Reposted by @cloggy48.bsky.socialStephen Graham @stephengraham.bsky.social · 16hI had this bit about Jeffrey Archer from the 1995 HIGNFY video memorised for whenever I needed a handy fact about him. 381531607
Reposted by @cloggy48.bsky.socialMémoire2cité @memoire2cite.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Rétro cars voiture de tourisme 🚘 ► Automobile 📷 ► Usine Trabant à Zwickau, DDR années 1960. 23410
Reposted by @cloggy48.bsky.socialMémoire2cité @memoire2cite.bsky.social · 05/10/2026S.N.C.F. 🚂 le passage du train à Saint-Germain-au-Mont-d'Or d'un express à destination de Lyon emmené par une BB 9300, vers 1971. Une gare de triage qui était encore opérationnelle à cette époque. Les turbotrains HS étaient garés sur le faisceau LVDR Pic Y. Broncard 0144
Reposted by @cloggy48.bsky.socialJimmy Sirrel's Lovechild @jslovechild.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Time for Jimmy's Sunday training session! This week's picture is via nigeltout.com . 0142
Reposted by @cloggy48.bsky.socialTrain Songs Central @trainsongscentral.bsky.social · 04/10/2026'I jump on a high speed train I'll never look back again' - 'High Speed Train' by REM on this, the 50th anniversary of British Rail launching its new HST high speed train 📷 David Christie 06913
Reposted by @cloggy48.bsky.socialGreg Morse @gregmorsedphil.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Morning. 50 years ago today, BR launched its 125-mph timetable. Here is 253012 at Swindon with a Paddington service soon after that date. Great 📷©️Phil Wakely. Click the link to see his Flickr pages. www.flickr.com/photos/pwake...flickr.comIC125 HST activity at Swindon in October 1976Recently delivered into public service, but already showing signs of use, IC125 HST unit 253012 waits at Swindon with a down Paddington to Bristol service in October 1976 5488
Reposted by @cloggy48.bsky.socialanthonyf2024.bsky.social @anthonyf2024.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I of course finished on the Ivatt triple header with 41313 leading 41312 then 46447! What a great line up and and a superb way to celebrate 41312 and 41313’s last hurrah! 0184
Reposted by @cloggy48.bsky.socialIan McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Lovely cake at the Boathouse Cafe at Newmillerdam. 1401
Reposted by @cloggy48.bsky.socialTrain Songs Central @trainsongscentral.bsky.social · 02/10/2026'You're the flower, I'm the rain You're the tunnel, I'm the train' - 'Brand New Day' by Sting, who celebrates his 75th birthday today - 📷 Welwyn North, England, 1978, taken by Antony Guppy 1185
Reposted by @cloggy48.bsky.socialHiPa125 @hipa125.bsky.social · 30/09/2026HNRC Swietelsky #Class37 37419 ‘Agamemnon’ leads Network Rail infrastructure monitoring train, 1Q22 0810 Derby Rail Technical Centre > Bristol Kingsland Road, across London Road Jn 0314
Reposted by @cloggy48.bsky.socialChris Mountford @chrisfm52e.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Absolutely stunning 😍 281
Reposted by @cloggy48.bsky.socialThe Far Side Bot @farside-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026#thefarside #farside #comic www.thefarside.com/2026/09/30/0 “Oh, yeah? Lewis, you’re fired! You apparently forgot this is a cartoon, and I can read every word you think!” 447959
Reposted by @cloggy48.bsky.socialAndyH @andyh616.bsky.social · 30/09/2026#MidweekPeak Let him who hath understanding reckon the number of the beast*...👹 D123 looking every bit the handsome devil during the recent #GreatCentralRailway diesel gala. Love this livery on the big green Type 4, perfectly matched to those mk1s. #GCR #Peak #LADY 4/9/26 1589
Reposted by @cloggy48.bsky.socialTrain Songs Central @trainsongscentral.bsky.social · 30/09/2026'All the finest ladies and their gentlemen friends In the Pullman cars coming round the bend' - 'Railroad Spikes' by Graham Parker & The Rumour (and I'm very much looking forward to seeing Graham in Cardiff tomorrow evening) 1265
Reposted by @cloggy48.bsky.socialLeicRailAle.bsky.social @leicrailale.bsky.social · 29/09/2026#TugTuesday A Rochester labelled tug helps with the turning of @PS_Waverley , opposite Gillingham Marina 26.9.26 031
Reposted by @cloggy48.bsky.socialTrain Songs Central @trainsongscentral.bsky.social · 29/09/2026'I used to be the main express, all steam and whistles heading west Picking up my pain from door to door Riding on the storyline, furnace burning overtime' - 'This Train Don't Stop There Anymore' by Elton John (2001) - 📷 Swindon, England, 1964, taken by David Christie 1564
Reposted by @cloggy48.bsky.socialPete S @bogglington.bsky.social · 27/09/2026King's Cross station, London. My photo Feb 1977. 1666
Reposted by @cloggy48.bsky.socialMémoire2cité @memoire2cite.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Rétro cars voiture de tourisme 🚘 ► Automobile 📷 ►Citroen DS21 DSpecia Pallas USA 1971 13711
Reposted by @cloggy48.bsky.socialDeano S @dean426.bsky.social · 27/09/2026#SyphonSunday Good to see 37142 back in action again. Bodmin General. 4464
Reposted by @cloggy48.bsky.socialDeano S @dean426.bsky.social · 26/09/2026#UKRAILWAYS At the Bodmin Railway diesel gala today.(31210/33012/37142) 1206
Reposted by @cloggy48.bsky.socialHelen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 27/09/2026“The swallows can be distinguished from the martins by their reddish-chestnut throats and foreheads, their beautiful steel-blue backs and wings, and their long, forked tails” Writer: EL Grant Watson Artist : CF Tunnicliffe 743245
Reposted by @cloggy48.bsky.socialLady Haha @lensman23.bsky.social · 26/09/2026An actual cartoon from Dutch cartoonist Siegfried Woldhek. 376136183885
Reposted by @cloggy48.bsky.socialNami ΔΘ @steelcitydoggo.bsky.social · 26/09/2026It's a crisp morning and #VintageTrains is running "The Great Northern" with the stunning 60163 "Tornado". The new build Peppercorn A1 opens up for the charge up the incline through Dronfield and Bradway Tunnel. 47773 sounding mighty quiet on the rear. #SteelCityDoggoPhotography 0205
Reposted by @cloggy48.bsky.socialTrain Songs Central @trainsongscentral.bsky.social · 26/09/2026'A crowded street, an empty train A fool for love, you cry in vain' - 'A Fool For Love' by Bryan Ferry who turns 81 today - happy birthday, Mr Ferry - 📷 Newcastle upon Tyne, 1977, taken by Paul James 1256
Reposted by @cloggy48.bsky.socialIan McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Me and Ian Beesley on the cover of the Yorkshire Post magazine. Like two intellectual pot dogs on a mantlepiece. 7644
Reposted by @cloggy48.bsky.socialMémoire2cité @memoire2cite.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Rétro cars voiture de sport 🚘 ► Automobile US 📷 FORD ► la Jaguar de 1964 1307
Reposted by @cloggy48.bsky.socialTrain Songs Central @trainsongscentral.bsky.social · 25/09/2026'I've been to ancient worlds, I've scoured the whole universe And caught the first train home, to be at her side' - 'English Rose' by The Jam (1978) - 📷 Woking, England, 1964, taken by David Christie 0347
Reposted by @cloggy48.bsky.socialSuffolksnaps @suffolksnaps.bsky.social · 25/09/2026An early sign of autumn - a leaf busting railhead treatment train crosses Loughor viaduct in south Wales. Details in the alt text. @jedkendray.bsky.social @gerbil1978.bsky.social @pickgs.bsky.social @rangercaps66.bsky.social 1152
Reposted by @cloggy48.bsky.socialIan McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I found this trophy so I pretended I won it 2 4472
Reposted by @cloggy48.bsky.socialTrain Songs Central @trainsongscentral.bsky.social · 24/09/2026'As the train is rolling nearer Ah, the feeling just to be there Something tells me that I'm going home' - 'Going Home' by Runrig (1979) - 📷 Rannoch, Scotland, 1984, taken by David Christie 1698
Reposted by @cloggy48.bsky.socialMémoire2cité @memoire2cite.bsky.social · 23/09/2026SNCF @ l'emblematique YVETTE HORNER reine de l Accorden devant la 501.... en 1954 0245
Reposted by @cloggy48.bsky.socialLath @lath.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Mickys fish and chips Paddington used to come here in the 80 & 90's when we had proper trains 3mins from Paddington £13.95 for Mickys Big Catch including Coke and bread and butter 😘 0101
Reposted by @cloggy48.bsky.socialPostcard From The Past @pastpostcard.bsky.social · 23/09/2026No music at the Bungalow Tea Rooms. 926939
Reposted by @cloggy48.bsky.socialGreg Morse @gregmorsedphil.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Morning. Found this while I was searching for something else. Worth a glance for the photos at least. This one is by the excellent David Christie #sixties #railway www.amberley-books.com/blog/2017/06... 411812
Reposted by @cloggy48.bsky.socialAndyH @andyh616.bsky.social · 23/09/2026#WarshipWednesday More excellent BR blue on show at the #EastLancsRailway diesel gala last week. 832 'Onslaught' stands in the platform at Bury Bolton Street. Now her home station, a long way from her old stomping grounds on BR's Western Region #ELR 18/9/26 3719
Reposted by @cloggy48.bsky.socialLath @lath.bsky.social · 22/09/202668025 at Marylebone with the 1837 to Stourbridge Jnc 1213
Reposted by @cloggy48.bsky.socialTrain Songs Central @trainsongscentral.bsky.social · 22/09/2026It's eight years today since we lost Chas Hodges, half of the inimitable Chas & Dave. Chas was a huge train buff, his favourites being these, the Britannia class. He was also a big Tottenham Hotspur fan so this, a picture of 70011 Hotspur from the Crecy Rail archive, is for Chas. 1455
Reposted by @cloggy48.bsky.socialMémoire2cité @memoire2cite.bsky.social · 22/09/2026S.N.C.F. 🚂 vue de la réserve froide du dépôt de Nevers avec des 141 R. Juin 1973 La rotonde demi-lune vient de disparaître. A gauche non visible sur l'image, il y avait encore une 241 P en attente de découpage. Photo P. Bouillin 0172
Reposted by @cloggy48.bsky.socialIan McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The shop is open when I arrive. I get the papers out of the box and apologise to the street when I let the lid clang down. I snip the bundles open. I tell the shopkeeper about gathering apples in Cleethorpes yesterday. I try to describe where Cleethorpes is. 51199
Reposted by @cloggy48.bsky.socialTrain Songs Central @trainsongscentral.bsky.social · 22/09/2026'Take a little walk to the edge of town And go across the tracks Where the viaduct looms Like a bird of doom' Happy birthday Nick Cave who turns 69 today 📷 Trevor Ermel 0204
Reposted by @cloggy48.bsky.socialIan McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I’ll tell yer summat 7935
Reposted by @cloggy48.bsky.socialIan McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Early stroll. A rushing hedgehog. A huddle of plantpots by a front door. Someone stands in their garden staring at the sky. A pile of clear plastic forks. A woman stands under a streetlight to check her watch. 410615
Reposted by @cloggy48.bsky.social303032trains @303032trains.bsky.social · 20/09/2026GBRF liveried 73107 'Tracy' top and BR Blue liveried 73201 'Broadlands' top and tail the RHTT through Lewes with 3W91 - Tonbridge West Yard - Tonbridge West Yard RHTT working 11.10.22 scottishtrains.zenfolio.com/p560464445/e... 0224
Reposted by @cloggy48.bsky.socialAndyH @andyh616.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Whistling 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 2472
Reposted by @cloggy48.bsky.socialAndyH @andyh616.bsky.social · 20/09/2026#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 2465
Reposted by @cloggy48.bsky.socialJimmy Sirrel's Lovechild @jslovechild.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Time for Jimmy's Sunday training session! This picture is from the Harvey Scowcroft collection. 4155
Reposted by @cloggy48.bsky.socialMémoire2cité @memoire2cite.bsky.social · 20/09/2026S.N.C.F. 🚂 le passage du train, une BB 66000 (ou BB 66400) vue sur un train de fret céréalier comportant cependant juste derriere la machine des wagons trémies a charbon passant a Savenay. En plein travaux préparatoires pour l arrivée de la caténaire Pic Yves Broncard LVDR 0315
