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Nigel

@d1500.bsky.social
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Railway Enthusiast, into model railways, Falmouth Town AFC fan. Trying to escape Twitter/X.

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Nigel @d1500.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
flic.kr/p/ELxX18 I can remember those bacon rolls as if it was yesterday. The October Freedom of Network Southeast tickets were a great day out. Network Southeast at forty. #nse40 #NetworkSoutheast #nse #britishrail
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Network Southeast Day 1991
Network Southeast Day on 5th October 1991 and 50029 'Renown' stands in Exeter St Davids with the 06:45 to Waterloo. After some time exposures we made for the buffet to get bacon rolls and coffee befo...
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Nigel @d1500.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
flic.kr/p/PwGQgk Forty years ago today Network Southeast burst onto the railway scene. This shot from 1990 shows the striking livery at Paddington.
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Great Eastern on the Great Western
Network Southeast liveried 47581 'Great Eastern' stands in Paddington station with the 12:20 Paddington – Oxford service on Monday 4th June 1990.
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Nigel @d1500.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
For anyone who is in the Falmouth area tomorrow, Saturday, March 21st, tge Falmouth Society of Railway Modellers have our open day at St Mary's Catholic Church. See details here: fsrm.weebly.com/open-day-mar... Our poster is here:
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Nigel @d1500.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
This afternoon's sunset in Falmouth.
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Nigel @d1500.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
The end of an era at Truro, forty-six years ago today. #CornishRiviera #class50 #Truro #1970s #britishrail flic.kr/p/2biRQym
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The End of an Era (1)
The last down loco hauled 'Cornish Riviera', the 10:30 Paddington – Penzance arrives at Truro hauled by 50008 'Thunderer' on Sunday 5th August 1979. A Halina 3000 photograph, so my apologies for the ...
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Nigel @d1500.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Forty-six years ago today, 50039 'Implacable' at Truro. #class50 #britishrail #Truro #1970s flic.kr/p/sdE5yc
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The 'Up Milk' at Truro in 1979.
50039 'Implacable' in Truro station with up milk and parcels in the summer of 1979. Found the notes on this one and it was taken on Sunday 5th August 1979. I had spent the afternoon at Truro as I ha...
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Nigel @d1500.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
A view no longer available. We've removed the tunnel and scenery to open up the end of the layout for further scenic development. Plans include a station and the installation of signals. #peak #motorail #modelrailways #trains #class45 #britishrail
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Nigel @d1500.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
A running in running in turn for D5803, an @accurascale.com Class 37 in green with BR double arrows. Takes me back to my 1970s spotting days. #modelrailways #britishrail #1970s #trains
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Nigel @d1500.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
The Class 101 DMU now has buffer beam detail and Kadees between the coaches. It really is a sweet runner and stands up well against the latest models. Still got to sort the headcodes, etc. #modelrailways #DMU #trains #class101 #britishrail
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Nigel @d1500.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
A bit of freight running on #FortySevenFriday with 47003 doing the honours. #class47 #trains #modelrailway #modelrailways #railfreight #1980s #Speedlink
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Nigel @d1500.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Perfect weather, perfect traction, perfect locations. D1015 Western Champion at Langstone Rock and Totnes on Saturday, May 10th. It was just a perfect day! #class52 #Western #britishrail #dieselhydraulic #trains
D1015 Western Champion at Langstone Rock, nr Dawlish Warren on Saturday, May 10th. D1015 Western Champion approaches Totnes in the late afternoon on Saturday, May 10th.
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Nigel @d1500.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
A bit of DMU running, in the shape of a green 117 unit. I originally intended to respray the unit in blue, but I think I'll just add yellow warning panels now. #modelrailways #trains #class117 #DMU
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Nigel @d1500.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Back to the early 1970s and Brush Type 4, 1659 heads the Sheffield - Newton Abbot motorail. The train consist includes Newton & Chambers car carriers and Mk1 first class coaches. #modelrailways #class47 #trains #motorail #Newton&Chambers
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Nigel @d1500.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
A bit of a running session with 1200 'Falcon'. Powered by two Maybach MD655 engines (like the Westerns), it was built by Brush in 1961 and withdrawn in 1976. #modelrailway #modelrailways #trains #InterCity #BSMRGUK #Class53 #Brush
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Nigel @d1500.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Another one from last week's freight Friday, this time it's 47003 with a Stratford grey roof, working a Speedlink freight. #modelrailways #railfreight #class47 #1980s #Speedlink #trains #FreightFriday
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Nigel @d1500.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Bit of a freight Friday with 37305 on Speedlink working. Those were the days, and here they'll live on. #FreightFriday #class37 #trains #modelrailway #railway #Railfreight
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Nigel @d1500.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
More InterCity action, this time it's 37430 'Cwmbran', maybe heading for the Cambrian Coast? A scene enthusiasts and holidaymakers in the 1980s and 1990s looked forward to every summer. #class37 #trains #InterCity #BSMRGUK #modelrailways ##modelrailway
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Nigel @d1500.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Bit of an eighties InterCity running session, sees 31435 with a rake of Mk2d coaches. Could it be a summer Saturday working speeding holidaymakers to Paignton? #class31 #modelrailway #modelrailways #trains #InterCity
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Nigel @d1500.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Great model train show, really enjoyed taking part and seeing everyone's videos. I'll finish with a 31 on a passenger working. #ModelTrainShow2025
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Nigel @d1500.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Saturday was our open day at the Falmouth Society of Railway Modellers. Even better, it coincided with the #ModelTrainShow2025 Here's some pictures from the show:
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#ModelTrainShow2026 @modeltrainshow.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
(It’s Saturday somewhere, so…) 📢 Welcome to #ModelTrainShow2025 🚂 Please support the Railway Children charity via this link… shorturl.at/SrPtO Official Launch Video…
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Nigel @d1500.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
A couple of pictures of our society's O gauge Ruthern Valley Railway, a preserved line in Cornwall. See more here: fsrm.weebly.com/ruthern.html #ModelTrainShow2025
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Nigel @d1500.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Shanks Class 66 action on Blueberry Hill, a compact N gauge layout at the Falmouth Society of Railway Modellers open day. Thanks to all those who supported us. #ModelTrainShow2025
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Nigel @d1500.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
What better for the #ModelTrainShow2025 than D1067 'Western Druid' on an express passenger working.
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Nigel @d1500.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
A single car unit arrives at St Budock at the Falmouth Society of Railway Modellers open day. More info on our website: fsrm.weebly.com #ModelTrainShow2025
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Nigel @d1500.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
D1547 heads an up passenger train of mostly MK1 stock, with one MK2 BFK. #ModelTrainShow2025
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Nigel @d1500.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Sorted a few running issues with this rake, a couple of the bogies were tight and derailing. The underframes have been weathered, as have the wheels. Next job is the roofs. 47435 provides the motive power. #modelrailways #class47 #trains #modelrailway #Mk2 #Mk1s
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Nigel @d1500.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Renumbered another batch of coaches into Western Region allocated vehicles (except the Midland Region RMB) and fitted with Hunt couplings/Kadees. 31123 is in charge for a test run over points and crossovers. Consist is: SK, RMB, BFK Mk2, FK, TSO, SK, SK. #class31 #modelrailways #BritishRail
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Nigel @d1500.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
A run out for the new arrivals, 31435 and 47435. Detailing the buffer beams and weathering are on the "to-do" list. #modelrailways #class31 #class47 #trains
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Nigel @d1500.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Dug this one out of a box. Originally, I'd converted it to EM gauge, but didn't end up using it. So, with some OO gauge wheels popped back in, it was time for a test run. #Class101 #Hornby #DMU #modelrailways
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Nigel @d1500.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
Happy New Year One &All.
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Nigel @d1500.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
An end of year, well almost, bashers'delight. 37430 'Cwmbran' heads an InterCity express. Echoes of services between Aberystwyth and Euston back in the days of loco haulage. #modelrailways #class37 #trains #modelrailway #Mk2s
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Nigel @d1500.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
An empty stock move ahead of the Christmas shutdown. 47079 'G J Churchward' heads west with a rake of Mk2 aircons. #modelrailway #modelrailways #class47 #GW150 #trains
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Nigel @d1500.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
47537 'Sir Gwynedd/County of Gwynedd' with an InterCity express. These Dapol Mk2s have been re-wheeled using Hornby wheels, but to improve the running, all the bogies are now fitted with brass bearings. #modelrailways #class47 #trains #modelrailway #railway #InterCity
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Nigel @d1500.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Anything goes. Time to give D0260 'Lion' a run. This loco was a stunning looking machine, built by BRC&W, Sulzer and AEI. In the spring of 1962 it ascended the Lickey incline with twenty coaches in tow. Withdrawn in 1964 from Finsbury Park, it's now a legend. #Lion #modelrailway #D0260 #trains
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Nigel @d1500.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
A Class 33 farewell from the late eighties. Was it really that long ago? flic.kr/p/sv5BGc
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Crompton Farewell near Tomperrow.
33031/33033 in the evening sun at Baldhu with the return Crompton Cornish Farewell (2) railtour on Saturday 29th October 1988.
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Nigel @d1500.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
A balmy summer's evening some thirty-six years ago. Today, this service would be a DMU or IET. flic.kr/p/2aB4HdR
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Evening Service on the Somerset Levels
31423 heads north in the last of the evening sun near Bleadon with the 20:00 Taunton – Cardiff Central service on Wednesday 15th June 1988.
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Nigel @d1500.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
My shot from 2019, when Par had semaphore signals and sand trains ran on Summer Saturdays. #semaphores #trains #Class66 #Par #Cornwall flic.kr/p/2gimuQS
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Summer Saturday Sand
In glorious summer sun, 66171 runs through Par with 6C12 – 10:57 Burngullow E.C.C. – Exeter Riverside N.Y. sand train on Saturday 22nd June 2019.
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Nigel @d1500.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Some passenger running this week. 45120 (which clearly needs some maintenance), works a passenger service made up of Mk2 stock. #modelrailways #trains #class45 #Peak #modelrailway
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Nigel @d1500.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Green DMU time. A class 117 complete with speed whiskers trundles along the mainline. Probably one of the smartest liveries carried by these units. #modelrailways #class117 #DMU #trains
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Nigel @d1500.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Time to use your imagination a bit, imagine there's a third rail! A bit of Southern Region EMU action. #EMU #modelrailways #britishrail #SouthernRegion
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Nigel @d1500.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
More freight action, this time with 37043 'Loch Lomond' in charge. Imagine the sounds from a single Class 37 with this lot in tow. #class37 #railfreight #speedlink #chinaclay #1980s #BritishRail
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Nigel @d1500.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
47079 'G J Churchward' returning with the empty clays. More memories from the eighties. ##class47 #railfreight #speedlink #chinaclay #1980s
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Nigel @d1500.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
A bit of a china clay session this evening. 47079 'G J Churchward' in its GW150 green livery, heads a rake of Polybulks and PBA wagons to the Potteries. To think this was once a daily occurrence. #class47 #1980s #modelrailways #railfreight #speedlink #chinaclay
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Nigel @d1500.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
What better than a Peak on a Friday? D163 'Leicestershire and Derbyshire Yeomanry', working a passenger train of Mk1s. #BSMRGUK #Peak #modelrailway #class46
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Nigel @d1500.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Some recent weathering to Railfreight wagons. #Railfreight #modelrailways #modelling #weathering
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Nigel @d1500.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
My first upload to Bluesky! A look back to the late 60s/early 70s with D1662 'Isambard Kingdom Brunel' working a passenger train of Mk1s. #modelrailways #class47 #Mk1s
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