@railnigel

Co-presenter Green Signals podcast. Steam loco owner/driver; photographer/archivist. Contemp/hist rail tweets, politics & other 'stuff'. RTs not endorsements.

 Stamford, Lincolnshire, UK
Joined August 2023
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Clapton on rhythm, Collins on drums, Sting on backing vocals….thst’s what I CALL a supergroup!
Eduardo Machuca@emachuca73Oct 25
Ya valió madre mi raza!!! Su be leeeeeee!!!!
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Iain Cameron
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Laggan dam in the Highlands of Scotland today at full discharge after 24 hours of torrential rain. This is what 1.62 million litres (428,000 gallons) per second looks like. Video by Mark Trigg.
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Bygone Britain@BygoneBritain23h
The Queen Mary arrives at Southampton Docks after War duties in 1945. Source: Of the period photo. For the Maritime Southampton Series.
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"The chances are you’d get to Basingstoke and have to get a coach to Reading. There’s nothing romantic about that at all.” - Robyn Hitchcock on his 1984 song 'I Often Dream of Trains' (8/8) 📷 B Mills
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Winter Woodhead. Woodhead Tunnel, Station & Signal Box in 1968. © Peter Rainford
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Pen&Sword Transport@TransportPS16h
Eleven years before the previous photograph, North British Type 2 diesel-hydraulic 6334 arrives at Torrington with the 6C73 08.50 Barnstaple to Torrington and Meeth china clay empties. 27 August 1971. (📸 John Medley Photo)
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Nowt but a Lad@NowtbutaLad18h
'Made in #Lancashire' - Holland's Pies were founded in Haslingden in 1851 and are still going strong. Drivers in front of one of the iconic liveried vans (date unknown). @HollandsPies @MarketingLancs
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Belter!
Mike Spencer@mikespencerpics19h
Had an idea! 'Hunter's Moon' rising over St Peters, Whetstone this evening (25-10-26). Barely visible until it rose to this height so noticing the Sun was 'glinting' on traffic I waited!! #huntersmoon #Leicestershire @visit_leicester @visitblaby @AmazonUK
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"We go on this route between two very kind of medium places like Basingstoke and Reading. The summer is turning to winter, and it’s all very vivid." - Robyn Hitchcock on his 1984 song 'I Often Dream of Trains' (4/8) 📷 David Christie
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Sarah Parry
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Heading home from the hills of Beddgelert this afternoon
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Adrian Pullen@adipullenLNEROct 25
No. 40407 seen here at Derby 7-11-52, rear of photo marked R J Buckley – at Rolleston, England
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Joe Brown@JoeBrownLondonOct 25
#OnThisDay 66 years ago the 1,387yds long Severn Bridge was partially demolished by two out of control tanker barges, ironically while works were ongoing to strengthen it to carry heavier locos. Sadly five lives were lost. Image of the aftermath from here: buff.ly/NTfGrpF
A police officer stands close to the perilous drop where one of the spans of the Severn Railway Bridge had been demolished

ALT A police officer stands close to the perilous drop where one of the spans of the Severn Railway Bridge had been demolished

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Fellow fans of creepy drama, check out The Secret of Crickley Hall on BBC iPlayer. A three part nail biter with superb performances by Suranne Jones, Tom Ellis and David Warner. @AlexHynes
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Quite!
Trevor Stone@tms1967Oct 24
Replying to @railnigel
FFS 🤦‍♂️
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Ron Eisele
@ron_eiseleOct 23
24 October 2003. Concorde's final take-off from JFK airport.
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I agree. I watched SOS Chris Grayling going nuclear about it more than once!
Graham Eccles FCIRO@gcecclesOct 24
Replying to @Stuwhitt @Captain_Deltic @mhoward2009 @AlexEGTK
I only saw the project through the eyes of a NED on the NWR Board. The cost over-runs, the poor delivery, the constant change of Project Director. I have no doubt that HMT’s loss of confidence in NWR over the delivery of the project lasts to this day.
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I was meeting NR Dept CEO Iain Coucher in the Black Tower and we stood in his 13th floor office and watched all three overfly St Pancras and then bank right over the London Eye to line up with LHR.,
Ron Eisele
@ron_eiseleOct 23
24 October 2003. Last commercial flight of the Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde. At 4:05 p.m. BST British Airways Concorde G-BOAG landed at Heathrow Airport, third in sequence with G-BOAE and G-BOAF after all three had made low passes over London.
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Replying to @railnigel
A bit earlier...c 1970 Graig Merthyr, Maerdy, Astley Green
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Class 4-6-0 steam locomotive 'Everton' with down 3.25pm semi-fast passenger train from London Liverpool Street, passing Potters Bar signal box, September 1950. Photograph by E D Bruton.
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Aaaaaaarrrgh!!!!!
Julie D Irwin@JDIrwinbooksOct 24
Signwriter sticks to his gun's.
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