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Ed Fielden @coriniumtv.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Somewhere in the depths of Cardiff Central station hides a message only Gen Z can understand…

A sign on a wall with two large numbers encased in separate circles. The numbers are “6” and “7”. A set of stairs lead upwards at the end of the dimly-lit corridor

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Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

This animated map shows a day of actual UK train movements, delays and all! On 19 August 2026 the network peaked at 1,794 trains moving at once. Even around 3am, at least 141 were running. Passenger services wind down, but freight and maintenance keep rolling. Source: buff.ly/0zrhl41

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Steve @steveuntilnextyear.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Proper telly (and an absolute banger around 5:30) youtu.be/ix6WXN9pxDw?...

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IBA Engineering Announcements Great Storm of 87 special

YouTube video by Simon Andrews

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Ed Fielden @coriniumtv.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Took a trip back to the ancestral homelands of South Yorkshire last week. A chance to take a tram, see the sights and catch up with family, as well as cart around a model of a Woodhead Electric loco which I later gave to my dad on Father’s Day!

Sheffield Supertram 106 in red, orange and blue colours arrives at Sheffield Station tram stop in lightly cloudy weather

A substantial stone bridge with multiple arches spans the road at Wicker. The railway line it carries used to be part of the Woodhead Route

A scale model of a Class 76 locomotive in sharp focus in the foreground against one of the “7 hills of Sheffield” in the background. The area is Wadsley Bridge, looking south-west towards Hillsborough

A concrete bridge stretching between two concrete buildings. The bridge is adorned with the graffiti “I love you Will you marry me”, now famous and made semi-permanent

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Ed Fielden @coriniumtv.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Must be 30 years since trains regularly called at this platform. Today I very conveniently stepped off a train at the former Filton [Junction] station for a crew swap in the pouring rain!

66559 and Hawk wagons on 6F09 as ballast is unloaded in the T3 worksite. The sky is overcast with a tiny hole of blue above the train. The platforms of Filton station are overgrown with foliage 30 years after closure

66559 and Hawk wagons on 6F09 as ballast is unloaded in the T3 worksite. The sky is overcast. The platforms of Filton station are overgrown with foliage 30 years after closure

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Ed Fielden @coriniumtv.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

This is sad news indeed, but not entirely unexpected. STV's former Grampian region will now become an "opt-out" segment of the national 18:00 programme, echoing what happened to many of ITV's English regions in 2008.

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Justin on eurostar @eurostarjustin.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Eurostar: Together we go further. 💙💛

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Ed Fielden @coriniumtv.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

@showmeasign.online Saw this little sign in Stratford-upon-Avon at the weekend, and wondered how many similar signs still exist…

A small circular sign, about 3 inches in diameter, affixed to the side of a stone building. The sign looks worn but has a light blue background and white text reading “Waiting Prohibited on Even Dates”

A wider view of the location of the small sign in the previous picture. A stone building wall protrudes into the road, with a drainpipe and another large plaque mounted on it. Across the road the corner of an almost gothic-style bright red brick building is visible, and between the two buildings in the background is a white and black timber-framed building

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Ed Fielden @coriniumtv.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

It’s the little things that make my day. Waiting for booked time at Yate Middle earlier I tried to find the Zero Milepost for the Thornbury branch. Found it hidden under a ton of ivy. One side left uncovered - for now! Should be visible from Yate Platform 2. (All done from position of safety etc.)

A mass of ivy growth surrounds a partially uncovered square yellow sign with a black number ‘0’.

The partially uncovered yellow sign with a black number ‘0’ surrounded by ivy is shown on the left in the foreground. Behind and to the right Freightliner-liveried Class 66 locomotive 66617’s yellow front sits at the head of a train of blue JNA-G stone wagons at the start of the former Thornbury Branch Line which curves to the left and out of view. There is a stop board visible in the mid-ground and the back of a signal-post housing BL6565 Ground Position Light signal. On the right of frame are the two tracks of the Bristol to Gloucester line.

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Miles and Chains @miles-and-chains.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

When you see a class 91 in platform 11 at York, it’s difficult to resist this shot! I don’t recall seeing a 225 set here for quite a while, so it had to be done! #Class91 #York #IC225 #LNER

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Ed Fielden @coriniumtv.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

A very happy 100th birthday to the Double Yellow signal aspect! Apparently on 21 March 1926 the Southern Railway first introduced 4-aspect colour light signalling between Holborn and Elephant & Castle. (Apologies for the crap picture, it's the only [recent] image of a double-yellow signal I have!)

A station platform with tracks curving into the distance. Four people are waiting on the platform for their train. Beyond the end of the platform is a modern LED-type railway signal showing two yellow lights arranged vertically. It is Distant signal BL1594 on the Up Filton Relief at Ashley Down station

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Ed Fielden @coriniumtv.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

This morning’s theme was orange and red. There’s definitely something special about being out on the rails watching the sun rise ahead. Makes the 01:30 alarm worth it! (Picture taken from outside cab, while train secured, etc. etc.)

Railway tracks, paintwork and overhead line equipment stretch into the distance, the metals picked out by the giant nuclear reactor in the sky. The sky and light haze is tinted a deep shade of orange as the signal ahead remains resolutely at red and a GWR IET (802016, operating 1D05 06:00 Oxford to Paddington) breezes past up the Reading flyover to the right of frame, its tiny red tail lights shining dimly away

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Ed Fielden @coriniumtv.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

It’s been a Tytherington kind of day, with 66614 for company. The former Thornbury branch line is certainly an interesting drive!

A side view of the front end of locomotive 66614 with Freightliner branding. Behind the locomotive is the station name board on Bristol Parkway platform 1 and overhead line structures

A view of locomotive 66614 in green and yellow Freightliner livery sitting on the Down Goods line at Bristol Parkway awaiting its onward journey. The sky is cloudy

Side view of locomotive 66614 showing the nameplate “Poppy” and commemorative emblem

Train staff for the Yate West to Tytherington single line. A large worn-looking metal key with engraved brass inlay

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Ed Fielden @coriniumtv.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

When I was a youngster my piano teacher watched snooker on the TV, and I grew to enjoy it too. Even got a ¼-size table and snazzy waistcoat to play in myself. John Virgo left a great impression with his commentary & TV work so I’m sad to see he has passed. Goodnight JV! www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooke...

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John Virgo dies aged 79

John Virgo, who co-presented TV show Big Break and commentated on the BBC for 47 years, has died.

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Ed Fielden @coriniumtv.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Today’s treat was some driving hours on 59005, which once hauled the heaviest and longest freight train in Europe!

Class 59 locomotive 59005 in Aggregates Industries green, blue and silver livery sits in Day Aggregates Siding in Woking with a train of Mendip stone wagons being unloaded. The sky is distinctly grey and cloudy

Commemorative plate on the side of locomotive 59005, detailing its achievement of hauling the heaviest and longest freight train in Europe (11982 tonnes, 5415 feet) on 26 May 1991

Metal number plate on the side of locomotive 59005

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Ed Fielden @coriniumtv.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

I really love looking at old maps. This gem stuck out as I was browsing the area round St Erth. Not only do we have a woodland with a fantastic shiny name, but also a place with what would be a great name for a new brand of cleaning wipes.

Extract from Ordnance Survey 6 inch to 1 mile map showing a forested area named "Golden Cock" and a collection of buildings named "Splattenridden"

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Ed Fielden @coriniumtv.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

10 locomotives safely delivered to Westbury. And a smattering of Cheshire snow came along for the ride too… One of the more unusual drives I’ve done, it must be said!

10 Class 66 locomotives in a siding. Bright sunshine and frost still on the tracks at almost 12pm, and a thin sheen of snow on the windscreens of the locomotive at the closer end of the train!

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Ed Fielden @coriniumtv.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Looks like we’ve got ourselves a CONVOY!

10 Class 66 locomotives - all coupled together - in the bright crisp morning sun with frost on the tracks of East Usk Yard in Newport

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Ed Fielden @coriniumtv.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

There’s needless ambiguity… and then there’s this. A cursory glance led to a double-take before I realised this is some sort of animal photography competition. Merry Christmas all!

A shelf-mounted banner with a picture of a brown cocker spaniel. The text below the picture reads “How to enter Dogs at Dobbies”

A wider view of the shelf-mounted banner, with instructions on how to enter the competition named “Dogs at Dobbies”

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Geoff Marshall @geofftech.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Ooh! Look ... A new zoomable interactive Rail Map is online! railmap.nationalrail.co.uk#/mapview

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Ed Fielden @coriniumtv.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

For the first time in decades, Cirencester Town station building was open for the public to visit this weekend. A Brunel original from 1841, and neglected for many years, it’s now undergoing some much-needed refurbishment by the new owner. On show was one of the original AC Cars Railbuses from 1959.

Cirencester Town station building, a three-storey narrow Cotswold stone building, behind some parked cars in what’s now known as the “Old Station Car Park”. Beside the station building, alongside the small stub of the original platform, sits a green AC Cars Railbus no. W79978 on loan from the Swindon & Cricklade Railway

AC Cars Railbus no. W79978 in dark green livery with yellow “whiskers” on the front cab alongside the short stub of the original Cirencester Town station platform.

The first-floor boardroom in the original Cirencester Town station building. There are holes in the ceiling plaster and exposed brickwork on the western wall. The floorboards are also exposed. A picture of Isambard Kingdom Brunel has been placed on the wall

The view north from the first-floor boardroom of Cirencester Town station building. Through the distinctively arch-topped three-section windows can be seen the Old Station Car Park, Tetbury Road and the old museum building set into the wall of Cirencester Park

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Ed Fielden @coriniumtv.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

After recovering from last week, I've collated the full rundown from my #TOCMarathon of 24-25 Sep, travelling on all 30 TOCs listed by the Rail Delivery Group in 36 hrs, 6 mins, 42 sec! TOC 1/30: Eurostar 9007, dep Paris Gare du Nord at 06:06:44 BST, arr London St Pancras 08:31:25 (373219/373220)

24th September 05:47 BST: Ed stands wearing a red shirt in front of blue, yellow and grey liveried Eurostar e300 number 373220 under the roof and dim lighting of Paris Gare du Nord platform 3.

24th September 08:32: St Pancras International's spectacular roof hovers over the Eurostar platforms. This is a still image from GoPro footage showing Ed's POV as he walks along platform 10 having just disembarked the blue, yellow and grey Eurostar on the left of frame. In the foreground is Ed's arm holding the stabilisation gimbal with the phone Ed is using to film himself.

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Capt. Osbert Twinge Bt. KCB. @rm86.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Happy birthday to my favourite method of transport, the means of earning my salary and my unwavering lifelong passion. Have a train.

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Ed Fielden @coriniumtv.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

#Railway200 Well today was the day: the exact 200th anniversary of the first public train service hauled by steam locomotive. Re-enacted in style with the replica Locomotion No1 and rake of wagons crossing the Skerne Bridge in Darlington, recreating the famous scene. A privilege to witness!

The crowd assembled below watch as the replica of Locomotion No1 and its rake of coal wagons and passenger vehicle “Experiment” cross the Skerne Bridge

A wave from the footplate crew on the replica of Locomotion No 1 as it crosses the Skerne Bridge

A slightly closer view of the bridge and the replica Locomotion No1 and its wagons atop the Skerne Bridge, watched on by a large crowd below

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Ed Fielden @coriniumtv.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

After my ridiculous journey on the #TOCMarathon, the splendid sight this morning of the replica of Locomotion No 1, leaving from near to the original starting point of the Stockton & Darlington Railway, marking 200 years since the first locomotive hauled passenger service anywhere in the world!

A teddy bear with a “Railway 200” jumper watches on as the replica of Locomotion No 1 passes by leaving Shildon past the old coal loading structures

A large sign board beside the railway line at Shildon which reads “Stockton & Darlington Railway route 1825”

A yellow paper flag reading “S&DR 200”. In the background - out of focus - is the path leading from Locomotion museum to Shildon station

Ed smiles a weary but happy smile as the replica of Locomotion No1 passes by on the main line from Shildon towards Darlington

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Ed Fielden @coriniumtv.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Good morning from #TOCMarathon for day two! Caledonian Sleeper delivered me safely to Glasgow and I’ve boarded a busy rush hour ScotRail service to Edinburgh ready to pick up some TOCs on the East Coast Main Line. Today could be a bit flexible!

The locomotive to haul the Caledonian Sleeper empties out of Glasgow is prepared for coupling to the carriages.

A ScotRail class 385 at Glasgow Queen Street awaiting departure to Edinburgh

Ed sitting on board the ScotRail train to Edinburgh as it departs through the tunnel from Glasgow Queen Street

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Ed Fielden @coriniumtv.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

It’s early morning and I’ve just begun my most ambitious challenge yet: to travel on all Train Operating Companies in Great Britain within 33 hours. Is it even possible? We’ll find out! Updates as and when I can make them. First up: Eurostar 9007 from Paris to London! #TOCMarathon #Railway200

Ed standing at Paris Gare du Nord in front of Eurostar e300 no. 3220, ready to depart

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Ed Fielden @coriniumtv.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

What an absolute privilege it was to join the incredible @heatherwaugh.bsky.social on her last freight drive from Coatbridge to Carlisle last night. Thank you so much for a memorable trip and best of luck as you venture to pastures new!

Heather and Ed, decked out in orange hi-viz, standing in front of locomotive 90014 at the head of 4M11 as it is prepared to depart from Coatbridge Freight Terminal. The train of container wagons stretches into the distance beneath the bright yellow gantry crane under a heavily clouded sky

A view of the Tinto Hills from the cab of 90014. Sunlight is trying to poke through the heavy cloud to illuminate the pastureland beside the track, as the dark moorland hills loom above

Heather and fellow driver Billy in the cab of 90014 as the train awaits release from Beattock Up Loop. Red signals are visible through the window

Heather in front of locomotive 90014 at Carlisle having just completed her last fright drive. She has a beaming smile and is holding a bunch of flowers in one hand and her helmet in the other

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Ed Fielden @coriniumtv.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Sky News stretching the old adage "Never wrong for long" to its extreme - this unfortunate typo has currently been left uncorrected for at least 8 hours!

A screen shot of a YouTube thumbnail image and title. The title reads "Huge wife breaks out at Edinburgh's Arthur's Seat". Images of a heathland fire are shown in the thumbnail.

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Ed Fielden @coriniumtv.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

Been busy on new routes since getting back from The Greatest Gathering. While I sift through a ton of photos from last weekend, enjoy this one from Uskmouth this week. One for @elwick70.bsky.social - your loco has wandered far from home!

A view looking back down the length of a stone train from the locomotive door. The orange and black liveried locomotives is 66508 and the nameplate reads “City of Doncaster”. In the background the wagons curve with the track as machines work to unload and move the cargo. A large wind turbine overlooks the scene.

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Ed Fielden @coriniumtv.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

The rain on trains falls mainly on the panes…

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Ed Fielden @coriniumtv.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

In today's episode of unlikely things to see next to each other on a map, I give you the odour of microbial digestion wafting gently up-river to your motorhome barbecue on a hot summer's evening...

Extract from Ordnance Survey map showing a Holiday Park on the bank of a river. Barely 250 metres down-river to the east is a Sewage Works.

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Phil Marsh @marshrail.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

DBcargo operated the 1st commercial freight over East West Rail today. 4M60 Didcot-Northampton Gateway and crosses over @hs2ltd.bsky.social @ Calvert eastwards. @teamgreen70020.bsky.social @modernrailways.keypublishing.com @paulbigland.bsky.social @locusinpes.bsky.social @randomrailways.bsky.social

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Ed Fielden @coriniumtv.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Safe to say I had a very memorable and enjoyable morning: A special tour celebrating 10 years of Hidden London tours by the London Transport Museum, with a wander round the disused Jubilee line platforms at Charing Cross, and a trip on a 96 stock train down the overrun tunnels under the Strand too!

Ed pointing at an overhead old-style London Underground lightbox sign at the bottom of a set of escalators. The sign reads “Way Out - The Strand, Northern Line & British Rail”

Disused platform 4 at Charing Cross Jubilee line, looking east towards the overrun tunnels. Orange and yellow panels and fake advertising posters from film productions adorn the facing wall

A view up the disused Jubilee line escalators leading to the Bakerloo line and Trafalgar Square exit from Charing Cross

Ed sitting in the cab of 96 Stock Underground traincar 96053 as the train sits at the end of the overrun tunnels beyond platform 3 at Charing Cross.

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Ed Fielden @coriniumtv.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Off in that there London again. The diverts over the Stroud Valley Line (while the direct route to South Wales is closed) seem to be causing a few issues with punctuality! Always enjoy a bit of London Overground action though.

Two GWR Class 800 trains crossing paths at Kemble.

A London Overground Lioness Line Class 710 train at Wembley Central

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Ed Fielden @coriniumtv.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

This! Totally this. Every time. 🤣

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Ed Fielden @coriniumtv.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Tickets are apparently running out fast for the last chance to drive this beaut for yourself - get involved if EMUs are your thing!

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Ed Fielden @coriniumtv.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Forgot to tag @225group.org.uk in my post from yesterday - but reposting in their honour today, also a bit late to the party for #225day!

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Ed Fielden @coriniumtv.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

Test train out’n’about on the Great Western this evening! 1Q90 is doing runs through the Severn Tunnel and up to Reading. With the pantograph raised on 91117 and a familiar fan noise it’s seen here departing Swindon at the start of its journey, with 43303 & 43301 top & tail.

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Ed Fielden @coriniumtv.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Despite having a somewhat mathematically pleasing locomotive number, this was today’s thorn-in-the-side. Hopefully a visit from the fitter will persuade it to play nicely from now on!

Picture of locomotive number on the side of 66618. Superimposed on the photo are mathematical symbols to make it read “6+6+6=18”

Freightliner locomotive 66618 waiting in the Down Loop at Swindon. A red signal - SW1179 - is visible just ahead of the train and the mass of tracks and overhead wires is in the background. Just visible in the distance is Swindon station.

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Ed Fielden @coriniumtv.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Some days are just curiously satisfying; today’s little mind-tickle was fuelling and filling sandboxes on four locos and then parking them in a nice evenly-spaced neat line ready for their next duties. It’s the little things!

Four Freightliner Class 66 locomotives, parked in a line in a siding with 7ft spacing between each locomotive. The loco nearest the camera is 66587, painted in the pink and white “ONE” livery, while the others (66550, 66617 and 66613) are in the more standard Freightliner green and yellow. The scene is brightly lit by sunshine and there are some fluffy clouds evident.

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Ed Fielden @coriniumtv.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Spotted “in the wild” at Reading yesterday: train punctuality and cancellation statistics! I remember these shown on posters at stations in the 1990s, but I feel sure the figures then were better than these… A 7.9% cancellation rate (Lizzy Line) and 70.2% punctuality (CrossCountry) is not too great!

A digital display on the wall showing punctuality and cancellation figures for trains at Reading station in the four weeks from 5th January to 1st February 2025, broken down by operator. CrossCountry has a punctuality of 70.2% and 1.7% cancellation rate. Elizabeth Line has a punctuality of 81.1% and a 7.9% cancellation rate. GWR has a punctuality of 76.1% and a 2.9% cancellation rate. South Western Railway has a punctuality of 78.1% and a 2.4% cancellation rate. The Western Route overall has a punctuality of 81.4% and a 3.8% cancellation rate. The notes explain that punctuality is a measure of what proportion of trains arrive within 3 minutes of their scheduled time, and that the cancellation rate counts only trains cancelled after 22:00 the previous evening of the day they were due to run.

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Ed Fielden @coriniumtv.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

One of the many privileges of my job is the wildlife I often see along the way. On a break in unloading at Appleford this week I was treated to a show from these two red kites, dancing together low over the rail sidings. Magnificent! (Note: no audio on clip)

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Ed Fielden @coriniumtv.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Happy Friday all! Here’s a clip of a pair of BR Blue Class 37s cruising past Wootton Bassett on Wednesday to keep you entertained…! This was 1Q22 Derby RTC to Bristol Kingsland Road Network Rail test train, looking great with 37402 “Oor Wullie” and 37610 top/tail.

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Ed Fielden @coriniumtv.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Had a lovely wander round Didcot Railway Centre today as a birthday treat. Been wanting to visit for ages and finally got round to it. Lots of history packed into the 21-acre site. Favourite part was the old Swindon signal control panel which was being run “as live” with simulated train services!

The coal unloading building at Didcot Railway Centre, with a six steam engine wheelsets in the foreground. Bright sunshine illuminates the scene without a cloud in the sky.

Replica broad gauge locomotive “Fire Fly” and GWR diesel railcar No.22 beneath the wooden “transfer shed” at Didcot Railway centre.

A close up of a portion of the Swindon Panel signal control desk, showing portions of the lines from Chippenham to Thingley, and Hullavington Goods Loops to Alderton. White lights indicate routes set, and red lights are occupied sections.

An overview of the Swindon Panel signal control desk, now at Didcot Railway Centre. The volunteers are answering questions from visitors. In the background, mounted to the wall, are a selection of signal identification plates from Swindon’s signals before resignalling around 2015.

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