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With preparations in #Derby well underway for #TheGreatestGathering as part of railway200, this #ThrowbackThursday we're looking back at ciné film of our Litchurch Lane Works from 1964-67, courtesy of Andy Savage. Watch here 👉 youtu.be/HJxlb0ewOMM


It was great to support the IIOM and Rail Forum’s #obsolescence event in #Derby recently. Alstom's Stuart Broadbent, Obsolescence Management Director, and Kghatso Lowele, Obsolescence Engineer, discussed how we can help maximise the lifespan of railway assets. #TeamAlstom


Spring into action! GB Railfreight 66725 carries our The Greatest Gathering headboard as it pulls The Kentish Maiden for UK Railtours on Saturday 29 March. Thanks to WilliamJL Photography for this fantastic shot! #TheGreatestGathering railway200


Sun’s out, headboard out! GB Railfreight 57310 proudly displaying our The Greatest Gathering headboard yesterday at Great Yarmouth railway station. Thanks to Kev Adlam for this fantastic photograph! #TheGreatestGathering railway200




More fun in the sun for our The Greatest Gathering headboard! GB Railfreight 57303 carried it earlier from Doncaster to Worksop. It then went on to Hornsey with Derby-built 379006. Thanks to Anthony Middleton for these fantastic photographs! #TheGreatestGathering railway200


📋Main line testing on our new DART+ X’trapolis fleet for Iarnród Éireann is now taking place in and around #Dublin. 💚 Donnchadh Connolly, Project Manager at Iarnród Éireann, gives us an update on the project 👇 ow.ly/fHn250Vut25



🎙️ We’re delighted that our very own Ken Davies has been featured among the launch episodes for the railway200 podcast – Great Rail Tales! 🎧 Listen to the Movements Manager discuss his incredible 50-year career on the railways 👉 railway200.co.uk/podcast/ken-da… #Railway200



📋 Main line testing on our new DART+ X’trapolis fleet for Iarnród Éireann continues in and around #Dublin. 💚 Watch our first Iarnród Éireann 90000 Class battery electric multiple unit (BEMU) – 90101-90501 – pass through Adamstown earlier this week. 👇

How idyllic! 🌸 @GBRf 44739 hauls two Derby-built Class 701 Aventras (701517 and 701519) through Eckington in Worcestershire yesterday – proudly displaying our The Greatest Gathering Headboard. Many thanks to Phil Blann for this springtime stunner! #TheGreatestGathering railway200


Curve appeal! @GBRf 47739 hauls two Derby-built Class 701 Aventras (701517 and 701519) through Norton in Worcestershire yesterday – proudly displaying our The Greatest Gathering headboard. Many thanks to Steve Tucker for this fantastic photograph! #TheGreatestGathering railway200


Galloping through Cheshire on the West Coast Main Line at 125mph! Nothing beats the joys of watching the world whizz by from the window of a Class 390 Pendolino on a sunny day. ☀️ 🚄 🏞️ Avanti West Coast


Have you c2c-een this? GB Railfreight 66753 carries our The Greatest Gathering headboard as it hauls The Thames Meanderer for UK Railtours from Shoeburyness on Saturday 12 April, with Derby-built 357036 at the adjacent platform. Thanks to Dominic Noades 🚂🚄🚆🛤️ for this fantastic shot!


🎨 Tim O’Brien has been announced as the official artist in residence for The Greatest Gathering! 🖼️ He’ll be painting ‘en plein air’ across the site during our three-day festival marking railway200. Read more 👉 ow.ly/uaaa50VAfjx #TheGreatestGathering


Last year, Derby’s rail future was uncertain. Our city united & Keir Starmer backed our rail campaign. Now, rail is coming back into public ownership & Derby will be home to #GBR. This summer: we celebrate 200 yrs of rail at Alstom’s Greatest Gathering. We’re back on track.