have been absolutely brilliant and this journey was no exception!
Whilst I wait, I’m off for a ride on Exo 🇨🇦
November 3, 2025 at 5:59 PM
📍 Montreal Gare Centrale
Arrival on time into Montreal - as much as I’m giving Via Rail a lot of stick for their airline practices, the staff and onboard service so far have been absolutely brilliant and this journey was no exception!
Whilst I wait, I’m off for a ride on Exo 🇨🇦
Arrival on time into Montreal - as much as I’m giving Via Rail a lot of stick for their airline practices, the staff and onboard service so far have been absolutely brilliant and this journey was no exception!
Whilst I wait, I’m off for a ride on Exo 🇨🇦
Via Rail’s honestly a joke of an operation… another safety briefing done on the exit row and even overheard one passenger say they had to remove a certain amount of weight from their luggage just to board. Are they trying to be an airline? 😂
Morning from Ottawa 🇨🇦
I’m heading back to Montreal this morning on board one of Via Rail’s brand new Siemens Venture sets - I was originally going to be filming this one for the channel, but something in my itinerary changed which means I’ll just be enjoying the ride with this one… 😁
I’m heading back to Montreal this morning on board one of Via Rail’s brand new Siemens Venture sets - I was originally going to be filming this one for the channel, but something in my itinerary changed which means I’ll just be enjoying the ride with this one… 😁
November 3, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Via Rail’s honestly a joke of an operation… another safety briefing done on the exit row and even overheard one passenger say they had to remove a certain amount of weight from their luggage just to board. Are they trying to be an airline? 😂
Morning from Ottawa 🇨🇦
I’m heading back to Montreal this morning on board one of Via Rail’s brand new Siemens Venture sets - I was originally going to be filming this one for the channel, but something in my itinerary changed which means I’ll just be enjoying the ride with this one… 😁
I’m heading back to Montreal this morning on board one of Via Rail’s brand new Siemens Venture sets - I was originally going to be filming this one for the channel, but something in my itinerary changed which means I’ll just be enjoying the ride with this one… 😁
November 3, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Morning from Ottawa 🇨🇦
I’m heading back to Montreal this morning on board one of Via Rail’s brand new Siemens Venture sets - I was originally going to be filming this one for the channel, but something in my itinerary changed which means I’ll just be enjoying the ride with this one… 😁
I’m heading back to Montreal this morning on board one of Via Rail’s brand new Siemens Venture sets - I was originally going to be filming this one for the channel, but something in my itinerary changed which means I’ll just be enjoying the ride with this one… 😁