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Teatime With Matt
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Travelling in space & time the old fashioned way; slowly and in right order.
Railway Timetable Planner, Heritage Railway Director, Guard and Lever Fiddler. As seen on YouTube.
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The Christmas Tree Railway is once again open for the festive season!
November 29, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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Blimey! 😳 There's a lot of you liking this aren't there?

I did follow through!
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November 28, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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"You are now about to witness the strength of the catholic church.
Straight outta Vatican!
Head of the Catholics, Leo 14!
From Chigaco, Pontiff Supreme!
When I pontificate, a million people listen!
Leo now, but Robert Prevost I was christened!"
Pope Leo XIV speaking into a microphone.
November 23, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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"Come along, Ivor!"
November 22, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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Good news, everyone! Operation Don't Buy Anything was... uh... a tremendous success? That doesn't sound right... 🫤

I did get to see some lovely samples of things though!
Hornby Saint "Lady of Legend". Rapido S160 No. 6046 Rapido Ivor the Engine
November 22, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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No Streaming Wednesdays this week due to railway business. Next week, however, Live From The Works features something... completely different... see you next week!
A mysterious control panel with a glove illuminated by a blue light. A figure in black appears to be sat at the panel, but we can only see an indistinct side of a torso.
November 18, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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November 13, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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Steam Engine Lunch Break?
Steam Engine Lunch Break.
Black 5 No. 44871 passes Milton Keynes Central. Black 5 No. 44871 passes Milton Keynes Central.
November 13, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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"Is this a pigeon" meme with the label "73 Likes" and the caption "Is this going viral?"
November 11, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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Best assistant, so great. Maybe the best ever, people are saying that. 👌
A black cat sitting on a man's lap.
November 10, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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With ALT text.
Suicide In The Trenches I knew a simple soldier boy Who grinned at life in empty joy, Slept soundly through the lonesome dark, And whistled early with the lark. In winter trenches, cowed and glum, With crumps and lice and lack of rum, He put a bullet through his brain. No one spoke of him again. You smug-faced crowds with kindling eye Who cheer when soldier lads march by, Sneak home and pray you'll never know The hell where youth and laughter go. Siegfried Sassoon
November 9, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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RE-ELECT MAYOR GOLDIE WILSON PROGRESS IS HIS MIDDLE NAME!
November 9, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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Available now where all very niche records are sold!
A photograph of several model Great Eastern Railway locomotives, in the style of the album cover or Straight Outta Compton, with the title "Straight Outta Stratford" by G.E.R.
November 6, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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Also, those windows were crying out to have a crew fitted, so...
Rapido C53 Class No. 127. The driver stands at the front of the locomotive watching the line ahead. Rapido C53 Class No. 127. The driver stands at the front of the locomotive watching the line ahead. Rapido C53 Class No. 127. The fireman watches the gauges while leaning on his shovel. Rapido C53 Class No. 127. The fireman watches the gauges while leaning on his shovel.
November 6, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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In my defence, I picked up a DCC version for roughly the cost of the DC one, so it would have been criminal not to!
November 6, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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I'm not modelling the Great Eastern Railway, I don't need... oh. Oh no.
Left to Right Hornby Y14 Class No. 564 Accurascale S56 Class No. 84 Rapido C53 Class No. 127 with Wisbech and Upwell coaches No. 7 and No. 8
November 6, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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I've got a fairly good idea already, actually, BBC InDepth.
"What a UK government led by Reform would really look like." Adolf Hitler at the Reichstag Rally in Kroll Opera House. Right wing protesters setting fire to bins outside of a hotel.
November 5, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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That awkward moment when the duty signaller has to go and drive a diesel and you're the only other qualified signaller on site... 😐

Unexpected evening in Wansford box then!
A man wearing a shit and hi-vis jacket stands in front of a signal box lever frame.
November 1, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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Happy National Black Cat Day. This is Rory. Bask in his magnificence.
A black cat sat on a kitchen counter.
October 27, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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Stirling No. 1 on express train from Dining Table to Kitchen Door.
October 20, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Spent some time playing trains with my little boy yesterday afternoon. He loves Newstead particularly.
Rapido Stirling Single No. 1 "Pearl of York". Rapido 16 inch Hunslet "Newstead". Rapido "Titfield Thunderbolt" train pack. Hornby 1401 with Rapdio Titfield coach and brake van.
October 20, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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My mum came up with "Pearl of York" (in reference to Margaret Clitherow). I adore it. So...

(This will really upset the rivet counters!)
A mockup of an LNER style nameplate with the name "PEARL OF YORK" in brass on a black background.
October 14, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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No. 1 has a crew. She really needs a name though...
Rapido Stirling Single No. 1. Closeup of Rapido Stirling Single No. 1 with a driver and fireman in the cab. Closeup of Rapido Stirling Single No. 1 with a fireman in the cab. Closeup of Rapido Stirling Single No. 1 with a driver and fireman in the cab.
October 14, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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And yes, it does go round corners!
October 11, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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I've had to add a couple of bits to the desktop demonstration line to fit all the coaches in...
October 11, 2025 at 7:39 PM