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Tony Boston

@HighSpeedTony

Retired Eurostar Driver now working on GWSR as Signalman, Diesel Driver and Diesel Traction Inspector. Instagram: @highspeedtony

 Gloucestershire, UK
Joined July 2017
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🚂 Great news! Steam is back this weekend at the GWSR! Our diesel crews have been incredible continuing our full service during this period of hot dry conditions and fire risk and now our crews will be strengthened by our other heritage offering of steam.
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🚂 Journey through some of the UK’s most picturesque countryside and relive the charm of train travel from 50 years ago with @GWSR! Book today gwsr.com/ #streamtrain #Glos #Warks
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26043 is running this weekend @GWSR And on these dates this month : Sat 4th Purple TT last train of day Sun 5th Pink TT 65 mile diagram Thurs 9th Pink TT Saturday 11th Purple TT Sunday 19th Pink TT Saturday 25th - Mixed Traction Event gwsr.com 📸 Paul Beale
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IT'S THE FINAL COUNTDOWN! We are just 4 days out from the 2025 Diesel Gala. D6700 has arrived, 50021 is on its way! We have a final pre-Gala blog at gwrdieseldept.blogspot.com Give it a read...especially if you need a nudge to get tickets!! @GWSR @TheGrowlerGroup @BT4Fund
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Can you believe that it's less than two weeks to go until our action packed Cotswold Festival of Steam?! We've got up to 11 engines in steam lined up, including SIX guest engines! Don't forget kids go free on bank holiday Monday. Book now here gwsr.com/galas/steam-gala
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avrht.org/bounceback Thanks to your incredible support we've now been able to raise £10,000 following the release of our appeal. We want to say a massive thank you to everyone who has supported, shared and engaged with our appeal so far! ❤️
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Dates for the diary. 12th, 15th, 16th, 18th & 21st April, a Cl.47 on the Purple Timetable
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Date for the diary. 6th April 47105 Pink Timetable
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We are opening this weekend with the Blue timetable (see website for details). The steam loco is 7903 'Foremarke Hall' and the DMU Bubble Car No. W55024 from the Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway will be out for its debut. gwsr.com 📸 J Boskett & K Jarvis
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The Cotswold Festival of Steam 2025 is taking place from 24-26th May. There will be plenty to see and do over the duration of the gala, with visiting steam locomotives running an intensive timetable service. We look forward to seeing you there! gwsr.com
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The latest Cornishman Magazine produced by the GWRT is in the process of being printed and posted out to our members. If you would like to keep up to date with the latest news from the GWSR, then sign up and become a member today! gwrt.org.uk
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Our D6948 has graced the cover of the latest @railwaysillus with this cracking shot by @jackboskett taken @GWSR with @DrewittRichard in the driving seat. This is from an EMRPS night shoot back in 2017. #class37 @GWSRDiesels
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Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from all of the volunteers and staff at the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway. Ho Ho Ho! #christmasday #christmas2024 #santa #fatherchristmas
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Silence doesn't equal inactivity! Class 24, 5081 is out of traffic for an engine overhaul. Perhaps the 1st time the liners in the photo see daylight since 1975! There are also plans afoot to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the railways! D6948 with a funky headboard! @GWSR
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ON THIS DAY: 30 years ago, public Eurostar services between Waterloo and Paris / Brussels commenced. 13 years later, also on November 14th, High Speed 1 opened allowing services to switch to St Pancras. April 1995 image at Wandsworth Road: Chris Morrison flic.kr/p/2ooR2oN
Eurostar 3222 passes Wandsworth Road in April 1995. Seen from Larkhall Rise, Class 373 Eurostar set 3222 passes Class 411 and 456 Third rail EMUs at Wandsworth Road with a London Waterloo - Paris Gare du Nord train in April 1995. Eurostars used Waterloo as the London terminus and the third rail main line through Kent between November 1994 and November 2007 when they moved to the current terminal at St Pancras and the high speed line via Stratford and Ebbsfleet.

ALT Eurostar 3222 passes Wandsworth Road in April 1995. Seen from Larkhall Rise, Class 373 Eurostar set 3222 passes Class 411 and 456 Third rail EMUs at Wandsworth Road with a London Waterloo - Paris Gare du Nord train in April 1995. Eurostars used Waterloo as the London terminus and the third rail main line through Kent between November 1994 and November 2007 when they moved to the current terminal at St Pancras and the high speed line via Stratford and Ebbsfleet.

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Il y a 30 ans…Happy Birthday, Eurostar!
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Toddington nocturne. @GWSR #steam #dmu
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lefigaro.fr/voyages/nigel-to…

Nigel, tout premier conducteur d’Eurostar : «Faire rouler un train sous la mer était un projet fou»

30 ANS D’EUROSTAR - À l’approche de l’anniversaire de la compagnie, en novembre, Le Figaro vous dévoile les coulisses à travers une série. Dans ce deuxième épisode, les confessions de deux conducte...

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Our 2025 diesel driver experience dates have just been released on sale at: gwsr.com. Be quick - they sell out FAST!!! 4th April 2025 - Class 37 9th May 2025 - Class 47 4th July 2025 - Class 45 'Peak' 5th September 2025 - Class 37 3rd October - Class 47
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Only two weeks to go until our 60th Birthday celebration day for our 37s @GWSR. The timetable for the event is now on our website and tickets are on sale thegrowlergroup.square.site/… We hope to see you there! #class37
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