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BART @bart.gov · 17/03/2026

We got a DM the other day with a fun request from a local family: Could we find this nice BART train operator who always waved and beeped at this special little rider? And if we found him, could we deliver him a thank you card!? So we got to work …

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Martyn Read @gloriousnse.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Does feel like the "could" here is doing a lot of heavy lifting if other small station builds are anything to go by...

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Martyn Read @gloriousnse.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

New Ghibli script just dropped...

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Martyn Read @gloriousnse.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Okay what am I missing about the "first new station in 100 years" story, because I can think of a few other ones.... 🍑

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Martyn Read @gloriousnse.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Had the privilege at the weekend of helping run Andy Gautreys little slice of 1950s Cuba at the Taunton model railway exhibition

#12 pulls cane empties out from the mill

Pulling away from the Central Alonzo depot

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CAHSR's Strongest Soldier @emoscientist.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Gilded Age ass president

1984 meme but it's 1872 instead of 1984. Middle aged karen-type lady says "Union Pacific is bribing politicians and financing shady construction projects" while her forlorn husband flips the calendar back to 1872

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Martyn Read @gloriousnse.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Not very Network Rail looking signals, but what a fabulous photo

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Celestial M Weasel @celestialweasel.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

See stoat, say stoat, stoated

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Martyn Read @gloriousnse.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Some "railfanning pics" of our layout RS Tower from Stafford show at the weekend...

Indiana Railroad SD9043s with a mixed freight

Iowa Interstate SD38-2 pair creep down the street trackage with a unit ethanol train

Minnesota Commercial Alco's rattle the tower windows as they cross the diamond....

This cutie was yard switcher for the Sunday...

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Exeter City Council @exetercouncil.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

New this month: Exeter’s train stations are now your starting points for exploring the beautiful Green Circle walking route! More: news.exeter.gov.uk/new-project-...

A man with a gray beard, wearing glasses, a purple shirt, and a green lanyard, smiles while pointing at a public information board in Exeter. The sign highlights the "Hoopern Valley Walk," part of Exeter’s Green Circle, and includes a map and directional information for city transport. The background shows parked cars and a partly cloudy sky.

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Exeter Cycling Campaign @exetercycling.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

We are planning some positive communication about the Dryden Road stretch of the E9 cycle route. We would love to hear your experiences and stories of the difference this quiet route has made to your journeys over the past five years.Comment below or email @info@exetercyclingcampaign.org.uk.

A person riding a bike in the lower part of Dryden Road, Exeter

A child on a bike and people walking on the pavement in the upper part of Dryden Road, Exeter

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Martyn Read @gloriousnse.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Next off the workbench and having the decider tweaked, IC6071, a unique and historic loco, the real one is now preserved - I've set this up to run with the WC SD45 behind to be a mid 00s Canadian National pairing...

A black 6 axle diesel with a white stripe and the number 6071, plus Illinois Central and Operation Lifesaver markings

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Martyn Read @gloriousnse.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

I seem to be in a fairly productive modelling phase at the moment, one thing I've started working on is a long term (I expect a couple of years work largely due to budget) project to build a military train for the RS Tower layout... Finished this a few weeks back

A yellow 60' TTX Flatcar with two tan coloured Bradley armoured vehicles loaded

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Martyn Read @gloriousnse.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

This is in no way a confusing message to be giving out on a shared use path. 🤷🙃

"cyclists dismount and please use the footway"

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Martyn Read @gloriousnse.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

Nice to see the scaffolding deck hiding the roof at Bristol Temple Meads is finally coming down.

Large curved overall station roof showing through the remaining scaffolding

South end of the train shed still has the scaffolding deck across and is still dark

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Martyn Read @gloriousnse.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

You'd get a nice view of Moor St station and the HS2 site from the Primark cafe if it wasn't for the stickers over the windows!

A very muddy out of focus view of Birmingham Moor Street station

An even muddier and more out of focus view of the Birmingham HS2 station site. There are some track support Vs in the background. Honest!

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Martyn Read @gloriousnse.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Hi I'm Mentour Pilot, and I love to use this week's sponsor, the UK government, if you have need of a government, give them a try with this discount code. Now back to the story...

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Martyn Read @gloriousnse.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Maybe they accidentally bought a city. 🤷 (I'm curious about the use of "Rival" too, can't imagine a high percentage of their businesses are in direct competition!)

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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

reasonably sure this is the first time a regional government agency has launched a new service with an elaborate broadway musical parody

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Martyn Read @gloriousnse.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

That's...not what your nice modern tunnel should really be looking like. 😬

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Martyn Read @gloriousnse.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

I wish, #FensterAuf down the CTRL would be epic. 🤣

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Jo Kibble (Political Animal) @politicanimal.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Truly impressive to cite two women murdered by British nationals, one of them a police officer, to justify the conclusion that what is needed are more deportations and police.

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Martyn Read @gloriousnse.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Don't mind me I'm just a normal tree doing normal tree things...

A wooded ridge line including a fake tree that's actually a mobile phone mast trying to be inconspicuous but somewhat failing at it...

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Gonna take this opportunity to bust a bit of a myth about the mobile phone network during 7/7. The wider London phone network never went down. The Security Services, TfL and the Met Police all wanted it up. But it DID go down briefly in the Square Mile. Due to a C&C issue nobody had spotted. /1

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Martyn Read @gloriousnse.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Hobbycraft tried for ages to get me to rate a bit of wood.

Snip from an email from Hobbycraft - "Thanks for shopping with us! We'd love to hear what you think of your new Balsa Sheet 1/8 x 3 x 36 inches.....

....Select a rating below (Select 5 stars = Excellent, 1 star = Poor)

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Martyn Read @gloriousnse.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

Traffic deaths down *32%* - that's phenomenal.

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Martyn Read @gloriousnse.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Don't tell me that rail company websites are now using AI nonsense content? So how does this journey work LNWR?

From Google search answer "London and North Western Railway - Yes you can travel from Birmingham New Street to Birmingham Snow Hill without having to change trains...."

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Chris Howe (Rail Focus) 🏳️‍🌈 @railfocus.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

It's almost like we need a new N-S railway to release capacity from existing lines ASAP 🤔

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Gareth Dennis @garethdennis.uk · 03/07/2025

I'm not sure what anyone thought would happen - our railway is fully full. Like not a bit full, but fully choka. And we've killed the only project that would have fixed this for most of the country in a one-er.

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Martyn Read @gloriousnse.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

www.bbc.com/news/article... Shame there's no railway line nearby that might be able to help with local transportation issues on changeover days if the relevant parties could come up with a way to make that work? 🤷

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Rural bus service to Butlin's 'overcrowded' by tourists, says MP

Issues plaguing the 28 route are "beyond ridiculous" for locals, an MP says.

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Martyn Read @gloriousnse.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

When you, conductor and driver were in perfect synch and you were off the bus early enough for the conductor to double ding in time to keep it rolling...

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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

We have devised New Street Station so as to deter the likes of Goodwin from ever getting off the train. And we drop the accents when no strangers are listening.

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Streetsblog NYC @nyc.streetsblog.org · 25/06/2025

"I told him, 'Just leave me in the garage,' but you know Andrew — he just wouldn't listen. And then we lost." Cuomo's Dodge Charger spoke to Streetsblog about what yesterday's loss means for his future in NYC. buff.ly/vlwsDl2

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Cuomo's Car Speaks: 'This Is All My Fault' - Streetsblog New York City

"I told him, 'Just leave me in the garage,' but you know Andrew — he just wouldn't listen. And then we lost."

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Every Last Station @everylaststation.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Wellington & Cullompton stations given the greenlight with the news funding will provided! Great news for Somerset & Devon! Will be absolute game changing for the two towns and surrounding areas! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...