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Fluencing one transport system at a time.
(Currently here, the old place and the pachyderm place all under the same handle)
(Currently here, the old place and the pachyderm place all under the same handle)
A few more with a better microphone (with an actual deadcat) tonight @thewatercressline.bsky.social
First the Arlesford Train's arrival
First the Arlesford Train's arrival
December 28, 2025 at 5:20 PM
A few more with a better microphone (with an actual deadcat) tonight @thewatercressline.bsky.social
First the Arlesford Train's arrival
First the Arlesford Train's arrival
Little visit to see the Steam Illuminations running on the Watercress Line tonight (we were on board the opening weekend)
Clear night and the wind is a bit bracing!
@thewatercressline.bsky.social
Clear night and the wind is a bit bracing!
@thewatercressline.bsky.social
December 27, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Little visit to see the Steam Illuminations running on the Watercress Line tonight (we were on board the opening weekend)
Clear night and the wind is a bit bracing!
@thewatercressline.bsky.social
Clear night and the wind is a bit bracing!
@thewatercressline.bsky.social
October 26, 2025 at 10:37 AM
That feeling when you get there in good time for the first train at 10.50
And then find it was 10.30 and you've missed it by 4 minutes 🤦
Still there is lovely cafe at Alstom Station so there are upside while you wait!
And then find it was 10.30 and you've missed it by 4 minutes 🤦
Still there is lovely cafe at Alstom Station so there are upside while you wait!
October 19, 2025 at 10:25 AM
That feeling when you get there in good time for the first train at 10.50
And then find it was 10.30 and you've missed it by 4 minutes 🤦
Still there is lovely cafe at Alstom Station so there are upside while you wait!
And then find it was 10.30 and you've missed it by 4 minutes 🤦
Still there is lovely cafe at Alstom Station so there are upside while you wait!
I absolutely didn't visit just to get the other side to be complete @signaloftheday.bsky.social
(but it may have been one of the reasons 😂)
On the approach to Lakeside station on Windermere
(but it may have been one of the reasons 😂)
On the approach to Lakeside station on Windermere
October 18, 2025 at 12:23 PM
I absolutely didn't visit just to get the other side to be complete @signaloftheday.bsky.social
(but it may have been one of the reasons 😂)
On the approach to Lakeside station on Windermere
(but it may have been one of the reasons 😂)
On the approach to Lakeside station on Windermere
It's been a few years but today the Actions finally made it back to the GCR for a days rail riding.
This station has a special place in my heart as my earliest memory of visiting a heritage railway with Senior Gricer. I was both thrilled and then terrified when a safety valve lifted next to us!
This station has a special place in my heart as my earliest memory of visiting a heritage railway with Senior Gricer. I was both thrilled and then terrified when a safety valve lifted next to us!
September 27, 2025 at 6:25 PM
It's been a few years but today the Actions finally made it back to the GCR for a days rail riding.
This station has a special place in my heart as my earliest memory of visiting a heritage railway with Senior Gricer. I was both thrilled and then terrified when a safety valve lifted next to us!
This station has a special place in my heart as my earliest memory of visiting a heritage railway with Senior Gricer. I was both thrilled and then terrified when a safety valve lifted next to us!
A trip on this remarkable train is still a special treat to myself. £200 for an en suite club room is a great deal.
Get the Highland Sleeper up, explore some of the Scottish rail routes during the day, get the Lowland Sleeper home.
Get the Highland Sleeper up, explore some of the Scottish rail routes during the day, get the Lowland Sleeper home.
Caledonian Sleeper have an offer on for Autumn/Winter on their Highlands routes: www.sleeper.scot/200/. Might be the time to try out the sleeper!
More about the sleeper at www.seat61.com/sleeper-to-s...
More about the sleeper at www.seat61.com/sleeper-to-s...
September 14, 2025 at 8:20 AM
A trip on this remarkable train is still a special treat to myself. £200 for an en suite club room is a great deal.
Get the Highland Sleeper up, explore some of the Scottish rail routes during the day, get the Lowland Sleeper home.
Get the Highland Sleeper up, explore some of the Scottish rail routes during the day, get the Lowland Sleeper home.
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Our future home at the Tanat Valley Light Railway will be open for Heritage Open Days from 12th-21st September. Why not pop down there to see the work they have been doing recently?
September 10, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Our future home at the Tanat Valley Light Railway will be open for Heritage Open Days from 12th-21st September. Why not pop down there to see the work they have been doing recently?
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BlueSky hive mind! Looking for recommendations for a web store for the Class 507 website. No fancy stuff needed, just add to cart, calculate postage costs, and link up to payment provider such as PayPal. Looking for something simple to set up and maintain, low cost, ideally open source.
September 10, 2025 at 7:04 PM
BlueSky hive mind! Looking for recommendations for a web store for the Class 507 website. No fancy stuff needed, just add to cart, calculate postage costs, and link up to payment provider such as PayPal. Looking for something simple to set up and maintain, low cost, ideally open source.
So, today I learned¹ to drive this 🤓
¹ the basics at least...
¹ the basics at least...
August 31, 2025 at 7:53 PM
So, today I learned¹ to drive this 🤓
¹ the basics at least...
¹ the basics at least...
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Gwynedd heritage trains used as 'fire engines on rails' in hot weather - BBC News share.google/zJAB9ygOQpod...
Gwynedd heritage trains used as 'fire engines on rails' in hot weather
Trains are pulling water tanks – equipped with pumps and sprayers – to damp down the sides of the tracks.
share.google
August 26, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Gwynedd heritage trains used as 'fire engines on rails' in hot weather - BBC News share.google/zJAB9ygOQpod...
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I really hate the term "sideloading". I preferred the original term, which was "installing software on a computer that you own"
August 25, 2025 at 9:43 PM
I really hate the term "sideloading". I preferred the original term, which was "installing software on a computer that you own"
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Hi authors! Please remember to file a claim!
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
August 27, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Hi authors! Please remember to file a claim!
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Every tech update now is like: "Great news, the word processor you've relied on for twenty years has learned to juggle! Is it good at it? No! Does it help in any way? Of course not! Has it made it insufferable to use? Oh, absolutely."
August 19, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Every tech update now is like: "Great news, the word processor you've relied on for twenty years has learned to juggle! Is it good at it? No! Does it help in any way? Of course not! Has it made it insufferable to use? Oh, absolutely."
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Built in 1979 by Telford Development Corporation for Telford Town Park, the 4wVB steam tram was named ‘Thomas’ in 1980 by Rev. W. Awdry; however, the line fell out of use due to a legal dispute. https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2025/08/telford-town-tramway-re-opening.html
Steam Tram Restored for Telford Town Tramway
Following an appeal to restore a steam tram on the Telford Town Tramway, the locomotive will now be making its return on 24th August.
www.railadvent.co.uk
August 21, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Built in 1979 by Telford Development Corporation for Telford Town Park, the 4wVB steam tram was named ‘Thomas’ in 1980 by Rev. W. Awdry; however, the line fell out of use due to a legal dispute. https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2025/08/telford-town-tramway-re-opening.html
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This is the most dangerous shade your brush water can be.
August 16, 2025 at 2:48 PM
This is the most dangerous shade your brush water can be.
Found I had a couple of "shorts" style clips of Lakeside and Haverthwaite railway
Normally I don't like vertical video and the sound is mostly the noise in the coach, but I think they capture some of the essence of the line.
bsky.app/profile/pass...
Normally I don't like vertical video and the sound is mostly the noise in the coach, but I think they capture some of the essence of the line.
bsky.app/profile/pass...
August 16, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Found I had a couple of "shorts" style clips of Lakeside and Haverthwaite railway
Normally I don't like vertical video and the sound is mostly the noise in the coach, but I think they capture some of the essence of the line.
bsky.app/profile/pass...
Normally I don't like vertical video and the sound is mostly the noise in the coach, but I think they capture some of the essence of the line.
bsky.app/profile/pass...
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Are you ready to RACE THE TRAIN?
Team TR75 are - made up of volunteers, they've been working hard so they can try and beat the trains they're usually crewing! Best of luck to all those running tomorrow.
Cheer them on in person or at the link below 👇
donate.talyllyn.co.uk/appeal/home/...
Team TR75 are - made up of volunteers, they've been working hard so they can try and beat the trains they're usually crewing! Best of luck to all those running tomorrow.
Cheer them on in person or at the link below 👇
donate.talyllyn.co.uk/appeal/home/...
August 15, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Are you ready to RACE THE TRAIN?
Team TR75 are - made up of volunteers, they've been working hard so they can try and beat the trains they're usually crewing! Best of luck to all those running tomorrow.
Cheer them on in person or at the link below 👇
donate.talyllyn.co.uk/appeal/home/...
Team TR75 are - made up of volunteers, they've been working hard so they can try and beat the trains they're usually crewing! Best of luck to all those running tomorrow.
Cheer them on in person or at the link below 👇
donate.talyllyn.co.uk/appeal/home/...
Not a bad day for a short break on a roadtrip at the Lakeside and Haverthwaite 🤓
August 15, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Not a bad day for a short break on a roadtrip at the Lakeside and Haverthwaite 🤓
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Two trains with a direct link across two centuries: Locomotion was built by Robert Stephenson & Co in 1825. The firm later became part of English Electric and then GEC.Through a merger in 1989, GEC-Alsthom was created. It went on to build our original class 373 (TMST) eurostar trains.
#Railway200
#Railway200
August 7, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Two trains with a direct link across two centuries: Locomotion was built by Robert Stephenson & Co in 1825. The firm later became part of English Electric and then GEC.Through a merger in 1989, GEC-Alsthom was created. It went on to build our original class 373 (TMST) eurostar trains.
#Railway200
#Railway200
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handy example of why rail maintenance and upgrades in the UK are a particular nightmare: sometimes you're trying to do a modest track improvement and it's suddenly complicated when it turns out there's a ~200-year-old rope vault underneath it
July 17, 2025 at 9:25 AM
handy example of why rail maintenance and upgrades in the UK are a particular nightmare: sometimes you're trying to do a modest track improvement and it's suddenly complicated when it turns out there's a ~200-year-old rope vault underneath it
Another amazing steam and model fix this weekend at Hollycombe
, lots of visiting miniatures, railway rides, traction engine rides, fairground, models and layouts, and kids for a £1.
On tomorrow as well, pop along I'm sure you'll have a great time 😁
, lots of visiting miniatures, railway rides, traction engine rides, fairground, models and layouts, and kids for a £1.
On tomorrow as well, pop along I'm sure you'll have a great time 😁
June 28, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Another amazing steam and model fix this weekend at Hollycombe
, lots of visiting miniatures, railway rides, traction engine rides, fairground, models and layouts, and kids for a £1.
On tomorrow as well, pop along I'm sure you'll have a great time 😁
, lots of visiting miniatures, railway rides, traction engine rides, fairground, models and layouts, and kids for a £1.
On tomorrow as well, pop along I'm sure you'll have a great time 😁
A lovely afternoon at the Dene Steam Rally today
June 22, 2025 at 6:18 PM
A lovely afternoon at the Dene Steam Rally today
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Hello to everyone who saw me on News at Ten - if you'd like to throw a few coppers into the hat for Ray and Alan's archive, the link is here: yustart.hubbub.net/p/galtonands...
‘Innit Marvellous?’: The Galton and Simpson Archive project
Saving Hancock, Steptoe, and more
yustart.hubbub.net
May 22, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Hello to everyone who saw me on News at Ten - if you'd like to throw a few coppers into the hat for Ray and Alan's archive, the link is here: yustart.hubbub.net/p/galtonands...
Paging @poggs.com
May 16, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Paging @poggs.com