DB Cargo 66100 ‘Armistice 100 1918-2018’ rolls through Manchester. Victoria with 6M16, Tees to Knowsley. #Class66 #Shed #DBCargo #ManchesterVictoria
Graeme Pickering
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Railway Magazine Senior Correspondent. Ex-broadcast journalist and news editor. Husband. 'Dad' to a Greek cat. Aspiring novelist.
Sometimes i think it's worth getting soaked for a shot.. D8069, 20069, was being taken off the stock in a wet Bury Bolton Street station yesterday, a dash down the platform in the rain for a shot resulted in some well timed clag & tones from the driver 😃👍 top loco too #BuryChopperGroup 18/9/26
Palantir have just bought themselves a Labour Lord with close links to the Labour government. No other word to describe this other than corruption. How can Watson remain a member of the House of Lords and keep the Labour whip?
Regional Railways liveried 37414 ‘Cathays Carriage and Wagon Works’ powers the Viking Venturer rail tour toward Milford Junction. #Class37 #Tractor #RegionalRailways #BritishRail
On this day eight years ago, we had someone keeping us company as we waited for our train home from Edinburgh Waverley.
DRS kindly allowed those of us who attended to have a go at driving on conventionally & digitally signalled stretches of line. Pleased to report I didn't hit the buffers in the bay platform, but forgot I was on AWS at one point leading to automatic brake application! Thanks to Andrew Butler for pics
In October's The Railway Magazine I'll be reporting on the new Direct Rail Services Class 68 full cab and desktop simulators installed at its Carlisle offices ahead of ETCS training for drivers. Thanks to the team and instructors for giving an insight in the programme/how the simulators work.
September 13, 2024 - 3008 rests at St Pancras International after arriving from Brussels. It brought us back to the UK after a week in Antwerp. 📸:©️ Graeme Pickering
What I love about Western democracy is you can bung a political party £ 36 million earned from criminal activity & most media will continue to point at asylum seekers & migrant care workers with families as the barbarians at the gate we need to defend ourselves from 🙄.
'Hopping to Get On Board' in Grey St, Newcastle. My favourite on the Peter Rabbit Tales on the Tyne Trail, raising money for St Oswalds Hospice, as it is railway-themed. We've seen about a third of them in situ, but we will view them all at the farewell exhibition next month.
A couple of shots of one of the East Coast Thunderbirds at York. Colas Railfreight liveried 67027 caught napping in the postal sidings. #Class67 #ColasRailfreight #York #Thunderbird
Both in the new CrossCountry livery, Nos. 220016 and 220019 await their departure time of 15.40 from Newcastle with the 1V66 Edinburgh to Plymouth service this afternoon. 📸: ©️ Graeme Pickering
Taken this pm through railings at Newcastle as you can no longer walk the full distance of what was pl 12. TransPennine Express No. 802217 rests at pl 11 between arriving from Liverpool Lime St at 15.22 and leaving again for Merseyside on the 9M16 (16.02) working. 📸: ©️Graeme Pickering
LATEST: Alstom has announced they'll have circa 300 seats per train, 1st Class and catering facilities. Charging infra will be installed for them at Hull, Saltburn and Scarborough. Deal is £800m for trains £200m for maintenance initially for 8 years.
Graeme Pickering@pickgs.bsky.social · last wk.1/NEW: Alstom to build 29 new battery-electric Adessia Stream trains for GBR at Derby in £1 bn deal. The units will be built from 2028 onwards and are due to enter service from winter 2034 on what are currently TransPennine Express services worked by Class 185s.
1/NEW: Alstom to build 29 new battery-electric Adessia Stream trains for GBR at Derby in £1 bn deal. The units will be built from 2028 onwards and are due to enter service from winter 2034 on what are currently TransPennine Express services worked by Class 185s.
56105 Rattles over the points at York as it heads north with 0Z66, which was a bit of a mystery tour of Yorkshire! Still good to see and hear a grid out in the wild! #Class56 #Grid #ColasRailfreight #York
A few shots of the Northern Belle at York just after arriving from Ipswich with 1Z61. 57601 ‘Windsor Castle’ leading, with 57313 Scarborough Castle’ on the rear. #Class57 #Bodysnatcher #WestCoastRailways #NorthernBelle #York
In case you had any doubts about the judgement and moral standards of my (former) Chief of Staff, Dan Jukes, here he is with Andrew Tate.
Woodlark 14cm Europe, western Asia, and parts of North Africa monogamous They regularly produce 2-3 broods each breeding season between chicks leave the ground nest 13 days after hatching, to ensure their survival family stays tightly together by Autumn the new generations merge into a flock.
The gleaming green machine - Deltic D9015 Tulyar at Birstall on the Great Central Railway today. She sounds as good as she looks. @jedkendray.bsky.social @pickgs.bsky.social @gerbil1978.bsky.social @rangercaps66.bsky.social
Observation carriage ride with 03179 ‘Clive’ is next on today’s agenda!
Incredibly, despite the investigation broadcast last night on C4 and Farage's form for false claims about security threats there were mainstream media sources who just trotted this out this afternoon without even saying it hadn't been checked with police.
"Farage senior aide filmed suggesting way to avoid donations law," says the BBC. Much as I can understand it's not going to take verification from another broadcaster as gospel, it's interesting how this has been written-up almost as a 'non-story'. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Farage senior aide filmed suggesting way to avoid donations law
A film broadcast by Channel 4 shows senior Reform UK figures discussing donations with an undercover reporter.
bbc.co.uk
I can't remember a clearer smoking gun than that Channel 4 News footage. Nigel Farage and his senior aides all filmed discussing apparent plans to break the law by funnelling foreign money into British politics, plans which at least partly went ahead. A criminal investigation surely must follow
