Eliot Andersen
@eliotandersen.bsky.social
Cumbrian Labourite (remotely) in Westminster. Politics. Railways. Writes stuff. Honorary Mexican.
Can confirm the North Cumbrian Sloe Gin is an excellent vintage this year.
December 21, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Can confirm the North Cumbrian Sloe Gin is an excellent vintage this year.
140 miles down, 140 miles to go, but I’m finally in the south of the North.
December 16, 2025 at 8:12 PM
140 miles down, 140 miles to go, but I’m finally in the south of the North.
Can recommend turkey dinner aboard TfW Rail’s loco-hauled service. As good as the reviews foretold.
December 16, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Can recommend turkey dinner aboard TfW Rail’s loco-hauled service. As good as the reviews foretold.
I have been at a different House of Parliament.
December 16, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I have been at a different House of Parliament.
Tractors on the move.
December 15, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Tractors on the move.
I guess this is full-throated Badenochism.
December 10, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I guess this is full-throated Badenochism.
I spent one of my first election campaigns (aged 3) following my Mum round on the #labourdoorstep asking where “the party” was.
It was three Labour Gains, so we had a party.
It was three Labour Gains, so we had a party.
December 4, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I spent one of my first election campaigns (aged 3) following my Mum round on the #labourdoorstep asking where “the party” was.
It was three Labour Gains, so we had a party.
It was three Labour Gains, so we had a party.
Sounds like a sequel.
December 1, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Sounds like a sequel.
The Lakes Express running under the Nordmann fir.
November 27, 2025 at 9:54 PM
The Lakes Express running under the Nordmann fir.
You may be right.
November 26, 2025 at 4:56 PM
You may be right.
Black Friday *week*.
November 20, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Black Friday *week*.
Feliz Dia de los Muertos.
November 1, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Feliz Dia de los Muertos.
“You are in the house of Elrond. And it is ten o’clock in the morning, on October the 24th if you want to know.”
October 24, 2025 at 9:00 AM
“You are in the house of Elrond. And it is ten o’clock in the morning, on October the 24th if you want to know.”
No, me neither.
October 14, 2025 at 6:37 AM
No, me neither.
Only they’re allowed to declare who does and doesn’t hate Britain.
October 1, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Only they’re allowed to declare who does and doesn’t hate Britain.
On the 200th anniversary of the opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway in 1825, two main line steam charters pass by within seven minutes of each other at Carlisle today.
7029 Clun Castle arrives with The Shap Mountaineer, while 34067 Tangmere departs with The Lune Rivers Trust.
7029 Clun Castle arrives with The Shap Mountaineer, while 34067 Tangmere departs with The Lune Rivers Trust.
September 27, 2025 at 2:28 PM
On the 200th anniversary of the opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway in 1825, two main line steam charters pass by within seven minutes of each other at Carlisle today.
7029 Clun Castle arrives with The Shap Mountaineer, while 34067 Tangmere departs with The Lune Rivers Trust.
7029 Clun Castle arrives with The Shap Mountaineer, while 34067 Tangmere departs with The Lune Rivers Trust.
Had it for real in January thanks to Storm Éowyn.
September 7, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Had it for real in January thanks to Storm Éowyn.
"We won't use the same steam locomotive (5972) as in the films.
5972 is in our Watford studio tour, but we won't find an identical loco to use for the TV series.
Instead, we'll get one from a slightly different class (6989).
We'll make it look exactly like 5972.
But we'll number it 5977."
...Why?!
5972 is in our Watford studio tour, but we won't find an identical loco to use for the TV series.
Instead, we'll get one from a slightly different class (6989).
We'll make it look exactly like 5972.
But we'll number it 5977."
...Why?!
September 1, 2025 at 11:35 AM
"We won't use the same steam locomotive (5972) as in the films.
5972 is in our Watford studio tour, but we won't find an identical loco to use for the TV series.
Instead, we'll get one from a slightly different class (6989).
We'll make it look exactly like 5972.
But we'll number it 5977."
...Why?!
5972 is in our Watford studio tour, but we won't find an identical loco to use for the TV series.
Instead, we'll get one from a slightly different class (6989).
We'll make it look exactly like 5972.
But we'll number it 5977."
...Why?!
As someone who has been… let’s just say “a lot” in 27 years… the current leadership thinking appears to be along the lines of the lawyer in Jurassic Park. Fewer guests paying more money equals fewer staff.
August 28, 2025 at 7:10 PM
As someone who has been… let’s just say “a lot” in 27 years… the current leadership thinking appears to be along the lines of the lawyer in Jurassic Park. Fewer guests paying more money equals fewer staff.