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RailAdvent @railadvent.bsky.social · 5d

Back on its home ground, Flying Scotsman will take passengers via the ECML to Newcastle, which will have a Christmas Market full of local traders. https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2025/10/embargoed-ufn-flying-scotsman-to-return-to-mainline-with-special-uk-railtours-trip.html #christmas #DbCargo

Flying Scotsman to return to mainline with special UK Railtours trip

UK Railtours has announced a special trip in December which will see 60103 Flying Scotsman return to mainline passenger service. In association with the Science Museum Group, DB Cargo and Northern Steam Operations, the trip will see Flying Scotsman head to Newcastle on the 14th December. The trip will start…

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Matthew Kay @mattkayrailfan.bsky.social · 6d

I have voted, you can too!

Talking Pictures TV @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social · 6d

🚨We have 3 NOMINATIONS in the @TVChoice AWARDS this year!
BEST ENTERTAINMENT SHOW for THE FOOTAGE DETECTIVES, BEST FACTUAL for THE STORIES BEHIND THE SONGS & #TPTV FAVOURITE CHANNEL. Fancy voting us? (We won't twist your arm), but we'd be very grateful. buff.ly/EOOAMIM

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Talking Pictures TV @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social · 7d

🚨We have 3 NOMINATIONS in the #TVChoice AWARDS this year! BEST ENTERTAINMENT SHOW for THE FOOTAGE DETECTIVES, BEST FACTUAL for THE STORIES BEHIND THE SONGS & #TPTV FAVOURITE CHANNEL. Fancy voting us? (We won't twist your arm), but we'd be very grateful. tvchoicemagazine.co.uk/vote/

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Talking Pictures TV @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social · 8d

Announcement! 🚨 Tickets are now on sale for The #TalkingPicturesTV & #RenownPictures Festival Of Film at @albanarena St Albans Saturday 21st & Sunday 22nd March 2026. Full guest line-up to TBA. Call 0808 178 8212 or online here: buff.ly/UW40Uh5

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Matthew Kay @mattkayrailfan.bsky.social · 8d

Also BEST FACTUAL SHOW for THE STORIES BEHIND THE SONGS.
Made my votes!

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Talking Pictures TV @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social · 8d

🚨We've 2 NOMINATIONS in the #TVChoice AWARDS this year! BEST ENTERTAINMENT SHOW for THE FOOTAGE DETECTIVES & #TPTV FAVOURITE CHANNEL. If you fancy voting us in these categories, it would be amazing! We won't twist your arm, but we'd be very grateful. www.tvchoicemagazine.co.uk/vote/

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Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 11d

200 years ago today LOCOMOTION pulled a train between Darlington and Stockton and everything changed.

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Matthew Kay @mattkayrailfan.bsky.social · 11d

I’ve got my ticket, so I cannot wait to see what you have to showcase.

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goonshow.org @goonshow.org · 11d

A reminder. The Goon Show Preservation Society will be represented at the @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social Festival of Film & TV Roadshow at Hebden Bridge Picture House on Saturday 11th October. There will be a film screening, and you can come and talk to us at our stall.

Come see us with TPTV in Hebden Bridge

In June this year, an episode of The Footage Detectives on Talking Pictures TV was a Goon Show Special which featured our own Mark Cousins and some rare bits of Goon Madness film featuring Harry Se…

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Matthew Kay @mattkayrailfan.bsky.social · 11d

I was there and I found it fascinating!

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 11d

'Beautiful moment' as replica of Locomotion No 1 crosses oldest bridge on 200th anniversary of the Stockton & Darlington Railway. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

'Beautiful moment' as S&DR200 replica crosses Skerne Bridge

Locomotion No 1 is travelling from Shildon to Stockton for a railway's 200th anniversary.

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OldRailwayAccidents @rwldproject.bsky.social · 11d

Interesting stats - and also telling that bicycles don't appear! 🧐

#Railway200

Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 11d

The first steam-powered passenger rail trip was on 27th Sept 1825 (200th bday is nuanced - regular passenger steam slightly later). Here's transport carbon footprint today - Eurostar easily cleanest cos fully electrified. I hope the next 200 yrs has even more (electric) trains! With lower prices...

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Matthew Kay @mattkayrailfan.bsky.social · 11d

Spent some time at Skerne Bridge car park in Darlington to spectate the 200th anniversary run by a replica of ‘Locomotion’ over the bridge; soon followed by a walk around Hopetown Darlington; my second visit there since January.
#Railway200 #SDR200

LMS Black Five 44871 crossing Skerne bridge with the ‘Railway 200 Special’ railtour bound for Stanhope.

Locomotion No. 1 replica approaching Skerne Bridge with replica wagons and carriage.

56045, 60007 ‘Sir Nigel Gresley’ and 60163 ‘Tornado’ at Hopetown Darlington.

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Matthew Kay @mattkayrailfan.bsky.social · 11d

200 years since the opening of the Stockton & Darlington Railway.
Here is the working replica of ‘Locomotion’ approaching Skerne Bridge in Darlington; a scene reminiscent of that date.
#Railway200 #SDR200

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David Horne @davidhorne.bsky.social · 11d

Happy Birthday to The Railway!

As we celebrate the bi-centenary of the first journey on the Stockton & Darlington Railway, thank you to everyone who works on the railways today - taking us to places so we can discover, work, learn, meet friends and make memories!

Stay safe and enjoy the day!

Locomotion No.1 next to an InterCity 125 power car 43102 at Locomotion in Shildon

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Community Rail Network @communityrail.bsky.social · 11d

Today is a huge date in the 2025 calendar...

27 September marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of the modern railway!🎉

We're so proud that #CommunityRail has played a central and inspiring role in the national celebrations 🚂 #Railway200

2025 Highlights so Far

2025 is the 200th anniversary of the birth of the modern railway. Britain and the world changed forever. Railway 200 celebrates the past, present and future of rail. Born in Britain, rail quickly…

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 11d

The Stockton and Darlington Railway, the world's first public railway to use steam locomotives, opened on this day 1825. Its first line linked collieries near Shildon with Darlington and Stockton. (Painting of opening day by Terence Cuneo, 1949, National Railway Museum.)

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OldRailwayAccidents @rwldproject.bsky.social · Mar 11

200 for #Railway200 - a new thread!

We're 200 days out from the 200th anniversary of the 1st passenger journey on the Stockton & Darlington Railway, on 27 September 1825.

To mark it, we'll post a person a day from the Railway Work, Life & Death project's research.

1920s photograph, showing an old track worker, holding a shovel, stood between two railway lines, with hut and signals in the background. Caption reads ‘A veteran permanent-way man’.

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Matthew Kay @mattkayrailfan.bsky.social · 12d

I’ve signed this because I believe such a concept is unnecessary.

Jonny Morris @jonnymorris.bsky.social · 12d

I expect the ID card thing will be dropped within about a week with Labour claiming "It was only ever a suggestion!" but until then, why not register your disapproval (if you disapprove).

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

Petition: Do not introduce Digital ID cards

We demand that the UK Government immediately commits to not introducing a digital ID cards. There are reports that this is being looked at.

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OldRailwayAccidents @rwldproject.bsky.social · 12d

Good to see the National Railway Museum Station Hall pieces coming out!

And here's a sneaky look at the section to which the Railway Work, Life & Death project has contributed...👍👏

#Railway200

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Prosthetic leg in display case, with technical diagram behind.

Caption for infographic, crediting Railway Work, Life & Death project.

Infographic showing railway shunters killed and injured at work, 1900-39, represented with outline figures of people.

Interpretation board, with project infographic, and steam engine and stock behind.

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OldRailwayAccidents @rwldproject.bsky.social · 12d

#ICYMI our 200 for #Railway200 mega-thread shows what past railway workers did ...

... and the challenges they faced - important to remember!

We name them & show who they were - something all too rarely done until now!

OldRailwayAccidents (@rwldproject.bsky.social)

200 for #Railway200 - a new thread! We're 200 days out from the 200th anniversary of the 1st passenger journey on the Stockton & Darlington Railway, on 27 September 1825. To mark it, we'll post a…

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Talking Pictures TV @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social · 13d

The ‘SOMETHING FOR A RAINY DAY’ Deal!
5-Box Sets PLUS a limited edition TPTV tin of mixed fruit drops celebrating 10 Years of #TalkingPicturesTV Over 44 hours of content with 18 Films and 98 Shorts! Just £35 with FREE UK P&P. Grab yours while stocks last! buff.ly/R4o0IS9

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Tony Hancock @tonyhancock.bsky.social · 13d

In 1963 the Beeching report on reshaping the railways was not getting a good press, so they sent for Hancock. He was paid a stack of cash by the British Rail Board to front a publicity campaign. Covered in the 2008 documentary, Ian Hislop Goes off the Rails, now on iPlayer

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Matthew Kay @mattkayrailfan.bsky.social · 13d

2025: Truly a wonderful year to be a railway enthusiast!

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2025 Highlights so Far

YouTube video by Railway200

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Matthew Kay @mattkayrailfan.bsky.social · 13d

I’ll be at Darlington this Saturday to see this!

RailAdvent @railadvent.bsky.social · 13d

Steam locomotive Locomotion No. 1 completes test run ahead of celebration weekend https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2025/09/steam-locomotive-locomotion-no-1-completes-test-run-ahead-of-celebration-weekend.html #darlington #locomotion #shildon #stockton

Steam locomotive Locomotion No. 1 completes test run ahead of celebration weekend

The Stockton and Darlington 200 team invited RailAdvent this afternoon to see the replica of Locomotion No. 1 complete a series of test runs ahead of its special celebration weekend. The locomotive completed test runs up and down the running line at Locomotion Museum in Shildon, and we even had…

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