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Whistling in the rain. The big green 40, newly repainted 40106, looking amazing in the wet weather at Rawtenstall on Friday afternoon during the excellent #EastLancsRailway autumn diesel gala. #ELR 18/9/26

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#SemaphoreSunday Large logo lovely 50015 'Valiant' waits in the platform at Bury Bolton Street during the first day of the #EastLancsRailway diesel gala on Friday. Took a quick break from my pint of #Thornbridge Jaipur in the station pub to grab this pic! #ELR #Hoover 🍻 18/9/26

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More rain soaked clagfest at the #EastLancsRailway diesel gala on Friday. 56006 running round the stock at Heywood prior to returning to Bury & beyond. Always impressive to see these big type 5s up close even on slower lines. The feeling of power is ever present. #ELR 18/9/26

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Plenty of #Type5 haulage at the #EastLancsRailway diesel gala on Friday. 58023 'Leicester Depot' is an amazing survivor really, from a fairly short lived freight class now the only current running example, she is a credit to her owner. Seen running round at Heywood. #ELR 18/9/26

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AndyH @andyh616.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

#SignalboxSunday Another pic of the sand train at Oakham yesterday. The v.slow speed of the train enabled some precision 📸 timing to get the loco just before the box. 60026 'HELVELLYN' hired-in from #GBRailfreight with #DCRail 6M93 Middleton Towers to Chaddesden. 19/9/26

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#SandTrainSaturday from Oakham. Hired-in #GBRF tug 60026 'HELVELLYN' crawling through the town at walking pace this lunchtime. Seems like it made up the lost time again before reaching Derby though. #DCRail 6M93 Middleton Towers to Chaddesden Sidings. #DCR 19/9/26

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AndyH @andyh616.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Sometimes i think it's worth getting soaked for a shot.. D8069, 20069, was being taken off the stock in a wet Bury Bolton Street station yesterday, a dash down the platform in the rain for a shot resulted in some well timed clag & tones from the driver 😃👍 top loco too #BuryChopperGroup 18/9/26

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AndyH @andyh616.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

#FortyFriday is from the #EastLancsRailway autumn diesel gala this morning. Newly repainted 40106 is on the rear of our first move at Bury BoltonStreet, 50015 up front hauling myself & @bennybizzle1.bsky.social to Ramsbottom. The whistler looks amazing in her new coat of green. #ELR 18/9/26

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AndyH @andyh616.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

#FlakeFriday 🍦Slightly bowled for the shot that I actually wanted by a unit at Kensal Rise so these two views end up as record shots for now as #GBRailfreight #Flake 99004 was red penned in North London last week working 4M47 London Gateway #GBRF to Hams Hall intermodal. 7/9/26

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AndyH @andyh616.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

#FuglyFriday A look back to last week when the #MML played host to another #Class70 hauled #HeavyHaul working. 70009 gives off some light clag as she pulls away from a driver change in the platform at Kettering working 6D45 Dowlow Quarry to Limbury Road. #FreightFriday 11/9/26

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AndyH @andyh616.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

#ThirtySevenThursday Close up of Rail Operations Group livery, #EurophoenixLtd owned locomotive 37800 'Cassiopeia' hauling barrier coaches through South Acton last week. I really like this blue #ROG livery matched with the red nameplate. #Europhoenix #Class37 7/9/26

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AndyH @andyh616.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

#HighSpeedThursday Dundee in the morning sunshine on Wednesday last week. Front & rear #ScotRail #InterCity7 #HST power cars 43182 & 43015, looking a bit worse for wear, working 1A77 08.31 Edinburgh to Aberdeen, our ride to Arbroath. 9/9/26

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AndyH @andyh616.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

#ThirtySevenThursday Good timing to catch a flock of birds passing overhead as #HeavyTractor 37714 'Cardiff Canton' prepares to depart from Loughborough Central with the goods wagon set during the Great Central Railway diesel gala. #Class37 #GCR 4/9/26

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AndyH @andyh616.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

#MidweekMegaTraction Dwarfed by the stunning & massive scenery of the West Highlands, #MetroCammell 156499 approaches Corrour station, the highest station in the UK, situated on the edge of Rannoch Moor, with #ScotRail 1Y44 10.09 Mallaig to Glasgow Queen Street. 8/9/26

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AndyH @andyh616.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

#MidweekPeak What a stunner 45125/ D123 is now! Totally rocking her BR green livery & minus the front headlight she made quite a sight at the recent Great Central Railway diesel gala & was easily the star of the show for me. 📸 Leicester North & stabled with D6535 at Loughborough #GCR 4/9/26

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AndyH @andyh616.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

#TwentySevenTuesday The immaculate 27056 at Loughborough Central during the recent Great Central Railway autumn diesel gala. I really love the atmosphere at this station, it's always a pleasure to visit. This #McRat has #Midland history with early spells at CW & TO depots. #GCR #BRCW 4/9/26

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AndyH @andyh616.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

#TractorTuesday #RailOperationsGroup tractors 37800 'Cassiopeia' & 37884 'Cepheus' top & tailing barriers coaches through South Acton last Monday, running as 5O87 Derby RTC to Wimbledon Park Depot Sidings. Crawled up to the signal & opened up nicely. 🚜🚜🔥🔥 #ROG 7/9/26

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AndyH @andyh616.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

#TractorTuesday A pair of #ROG 37s lurking in the leafy suburbs of West London.. 37800 'Cassiopeia' heads up Rail Operations Group 5O87 Derby RTC to Wimbledon Park Depot Sidings with two barrier coaches & 37884 on the rear. Seen approaching South Acton last Monday. 7/9/26

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AndyH @andyh616.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

#MidlandMainlineMonday #EastMidlandsRailway #Aurora 810016 departing from Kettering on Friday last week with 1B49 12.50 Nottingham to London St.Pancras. This train came close to bowling our planned shots of the Ketton cement empties, but all was fine in the end 😊 #EMR #MML 11/9/26

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AndyH @andyh616.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

#MidlandMainlineMonday Three different #EMR #Aurora units working past Barrow upon Soar, Leicestershire, on a recent Saturday visit. 810022 northbound and 810010 & 810016 on southbound #EastMidlandsRailway #MML workings. 5/9/26

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AndyH @andyh616.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

#MondayMorningBlues #DBCargo #Maritime livery 66005 'Maritime Intermodal One' creeping slowly through South Acton last Monday working 7U50 Neasden Engineers Sidings to Hoo Junction Down Yard. #ShedWatch 7/9/26

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#WeekendSmiles Wow Summer, what big teefs you have.. Someone was pleased to see me after my trip away to Scotland this week. 🐕 🐾🐾 #DogsOfBlueSky #GoldenRetriever #RetrieversOfBlueSky

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#SignalboxSunday Arbroath North box last week with a #ScotRail #InterCity7 #HST approaching with an Aberdeen to Glasgow service. Listed structure, opened in 1911, built by the North British Railway. 9/9/26

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#HighSpeedSunday Two more power cars in the gloom at Dundee on Tuesday evening. 43026 & 43148 heading south working #ScotRail 1T50 15.35 Aberdeen to Glasgow Queen Street. #InterCity7 #HST 8/9/26

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A lucky connection to catch on Tuesday, our slightly late arrival into Glasgow Queen Street left us with a +1 for 1A49, the 15.39 to Aberdeen. Just made it onboard for the run to Dundee. 43176 seen here leading prior to departure from Dundee. #InterCity7 #HST #Scotrail 8/9/26

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Dundee. Not an easy station to get decent photos of the #InterCity7 #HST sets. Here is #ScotRail 1A49 15.39 Glasgow Queen Street to Aberdeen with 43176 leading & 43146 on the rear after our run on them from Glasgow. 8/9/26

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#SaturdayShed Another pic from Banbury on Thursday lunchtime. This time it's #DBCargo 66021 passing through at speed with 4M67 Southampton Marine Container Terminal EWS to Trafford Park Euro Terminal intermodal service. #ShedWatch 10/9/26

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A Scottish #PostboxSaturday from our travels earlier in the week. Victorian #Penfold style hexagonal pillar box near Dundee railway station 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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A rare one for @bennybizzle1.bsky.social & quite a lucky catch from the train window at Aviemore on Wednesday. #Class31 D5862 (TOPS 31327) in the yard at #StrathspeyRailway alongside fellow resident 37674. Would be nice to get back up here to see this heritage line properly one day. 9/9/26

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