Rail Focus - Chris 🏳️🌈
@railfocus.bsky.social
Freelance transport & engineering journalist, railway campaigner and self proclaimed engineering nerd.
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Deeside 'Parkway' has been finally funded! (I hope) I know my small part probably had little to do with it, but I've been campaigning for a new station (along with others) for so long it almost feels like my project. Here's map original crude design 👇
February 18, 2026 at 10:12 AM
Deeside 'Parkway' has been finally funded! (I hope) I know my small part probably had little to do with it, but I've been campaigning for a new station (along with others) for so long it almost feels like my project. Here's map original crude design 👇
I don't think I've ever used this platform before. Totally confused me 😅
February 17, 2026 at 8:06 PM
I don't think I've ever used this platform before. Totally confused me 😅
Today I had a crash course in mined tunneling and "stacked drifts". I think I understood it all, but it was a lot to take in. Every day's a school day.
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February 17, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Today I had a crash course in mined tunneling and "stacked drifts". I think I understood it all, but it was a lot to take in. Every day's a school day.
There's about 50 people at the platform at Euston hoping RTT is accurate, with the inbound train still 10 minutes away.
February 17, 2026 at 5:27 PM
There's about 50 people at the platform at Euston hoping RTT is accurate, with the inbound train still 10 minutes away.
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Our latest issue is on sale from tomorrow.
🛤️ ORR looks at overspeeds;
🛤️ Great Heck 25 years on: the first reporter on scene remembers;
🛤️ German engineering helps a British problem & we try the sleeper from Birmingham.
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🛤️ ORR looks at overspeeds;
🛤️ Great Heck 25 years on: the first reporter on scene remembers;
🛤️ German engineering helps a British problem & we try the sleeper from Birmingham.
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February 17, 2026 at 9:59 AM
Our latest issue is on sale from tomorrow.
🛤️ ORR looks at overspeeds;
🛤️ Great Heck 25 years on: the first reporter on scene remembers;
🛤️ German engineering helps a British problem & we try the sleeper from Birmingham.
Subscribe: railmagazine.com
🛤️ ORR looks at overspeeds;
🛤️ Great Heck 25 years on: the first reporter on scene remembers;
🛤️ German engineering helps a British problem & we try the sleeper from Birmingham.
Subscribe: railmagazine.com
My chariot down to London this morning
February 17, 2026 at 8:13 AM
My chariot down to London this morning
Who doesn't love a bit of early morning coupling
February 17, 2026 at 7:28 AM
Who doesn't love a bit of early morning coupling
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🎬 NEW VIDEO 🎬
I'm back in the Midlands for a trip along the line to Hereford, I spend some time in Worcester and find the station that time has forgot!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGFD...
I'm back in the Midlands for a trip along the line to Hereford, I spend some time in Worcester and find the station that time has forgot!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGFD...
Worcester's Forgotten Railway Station - Shrub Hill
YouTube video by JenOnTheMove
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February 16, 2026 at 1:46 PM
🎬 NEW VIDEO 🎬
I'm back in the Midlands for a trip along the line to Hereford, I spend some time in Worcester and find the station that time has forgot!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGFD...
I'm back in the Midlands for a trip along the line to Hereford, I spend some time in Worcester and find the station that time has forgot!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGFD...
The Cardiff Crossrail video goes live on Wednesday at 14:00. If you can wait until then it's available early and advert free for Patreon and Youtube members.
www.patreon.com/c/Chris_Rail... #Cardiff
www.patreon.com/c/Chris_Rail... #Cardiff
February 16, 2026 at 6:22 PM
The Cardiff Crossrail video goes live on Wednesday at 14:00. If you can wait until then it's available early and advert free for Patreon and Youtube members.
www.patreon.com/c/Chris_Rail... #Cardiff
www.patreon.com/c/Chris_Rail... #Cardiff
"no one cares what you do". Why are the SaVe ArE kIdS mob so obsessed with sex? Unless he means gay people can only show love for their partners at home? I don't usually engage on Facebook, it's worse than Twittex. But Reform and their supporters won't be happy until all LGBTQ+ people are silenced
February 16, 2026 at 1:26 PM
"no one cares what you do". Why are the SaVe ArE kIdS mob so obsessed with sex? Unless he means gay people can only show love for their partners at home? I don't usually engage on Facebook, it's worse than Twittex. But Reform and their supporters won't be happy until all LGBTQ+ people are silenced
This short pretty much sums up all right wing rage, which the likes of Farage take advantage of. By the time the truth surfaces they've already moved on to the next lie, or out of context claim 😮💨
youtube.com/shorts/bCv92...
youtube.com/shorts/bCv92...
Speedrun the factchecking experience
YouTube video by Simon Clark
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February 16, 2026 at 9:28 AM
This short pretty much sums up all right wing rage, which the likes of Farage take advantage of. By the time the truth surfaces they've already moved on to the next lie, or out of context claim 😮💨
youtube.com/shorts/bCv92...
youtube.com/shorts/bCv92...
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The Cumbrian Coast Line has a beginning — and today I’m riding the railway that started it all.
Victorian stations, old footbridges, sandstone buildings and some fascinating history along the way.
🎥 Now live: youtu.be/6WAXpc4UUTU
Victorian stations, old footbridges, sandstone buildings and some fascinating history along the way.
🎥 Now live: youtu.be/6WAXpc4UUTU
February 15, 2026 at 4:59 PM
The Cumbrian Coast Line has a beginning — and today I’m riding the railway that started it all.
Victorian stations, old footbridges, sandstone buildings and some fascinating history along the way.
🎥 Now live: youtu.be/6WAXpc4UUTU
Victorian stations, old footbridges, sandstone buildings and some fascinating history along the way.
🎥 Now live: youtu.be/6WAXpc4UUTU
Spending a weekend sanding and painting a door was not how I wanted to spend my time off 😅. Joys of home ownership 😬
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February 15, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Spending a weekend sanding and painting a door was not how I wanted to spend my time off 😅. Joys of home ownership 😬
What is Lib Dem MP doing defending a scheme designed only to remove flexible jobs for people who are unable to get jobs in "AI". All "robo taxis" will do is off-shore jobs to cheap offices where people will still be needed to monitor the vehicles, while tech giants skim off profits.
Yawn. More Green Party nonsense.
Remote operators are not “in control” of vehicles, they provide guidance when vehicles need additional input.
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Remote operators are not “in control” of vehicles, they provide guidance when vehicles need additional input.
futurism.com/advanced-tra...
It Turns Out That When Waymos Are Stumped, They Get Intervention From Workers in the Philippines
During a Congressional hearing, Waymo's chief safety officer, Mauricio Peña, was grilled over the company's reliance on overseas workers.
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February 15, 2026 at 2:19 PM
What is Lib Dem MP doing defending a scheme designed only to remove flexible jobs for people who are unable to get jobs in "AI". All "robo taxis" will do is off-shore jobs to cheap offices where people will still be needed to monitor the vehicles, while tech giants skim off profits.
No video today unfortunately, but I am hoping to release the promised Cardiff Crossrail video during the coming week.
February 15, 2026 at 12:17 PM
No video today unfortunately, but I am hoping to release the promised Cardiff Crossrail video during the coming week.
I spy one of my drone shot 👀
Great British Railways: ‘The target is to increase use of the railway' https://bit.ly/3MF1rVY
February 15, 2026 at 12:14 PM
I spy one of my drone shot 👀
Any "LGB Alliance" supporters looking at Reform and thinking they seem like a sensible party to support may want to look at what's happening in Chester. A Reform councillor is basically using Section 28 rhetoric to try and defund a vital arts and creative venue. 1/2 #Storyhouse
February 14, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Any "LGB Alliance" supporters looking at Reform and thinking they seem like a sensible party to support may want to look at what's happening in Chester. A Reform councillor is basically using Section 28 rhetoric to try and defund a vital arts and creative venue. 1/2 #Storyhouse
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Just checking, it's now ok to flee your homeland, because you're afraid for your safety, and seek refuge in another Country?
Glad we've cleared that up. Let's hear no more about immigration and refugees then.
Glad we've cleared that up. Let's hear no more about immigration and refugees then.
February 14, 2026 at 7:55 AM
Just checking, it's now ok to flee your homeland, because you're afraid for your safety, and seek refuge in another Country?
Glad we've cleared that up. Let's hear no more about immigration and refugees then.
Glad we've cleared that up. Let's hear no more about immigration and refugees then.
🚨 Latest Video 🚨 Looking at the excellent work carried out by the team at #Alstom to modernise the 20 year old Class 220 units as part of a £75m investment in CrossCountry's entire fleet.
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#CrossCountry
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#CrossCountry
Refurbished Class 220 Voyager Revealed! CrossCountry 220 033
YouTube video by Rail Focus
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February 13, 2026 at 3:05 PM
🚨 Latest Video 🚨 Looking at the excellent work carried out by the team at #Alstom to modernise the 20 year old Class 220 units as part of a £75m investment in CrossCountry's entire fleet.
▶️ youtu.be/vp3yVGYY2po ◀️
#CrossCountry
▶️ youtu.be/vp3yVGYY2po ◀️
#CrossCountry
I don't understand how the neo gothic entrance is supposed to make the tower block fit any better with its surroundings. A modern glass building perched on an oversized faux cathedral?
‘Why can’t the existing railway station be given a gentle and historically sensitive upgrade without the addition of an architecturally redundant tower block?’ – Charles Saumarez Smith explains why plans to redevelop Liverpool Street station are an architectural train wreck
Liverpool Street station is on schedule to be an architectural train wreck
Plans for a widely opposed redevelopment of London Liverpool Street have been approved – why, asks Charles Saumarez Smith, when there is a better, less costly alternative?
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February 12, 2026 at 11:17 PM
I don't understand how the neo gothic entrance is supposed to make the tower block fit any better with its surroundings. A modern glass building perched on an oversized faux cathedral?
🚨 Latest Video 🚨 Taking a look onboard the recently refurbished CrossCountry Class 220, also includes a brief overview of the Class 220 and 221 Super Voyagers.
▶️ youtu.be/vp3yVGYY2po ◀️
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Refurbished Class 220 Voyager Revealed! CrossCountry 220 033
YouTube video by Rail Focus
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February 12, 2026 at 6:39 PM
🚨 Latest Video 🚨 Taking a look onboard the recently refurbished CrossCountry Class 220, also includes a brief overview of the Class 220 and 221 Super Voyagers.
▶️ youtu.be/vp3yVGYY2po ◀️
▶️ youtu.be/vp3yVGYY2po ◀️
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All the problems with Britain's railways
YouTube video by Gareth Dennis
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February 12, 2026 at 4:16 PM
🚨 Latest Video 🚨 Taking a look onboard the recently refurbished CrossCountry Class 220, also includes a brief history of the Class 220 and 221 Super Voyager.
▶️ youtu.be/vp3yVGYY2po ◀️
#CrossCountry #Alstom #Class220
▶️ youtu.be/vp3yVGYY2po ◀️
#CrossCountry #Alstom #Class220
February 12, 2026 at 3:04 PM
🚨 Latest Video 🚨 Taking a look onboard the recently refurbished CrossCountry Class 220, also includes a brief history of the Class 220 and 221 Super Voyager.
▶️ youtu.be/vp3yVGYY2po ◀️
#CrossCountry #Alstom #Class220
▶️ youtu.be/vp3yVGYY2po ◀️
#CrossCountry #Alstom #Class220