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  1. I'm on the train from London to Manchester for the EVN Symposium, which starts tomorrow. Isn't it nice to see that the Brits are doing their best to make me feel like home?

    #BritishRail #DeutscheBahn

  2. I'm on the train from London to Manchester for the EVN Symposium, which starts tomorrow. Isn't it nice to see that the Brits are doing their best to make me feel like home?

    #BritishRail #DeutscheBahn

  3. I'm on the train from London to Manchester for the EVN Symposium, which starts tomorrow. Isn't it nice to see that the Brits are doing their best to make me feel like home?

    #BritishRail #DeutscheBahn

  4. I'm on the train from London to Manchester for the EVN Symposium, which starts tomorrow. Isn't it nice to see that the Brits are doing their best to make me feel like home?

    #BritishRail #DeutscheBahn

  5. I'm on the train from London to Manchester for the EVN Symposium, which starts tomorrow. Isn't it nice to see that the Brits are doing their best to make me feel like home?

    #BritishRail #DeutscheBahn

  6. Get ready for the ugliest building in the City of London

    The City of London is not noted for its beauty. Most great European cities expect their historic streets…
    #UnitedKingdom #UK #Europe #EU #architecture #BritishRail #GreatBritain #Londin
    europesays.com/2971039/

  7. For anyone that uses rail tickets in the UK (except for Advance tickets) - the refund rules are changing. From April you can only get a refund *before* travel.

    nationalrail.co.uk/help-and-as

    #BritishRail #UKrailtravel

  8. For anyone that uses rail tickets in the UK (except for Advance tickets) - the refund rules are changing. From April you can only get a refund *before* travel.

    nationalrail.co.uk/help-and-as

    #BritishRail #UKrailtravel

  9. For anyone that uses rail tickets in the UK (except for Advance tickets) - the refund rules are changing. From April you can only get a refund *before* travel.

    nationalrail.co.uk/help-and-as

    #BritishRail #UKrailtravel

  10. For anyone that uses rail tickets in the UK (except for Advance tickets) - the refund rules are changing. From April you can only get a refund *before* travel.

    nationalrail.co.uk/help-and-as

    #BritishRail #UKrailtravel

  11. For anyone that uses rail tickets in the UK (except for Advance tickets) - the refund rules are changing. From April you can only get a refund *before* travel.

    nationalrail.co.uk/help-and-as

    #BritishRail #UKrailtravel

  12. Two storied locomotives with a very special train.
    This is Balfour Beatty's drain train, which cleans areas of the tracks where drainage isn't great.
    But arguably, the more interesting part is the locomotives, 20901 and 20905.
    These are old Class 20 locomotives built in November 1959 and January 1968 respectively, to a design that has it's roots in even older designs, dating back to the LMS (pre British Rail, which was formed in 1948).

    Out of these two locomotives, 20901 (the last two photos) is the most legendary - having been one of the main sources of motive power on the Kosovo Train for Life, which travelled on rails to Kosovo after the 1999 Kosovo War. This means that it ran through UK, France, Germany, Belgium, Czechia, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, and of course, Kosovo. Meaning that it's one of the furthest running British locomotive ever (possibly beaten by 92015 that transported containers that had originated in china, through the Channel Tunnel and into the UK). It faced difficulty in North Macedonia when it was held for a ransom of $8000.

    I got really lucky with these photos, since a Balfour Beatty employee noticed me whilst waiting for the train to arrive, who then invited me to go trackside since, I quote, "there's no-one around, it's fine". From there I got these stunning shots of the locomotives.

    #trainphotography #trains #britishrail

  13. Two storied locomotives with a very special train.
    This is Balfour Beatty's drain train, which cleans areas of the tracks where drainage isn't great.
    But arguably, the more interesting part is the locomotives, 20901 and 20905.
    These are old Class 20 locomotives built in November 1959 and January 1968 respectively, to a design that has it's roots in even older designs, dating back to the LMS (pre British Rail, which was formed in 1948).

    Out of these two locomotives, 20901 (the last two photos) is the most legendary - having been one of the main sources of motive power on the Kosovo Train for Life, which travelled on rails to Kosovo after the 1999 Kosovo War. This means that it ran through UK, France, Germany, Belgium, Czechia, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, and of course, Kosovo. Meaning that it's one of the furthest running British locomotive ever (possibly beaten by 92015 that transported containers that had originated in china, through the Channel Tunnel and into the UK). It faced difficulty in North Macedonia when it was held for a ransom of $8000.

    I got really lucky with these photos, since a Balfour Beatty employee noticed me whilst waiting for the train to arrive, who then invited me to go trackside since, I quote, "there's no-one around, it's fine". From there I got these stunning shots of the locomotives.

    #trainphotography #trains #britishrail

  14. Two storied locomotives with a very special train.
    This is Balfour Beatty's drain train, which cleans areas of the tracks where drainage isn't great.
    But arguably, the more interesting part is the locomotives, 20901 and 20905.
    These are old Class 20 locomotives built in November 1959 and January 1968 respectively, to a design that has it's roots in even older designs, dating back to the LMS (pre British Rail, which was formed in 1948).

    Out of these two locomotives, 20901 (the last two photos) is the most legendary - having been one of the main sources of motive power on the Kosovo Train for Life, which travelled on rails to Kosovo after the 1999 Kosovo War. This means that it ran through UK, France, Germany, Belgium, Czechia, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, and of course, Kosovo. Meaning that it's one of the furthest running British locomotive ever (possibly beaten by 92015 that transported containers that had originated in china, through the Channel Tunnel and into the UK). It faced difficulty in North Macedonia when it was held for a ransom of $8000.

    I got really lucky with these photos, since a Balfour Beatty employee noticed me whilst waiting for the train to arrive, who then invited me to go trackside since, I quote, "there's no-one around, it's fine". From there I got these stunning shots of the locomotives.

    #trainphotography #trains #britishrail

  15. Two storied locomotives with a very special train.
    This is Balfour Beatty's drain train, which cleans areas of the tracks where drainage isn't great.
    But arguably, the more interesting part is the locomotives, 20901 and 20905.
    These are old Class 20 locomotives built in November 1959 and January 1968 respectively, to a design that has it's roots in even older designs, dating back to the LMS (pre British Rail, which was formed in 1948).

    Out of these two locomotives, 20901 (the last two photos) is the most legendary - having been one of the main sources of motive power on the Kosovo Train for Life, which travelled on rails to Kosovo after the 1999 Kosovo War. This means that it ran through UK, France, Germany, Belgium, Czechia, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, and of course, Kosovo. Meaning that it's one of the furthest running British locomotive ever (possibly beaten by 92015 that transported containers that had originated in china, through the Channel Tunnel and into the UK). It faced difficulty in North Macedonia when it was held for a ransom of $8000.

    I got really lucky with these photos, since a Balfour Beatty employee noticed me whilst waiting for the train to arrive, who then invited me to go trackside since, I quote, "there's no-one around, it's fine". From there I got these stunning shots of the locomotives.

    #trainphotography #trains #britishrail

  16. Two storied locomotives with a very special train.
    This is Balfour Beatty's drain train, which cleans areas of the tracks where drainage isn't great.
    But arguably, the more interesting part is the locomotives, 20901 and 20905.
    These are old Class 20 locomotives built in November 1959 and January 1968 respectively, to a design that has it's roots in even older designs, dating back to the LMS (pre British Rail, which was formed in 1948).

    Out of these two locomotives, 20901 (the last two photos) is the most legendary - having been one of the main sources of motive power on the Kosovo Train for Life, which travelled on rails to Kosovo after the 1999 Kosovo War. This means that it ran through UK, France, Germany, Belgium, Czechia, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, and of course, Kosovo. Meaning that it's one of the furthest running British locomotive ever (possibly beaten by 92015 that transported containers that had originated in china, through the Channel Tunnel and into the UK). It faced difficulty in North Macedonia when it was held for a ransom of $8000.

    I got really lucky with these photos, since a Balfour Beatty employee noticed me whilst waiting for the train to arrive, who then invited me to go trackside since, I quote, "there's no-one around, it's fine". From there I got these stunning shots of the locomotives.

    #trainphotography #trains #britishrail

  17. Found an old Ladybird Book of British Railway Locomotives in a charity shop and nabbed it for a friend’s kid. Scanned in the illustration on the cover so I could also add it to the mailing label, so here, internet, have a pretty thing – as the original scan and a quickly cleaned-up 1-bit version.

    #railways #trains #locomotives #BritishRail

  18. Found an old Ladybird Book of British Railway Locomotives in a charity shop and nabbed it for a friend’s kid. Scanned in the illustration on the cover so I could also add it to the mailing label, so here, internet, have a pretty thing – as the original scan and a quickly cleaned-up 1-bit version.

    #railways #trains #locomotives #BritishRail

  19. Found an old Ladybird Book of British Railway Locomotives in a charity shop and nabbed it for a friend’s kid. Scanned in the illustration on the cover so I could also add it to the mailing label, so here, internet, have a pretty thing – as the original scan and a quickly cleaned-up 1-bit version.

    #railways #trains #locomotives #BritishRail

  20. Found an old Ladybird Book of British Railway Locomotives in a charity shop and nabbed it for a friend’s kid. Scanned in the illustration on the cover so I could also add it to the mailing label, so here, internet, have a pretty thing – as the original scan and a quickly cleaned-up 1-bit version.

    #railways #trains #locomotives #BritishRail

  21. Found an old Ladybird Book of British Railway Locomotives in a charity shop and nabbed it for a friend’s kid. Scanned in the illustration on the cover so I could also add it to the mailing label, so here, internet, have a pretty thing – as the original scan and a quickly cleaned-up 1-bit version.

    #railways #trains #locomotives #BritishRail