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Railway/transport writing & photography. SVR PW Volunteer Cycling/cargo bikes, climate change. Own views etc. Slava Ukraini! randomrailways.com Pic site: https://randomrailways.photodeck.com
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Random Railways @randomrailways.bsky.social · Jun 13
New Ebook now published!

Winterrail. The story of a 3 month interrailling adventre through Europe

Available now at Amazon and other Ebook retailers
#travel
#interrail

www.amazon.co.uk/Winterrail-G...

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Sian Berry MP @sianberry.bsky.social · 20h
Amid horrific violence it is clear the LNER train crew acted with incredible professionalism and bravery. The actions of the injured guard were heroic, and the coordination with blue lights to get to the best place for help to reach passengers was vital. Full respect for these workers. 🙏👏
rmtunion.bsky.social RMT Union @rmtunion.bsky.social · 1d
RMT heap praise on staff during train stabbing

Rail union RMT, has today heaped praise on railway staff for their role during the horrific mass stabbing incident last night.
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RMT heap praise on staff during train stabbing
Rail union RMT, has today heaped praise on railway staff for their role during the horrific mass stabbing incident last night.
rmtunion.org
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Greenpeace EU @greenpeace.eu · 6d
HUGE result from @greenpeace.no, @naturogungdom.bsky.social and youth activists

The European Court of Human Rights has just ruled that the Norwegian government must take the global climate impact into account before approving new oil and gas projects
European human rights court sets climate limits for the oil industry - Greenpeace International
Today, The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled that Norway must assess the global climate impacts of oil and gas before opening new oil fields on the Norwegian continental shelf in order ...
www.greenpeace.org
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Random Railways @randomrailways.bsky.social · 9d
Don't forget BST ends tonight, time to adjust the clocks again
A person in orange hi vis adjusting the ornate station clock in the roof of Kings Cross Station, London
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 15d
Ah! Good morning, reality. And welcome. We’ve been expecting you…
FT graph showing massive UK public support for the opinion that it was wrong to vote to leave the EU.
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 27d
Reform’s Russian ‘asset’ – the Kremlin shadow over Nigel Farage
Reform's Russian 'asset' - the Kremlin shadow over Nigel Farage | Searchlight
Nathan Gill - Russian asset On 26 September, former Welsh Brexit Party MEP and Reform UK official Nathan Gill pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey to eight coun ...
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Random Railways @randomrailways.bsky.social · Oct 4
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
At least 30 injured in Russian strike on railway station, Zelensky says
Preliminary reports indicate that train staff and passengers were at the site of the strike, he says.
www.bbc.co.uk
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Every Last Station @everylaststation.bsky.social · Oct 3
Possibly the most forgotten viaduct in England…

Calstock viaduct is amazing and definitely worth a visit!
Calstock viaduct with a class 150 train travelling over it. A reflection of the viaduct and train can be seen in the river
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Random Railways @randomrailways.bsky.social · Oct 3
www.westofengland-ca.gov.uk/news/henbury...
Henbury station secures planning approval - West of England Combined Authority
www.westofengland-ca.gov.uk
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Random Railways @randomrailways.bsky.social · Oct 1
www.railwaygazette.com/monorail-and...

*Inserts obligatory Simpsons quote* 🚝

@garethdennis.uk
President announces Santo Domingo monorail project
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Project promoter Fitram has called tenders for the detailed design and construction of the first phase of Santo Domingo's monorail project, following President Luis Abinader's anno...
www.railwaygazette.com
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Ben Sanderson @benmsanderson.bsky.social · Sep 29
Paris-Berlin sleeper: low carbon, 2 years old, constantly full, but currently losing SNCF a few million EUR/yr

Intl Jet fuel tax exemptions are 80 years old and cost the EU 22 million EUR/yr for the Paris-Berlin route alone.

And you're cutting... the sleeper?

www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...
It’s goodnight Vienna as Paris sleeper train to Austria and Berlin hit by cuts
Some Nightjet services suspended from mid-December after French withdrawal amid public budget crisis
www.theguardian.com
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · Sep 26
ARE

YOU

PAYING

ATTENTION

YET?

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Random Railways @randomrailways.bsky.social · Sep 26
A week to go before the Autumn Diesel Bash at the SVR, 65 years of Class 37s.
@geofftech.bsky.social @sarahwiththetrains.bsky.social

svr.co.uk/event/65-yea...
Class 37 loco on a low loader arriving at Kidderminster Station Screengrab from Facebook SVR Page advertising the Diesel Gala with a photo of 37901
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Random Railways @randomrailways.bsky.social · Sep 25
And in this BBC interview he said that

"People can't afford homes, they can't have a car"

So how do they get around? walk, bus and cycle presumably... 🙄🙄🤬

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Teenage Warwickshire Reform UK council leader George Finch 'wanted to teach'
George Finch, the UK's youngest council leader at 19, had thought he would become a history teacher.
www.bbc.co.uk
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Random Railways @randomrailways.bsky.social · Sep 25
Unusual sight last weekend due to ECML closure, Azumas on the Tyne Valley line - seen here at Hexham and Haltwhistle
An LNER Azuma train passing under the Grade II listed Hexam signal box, built on a steel gantry spanning the tracks An LNER Azuma train passing the Grade II listed Hexam signal box, a tall red and cream painted wooden structure on a brick base, with the train framed by a quaint cream and red footbridge
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Random Railways @randomrailways.bsky.social · Sep 19
NCB No 49 gets an early watering at Bridgnorth MPD, SVR Autumn Gala
Ex National Coal Board steam Loco No 49 being filled with water at Bridgnorth Motive Power Depot as the sun is rising behind it. A man sits on top of the water tank and is about to remove the 'bag' (rubber pipe) used to fill the water tank, which is overflowing, water running down the sides of the loco. Steam and smoke mingle in the air in front of orange clouds
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Random Railways @randomrailways.bsky.social · Sep 17
GB Railfreight 66721 at Healey Mills B junction with 4M36, 09.54 Drax Aes to Liverpool Biomass Tml, 16th Sepetember 2025
GB Railfreight class 66, number 66721 with a train of woodchip hoppers used for imported woodchip to fuel Drax power station, claimed to be green renewable energy when the woodchip is imported from Canada
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · Sep 16
New footage shows the scale of the fire after a Russian strike on an Epicenter logistics facility in Kyiv region. The damage is significant, with rescue services working at the scene.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · Sep 14
We all need to be having these conversations.
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Random Railways @randomrailways.bsky.social · Sep 15
We have an Autumn Diesel Bash celebrating 65 years of CL37, lots of tractors operating, if that's tempting?

svr.co.uk/event/65-yea...
65 Years of Class 37 - Severn Valley Railway
The Autumn Diesel Bash will be taking place at the Severn Valley Railway from 2- 5 October, celebrating 65 years of the Class 37.
svr.co.uk
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Random Railways @randomrailways.bsky.social · Sep 15
BR Standard Class 5 73082 Camelot arriving at Kidderminster for the Severn Valley Railway Autumn Gala, this coming weekend
Steam loco 73082 Camelot being winched slowly off a low loader trailer onto the rails at Kidderminster yard
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Random Railways @randomrailways.bsky.social · Sep 12
Another delivered to Kharkiv, with Wyreforest2Ukraine
Mitsubishi L200, did a basic conversion to front line evac ambulance, now with 68th Brigade, volunteer unit formed in 2022.
Onto the next one!
More 4WD single cab pickups urgently needed to evac injured troops from front lines.
#ukraine
#aid
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Random Railways @randomrailways.bsky.social · Sep 12
www.railwaygazette.com/infrastructu...
Ukraine’s standard gauge ‘iron link’ to the EU opens
UKRAINE: Standard gauge trains from the EU can now run directly to the city of Uzhhorod, following the opening of a 1 435 mm gauge track from Chop near the Slovakian and Hungarian borders.
www.railwaygazette.com
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American Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · Aug 22
You for some reason hate public transit and would never take it? Ok, but what if our taxes made it high quality, leading to more people abandoning their cars and utilizing it, freeing up the open road for you to more easily commute by car?

Yeah, it's that simple.
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Random Railways @randomrailways.bsky.social · Aug 4
www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp8z2g28818o
Middlehaven roundabout locomotive plan approved
The installation is celebrating the 200th anniversary of the Stockton and Darlington Railway.
www.bbc.co.uk
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Brynley Heaven @brynleyheaven.bsky.social · Aug 1
We want the Dudley Dasher
premetro.co.uk/building-the...
Building the Dudley Dasher together
Pre Metro Operations has spent the past six months in active dialogue with local leaders, MPs, businesses, and transport authorities to advance the Dudley Dasher - our proposed Very Light Rail (VLR) l...
premetro.co.uk
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