Euan
@ferg02.bsky.social
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23 - Professional Anorak, Mostly Railways! (he/him)
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Some photos from yesterdays fantastic Oban Bucket railtour with the brilliant D213
D213 leaving the sidings at Oban for the return. Three modes of transport in one, D213, the water(?) lorry and a CalMac ferry! D213 stopped at Garelochhead awaiting a late Scotrail sprinter. D213 arrived back at Carlisle 17 hours after she left!
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303032trains.bsky.social
HNRC liveried 37405 top and tailed with Regional Railways liveried 37425 pass through Carluke with 3S93 Stirling - Carstairs CE RHTT train 27.9.25 scottishtrains.zenfolio.com/p364986117/e...
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oldlongsign.bsky.social
hey does anyone know where i can find the full version of this? has some rare colour footage of pre-war a4s in it apparently
ferg02.bsky.social
Very last minute trip to the open day at Heaton Depot, lots of nice stuff on show!
InterCity 225 91150 “National Railway Museum 50 Years 1975-2025” sat outside the depot. Deltic D9000 “Royal Scots Grey” sat outside, slightly dumped out of site. Super Sprinter 158758 sat inside the depot. The drivers controls of A4 60007 “Sir Nigel Gresley”
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rathergoodart.bsky.social
‘Pennine Railway’, Simon Palmer, watercolour, ink and gouache, 2003.
This Christmas card pack contains four A6 cards printed on Invercote card stock using high quality inks, and a white envelope for each of them.
www.rathergoodart.co.uk/product/simo...
#simonpalmer #yorkshireartist #yorkshireart
A view of a railway bridge in winter. Snow lies by the interestingly curved fence railings. A clear blue sky indicates dawn or dusk.
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nicktankard.bsky.social
#signalman Unpublished illustrations I made for The Signalman by Charles Dickens.
A black and white illustration of a Signalman and his signalbox. A ghostly figure stands waving at the mouth of a dark tunnel. A man out walking in bleak countryside. A black & white illustration. A black & white illustration of a signalman sat by the fire in his signalbox. He looks anxious. A man in outdoor clothing stands between trees, he grasps the trunks of two to keep his balance. He is in silhouette, featureless, he looks down into a deep dark and rocky ravine. A black and white illustration.
ferg02.bsky.social
Some photos from this year’s Ayrshow, pushing my camera to its limits with these!
A grey helicopter (Royal Navy Merlin) banking right towards the camera. A grey helicopter (Royal Navy Merlin) banking right away from the camera. A grey helicopter (Royal Navy Merlin) mid turn appearing to pass underneath a seagull much closer to the camera. A crew member demonstrating the rescue winch over the sea.
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tomcoletti.bsky.social
just heard the news and all i can think of is
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interurbanera.bsky.social
Figures are in and lights are on. The ALTAs first PA is done!
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georgeouthwaite.bsky.social
Whenever I share paintings of the power station I always get comments about what a blight it looks and the cleverness of the juxtaposition, and I just don’t know how to explain how sad it makes me feel to look at the hole it has left on the horizon now it’s gone
4 paintings of Rugeley power station
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oldlongsign.bsky.social
Been faffing about with the Haymarket set (that's basically all I can do at the moment in regards to the next episode. Realised after that the skyline is far too cluttered but hey ho, at least the tenements look more tenement-y!
A model of Haymarket station c. 50s/60s with grubby buildings in the background. There is definitely not an NSWGR C36 in 1926 Royal train blue livery sat in the platform. You are imagining that.
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railmag.bsky.social
This motivational transept in Southern Rwy green at the freight depot will wrap up this tread for tonight - a bit of eerie legacy…
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markthomasinfo.bsky.social
Guardian has the cops arresting 474 people as terrorists. Salute to all arrested. People with courage to stand up against draconian intimidation. ✊
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cochu.bsky.social
Amen break whenever Mario vibrates extremely rapidly while emitting a barrage of "ha", "hoo", and "hmm" soundbites
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clordtc.bsky.social
OSA is gonna make us lose access to fucking wikipedia

write to your MPs.
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jwlicinio.bsky.social
the UK’s Internet age verification law has led to the effective censorship of all LGBT content on Reddit

what a shocking and unexpected turn of events!
Post on /r/transgenderUK entitled “Reddit now censors LGBTQ+ content under OFCOM’s new ‘Online Safety Act’” post text:
“I honestly can't even think of words to describe how vile this is. Here's a screenshot of what I now see when I search "lgbt" with my VPN switched off. Occasionally a banner appears at the top of the screen saying something about needing to verify ID to access "mature content" but the button doesn't even work. The fact that we're now considered "mature content" makes me feel sick.” The screenshot referenced in the previous image, showing the results of a search on Reddit for the term LGBT. No results from LGBT-specific subreddits appear; instead, posts from /r/Conservative, /r/Islam, /r/JustUnsubbed, etc are highlighted.
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talyllyn.co.uk
Dear Friends,

This past weekend has been something rather special indeed. From all of us at the Talyllyn Railway we cannot thank you enough for coming to the Awdry Extravaganza 2025 - so many have travelled so very far to visit our little railway and we are so very grateful.
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talyllyn.co.uk
AWDRY EXTRAVAGANZA SURPRISE ANNOUNCEMENT

We've had a surprise arrival from the Island of Sodor today ahead of the weekend's festivities!

George the Steam Roller will be at Tywyn Wharf across the event, though we're not sure he's as enthused as we are for him to be here...!
ferg02.bsky.social
A fantastic gala! The excellent selection of locos made the unpleasantly hot weather a lot more bearable. (37057 definitely stole the show for me!)
Visiting 37057 and 37508 running round at Oxenhope. 20205/20007 approaching Keighley. The impressive Colas 37 up close at Oxenhope Builders plate for Deltic No.9 “Alycidon”