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Ed Fielden @coriniumtv.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

It's rather unlike Mr "Nudge nudge, wink wink" to miss the word "next" out of that particular phrase 😁 Missed opportunity aside, wishing you every success with your travels and book! 👍

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Ed Fielden @coriniumtv.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Most unfortunate indeed! However Poole, Caldercruix, Burton-on-Trent, Alness, Manchester United FC Halt, and Weeley would like a word... [POO, CAC, BUT, ASS, MUF and WEE] I think I'm still 12 at heart really 😂

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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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Ed Fielden @coriniumtv.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

After taking an unreasonably long time poring over this, I think I have a solution! 75 x 10 = 750 750 + 4 = 754 754 x 6 = 4524 4524 - 9 = 4515 4515 / 5 = 903

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Ed Fielden @coriniumtv.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

"English Electric Thrash" by the Tractor Bashers Track list: 1. Up Main 2. Down Main 3. Up Relief 4. Down Relief 5. Down Reception 6. Up/Down Docks Single etc. I may be overthinking this... 😄

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Ed Fielden @coriniumtv.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

I see your 'Wigan' and raise you a 'Wogan'! (For some unknown reason this immediately came to mind when I saw the image!) 📷: VHiStory

Still image capture from the 1989 opening titles of the BBC TV show "Wogan" - a talk show hosted by Terry Wogan. The image consists of several alternating horizontal blue and green lines with a central stylised word "WOGAN" in bold, almost 1930s-style, pastel-shaded lettering.

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Ed Fielden @coriniumtv.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Speaking as someone who would do just the same, you'll know they're there, and that's what's important!

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Ed Fielden @coriniumtv.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

That's a "Don't even think of leaving me for so long next time" look if ever I've seen one!

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Ed Fielden @coriniumtv.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

I am certain George will be very happy indeed to see you! 😸

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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 · 02/07/2026

Full version of the theme music from IBA Engineering Announcements for your aural pleasure! Francis Monkman - Current Affairs Published by Bruton Music (1979) www.youtube.com/watch?v=eA0l...

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Francis Monkman - Current Affairs

YouTube video by houseofludo

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Ed Fielden @coriniumtv.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

3! = 6 different ways. Looks stunning btw, very jealous! The highest above sea level I've ever been is about 2760m in the Alps so here's a question for you - is there a nice equation for air density vs elevation above sea level? :)

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

Also made a quick detour to the National Railway Museum to see the only preserved Class 76, and pay brief homage to the venerable HST!

Scale model of a Class 76 locomotive in front of the only preserved full-size example of the class at the National Railway Museum, York

Plate on the side of Class 76 locomotive 26020, reading “Electrical Equipment by Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co. Ltd. Manchester & Sheffield England”

HST Power Car 43002 in Inter-City 125 Blue/Grey and Yellow, under the roof of the National Railway Museum

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

My paternal grandfather worked at Metro-Vick on the traction motors for the Woodhead locos so it was nice to take the model to places of significance to the story of the line and to my grandfather’s life in Sheffield.

A scale model of a Class 76 locomotive in the foreground, the three defunct portals of the Woodhead Tunnels in the background

The green hillsides and pylons at the western end of Woodhead Tunnels. In the distance the water of Woodhead Reservoir can be seen, while running from the bottom of the picture is the line of the old railway line

St John’s Church, Ranmoor - the church in the western suburbs of Sheffield where my grandfather and grandmother married more than 75 years ago. A tall spire and tower hang over protective scaffolding and the doorway, while on the wall in the foreground is a scale model of a Class 76 locomotive

The scale model of the Class 76 loco sits dominant in the foreground on a bridge parapet as below and behind a pair of Class 158s pass southwards towards Dore Junction. The background is Hutcliffe Wood in south Sheffield, near where my grandfather’s ashes were scattered

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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 · 19/06/2026

Nice ☺️ You were following a stopper off Didcot and another intermodal off the avoider which might explain why you got checked down. I did see you wave back but couldn't tell who it was! 👋

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Ed Fielden @coriniumtv.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Think it must have been you I waved to as you passed Didcot on the Avoider then - I was waiting "patiently" in P4 to follow you on the Up Relief to Reading! 😁

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

The one referred to in the text seems to be here, under a driving range next to the M5... maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/...

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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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Ed Fielden @coriniumtv.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

I didn't know NRM had a Class 76! I have a family connection (grandad was electrical draughtsman at Metro-Vick & worked on traction motors) so they're dear to me too. Am I right in saying the 76s spent time test running on the 1500V DC Great Eastern lines before they entered service on Woodhead?

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Ed Fielden @coriniumtv.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Them huge windows are great for visibility but they don't half turn the cab into a greenhouse whenever the sun comes out... and knowing my luck it's usually when I'm in No 2 End as well... I have a sneaking feeling that pint won't be being stared at for very long!

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Ed Fielden @coriniumtv.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Definitely on my list of places to visit!

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Ed Fielden @coriniumtv.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

And in 1985-ish where it stood in for a fictional ?Gloucester station sparking the chain of events in the film Clockwise that causes John Cleese's character to slowly lose his mind...! (Yes I may have watched the film more than a few times, but have never visited Hull!)

A still frame from the film Clockwise (1986): John Cleese stands with a pained expression under the arched overall roof of Hull Paragon station as a train departs without him. The rear of a Mk1 Brake coach in BR Blue and Grey is the culprit. The side of the very front of a first-gen DMU is visible to the right of frame, and the side of what looks like another DMU is visible on a far platform to the left.

At the platform barrier gate, John Cleese's character remonstrates with John Bardon playing the ticket inspector after a mix-up with the train he was supposed to travel on. The overall roof of Hull Paragon station is the backdrop

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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 · 22/04/2026

The Koplopers are probably my favourite design of Dutch train - never seen them described as "more conventional" before but compared to the "Fell" they probably are I guess! 😄 PS Wish I had creative fleet-related dreams like yours - all my rail-related ones seem to be SPAD dreams... 😱

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

Not a problem, appreciated. It’s rather sad isn’t it that the internet has taught us to be so suspicious and cynical that even when someone goes out of their way not to infringe someone else’s copyright - by using an inferior photo of their own - it can still be thought of as not genuine! Ah well…

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Ed Fielden @coriniumtv.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Not sure what makes you assume that! If it looks odd it’s because it’s a highly cropped version of a photo I took myself on 28 September 2024 at Ashley Down station which opened to the public that day. Here’s the original uncropped version along with a couple of others showing the shiny new station!

Ashley Down station - a wider view of the same photograph posted previously. Now as well as the platform and signal, also visible are parts of the footbridge structure either side of the two tracks

A view looking south on Ashley Down station. Bulbous clouds hang in the sky as a gathering of folk admire the new station on the opposite platform

Another view looking north at Ashley Down station showing the station name plate and the footbridge. This is a wide angle shot showing the shiny brickwork and platforms of the just-opened-that-morning station

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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

There's a little more info on the introduction of 4-aspect signalling here: www.jonroma.net/media/signal... www.facebook.com/100067953738...

jonroma.net

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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 · 16/03/2026

"The little green train" sounds like a great new slogan for GWR branch line services! Green in more ways than one... 😉

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Ed Fielden @coriniumtv.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

The 80s really did produce some bangers of tunes for towns/shopping centres. Personal favourites of mine are Telford's "It's a great day out"... www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTs5... And of course "You've never seen anywhere like it - Central Milton Keynes" 😂 www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHhr...

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UK TV Advert for Milton Keynes (tx 21st March 1980)

YouTube video by RobsOldVideos

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Ed Fielden @coriniumtv.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

🎵 South Woodham Ferrers, on a river by the sea 🎵 South Woodham Ferrers, it's a whole new place to be... www.youtube.com/watch?v=gq5S...

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South Woodham Ferrers Song and Story - Right Hand Man / Bark Music (1980)

YouTube video by David Wheatley

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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 · 30/01/2026

The latest I've heard is that the "entry into service" phase of testing should have begun this month, and last month's prediction from Peter Plisner of Transport Matters on YouTube who reckons it'll be March or April when the new stations open - youtu.be/NByqQ5ndX1Q?...

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Five new rail stations

YouTube video by Transport Matters

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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 · 31/12/2025

Switch the world off and back on again. A good reboot should clear it.

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

Elf I.S. has left the building... Merry Christmas! :)

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