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Kevin Gibson @gslug1.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I think autocorrect has done some autocorrupt! Took me a few minutes to work out you meant Grangetown.

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Kevin Gibson @gslug1.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Not seen it, but there is/was an Acorn website that appears to be 100% made up nonsense.

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Kevin Gibson @gslug1.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Had a few rides on route 106/D6 heritage day.

A red Routemaster bus with Victorian houses behind

A red Leyland Titan with modern flats behind

A red Leyland National bus with a white roof. Modern flats behind.

A red and cream AEC RT bus, with trees and flats behind.

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Kevin Gibson @gslug1.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Been there, only to be betrayed by someone from IT,"Why would you do that?" Hateful piece of software.

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Kevin Gibson @gslug1.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Too early for me. I'm guessing about 1990. Still a bit anything goes though.

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Kevin Gibson @gslug1.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I think it was an 85. Was an open day at Crewe, but said loco presumably wasn't supposed to be part of it!

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Kevin Gibson @gslug1.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Once climbed into the cab of a condemned Roarer to find the ceiling panels missing and what I assumed to be blue asbestos all over the floor. Climbing back out again!

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Kevin Gibson @gslug1.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

DLR lift entrance through the original City & South London Railway building on the corner of King William Street and Post Office Court? It isn't at all well signed.

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Kevin Gibson @gslug1.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Presumably done only a few years after the first photo was taken as part of the work to allow the Bakerloo (now Jubilee) line to replace the Met slow lines. The platform buildings and staircase are distinctly late 1930s.

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Kevin Gibson @gslug1.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

That font and stone dolphin. Daisy approves. 🐬

The name Dolphin Court in individual letters and a distinctly 1950s font. To the right of a stone sculpture of a dolphin.

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Kevin Gibson @gslug1.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Thought it was just me 🐬🫠

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Kevin Gibson @gslug1.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

It's done better than the identical footbridge at Merstham - that was really worryingly corroded, and was replaced about 15 years ago. There's a third example at Sanderstead.

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Kevin Gibson @gslug1.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

It's so hideous that I like it.

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Kevin Gibson @gslug1.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Really need to get around to visiting Berlin!

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Kevin Gibson @gslug1.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

I never liked the look of the A5000, simply because it looked like a generic PC. The older Arcs at least had a distinctive appearance.

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Kevin Gibson @gslug1.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Merstham has a few marked SEC&DR, which is odd as the joint management committee wasn't called that!

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Kevin Gibson @gslug1.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Blackheath looking rather dead

A church, with trees to the right, surrounded by dead grass.

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Kevin Gibson @gslug1.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

First day of the Charing Cross closure and probably the quietest I've seen London Bridge station since lockdown.

The almost deserted concourse of London Bridge station

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Kevin Gibson @gslug1.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

So to use the toilet in Hayes Galleria, I have to go back into the shop I've been in, hope they remember me, and get a code.... Security guard on a power trip needs to fuck right off. 😈

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Kevin Gibson @gslug1.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Seems the owners of Hayes Galleria didn't get the message. They've just extended the shops over theirs. 🐬😞

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Kevin Gibson @gslug1.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

I did wonder what that was!

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Kevin Gibson @gslug1.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Haven't been to the NRM in 20 years. Suppose I should go again at some point.

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Kevin Gibson @gslug1.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

I'd imagine the 12LDA28 lump in a Peak might be rather heavier than the class 40's 16SVT, as despite having fewer cylinders, it is really too class 25 engines side by side, with two crankshafts geared together.

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Kevin Gibson @gslug1.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Made it there and back, though Great Northern seemingly started falling apart as I arrived back at King's Cross. Only spent a couple of hours in the museum, as it was rather warm.

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Kevin Gibson @gslug1.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Southern were doing this a few weeks ago. Most of the suburban area seemed to be done, though they did resign Gypsy Hill in black on white RA2.

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Kevin Gibson @gslug1.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Despite the bruising, it didn't hurt that much. Embarrassing though!

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Kevin Gibson @gslug1.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Did similar a few weeks ago. Smashed my phone's camera. Brushing has only just disappeared.

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Kevin Gibson @gslug1.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Too much Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves?

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Kevin Gibson @gslug1.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

When motorways were seen as a good thing.

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Kevin Gibson @gslug1.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Pile of Archimedes. An A310, A440/1 and two A5000s at the National Museum of Computing s Econet LAN Party

Four desktop computers in a stack. Keyboard in front, monitor on top.

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Kevin Gibson @gslug1.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

One of the Southern 455s had "Private" in gold leaf Johnston on the cab doors.

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Kevin Gibson @gslug1.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Probably hit a large bird, but sometimes it really isn't good: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eschede...

en.wikipedia.org

Eschede train disaster - Wikipedia

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Kevin Gibson @gslug1.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Mine was the same. Pre Sargent Pepper's only. 🤔

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Kevin Gibson @gslug1.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Digswell II. Looking the other way and several hours later.

White clouds in a blue sky. Green trees and a few houses below an almost flat horizon.

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Kevin Gibson @gslug1.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Even worse than "See it", London Bridge has this every few minutes "A large number of accidents happen on escalators at stations. Stand steady, hold firm and step off."

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Kevin Gibson @gslug1.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

The toilet one is even worse, and has been flipped by a gust of wind.

And arrow shaped sign, with text readings GENTLEMANS TOILET, stuck at an odd angle.

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