#OTD 11th August 1968, BR ran its last official mainline steam passenger train. Today, I found myself with Tom Ingall at Great Central Railway Railway where ‘Oliver Cromwell’, a loco from that last run is under restoration. Here’s some lovely archive footage from 1968 too…

August 11th is my birthday and I enjoy steam engines

This is hilarious 🤣 if you need a break from news this is it. 😂🐶

🚨 BREAKING - OFFICIAL LEGO x STAR TREK Teased! "Set phasers to build" It seems the long rumoured #LEGO x #StarTrek collaboration is coming soon... 🔷 Klingon text at the end?

Good news! 🙌 7 railway sites have been listed at Grade II to celebrate 200 years of the modern railway. Part of a year of celebrations by railway200, they include Woody Bay Station in Devon, here explored by railway historian Tim Dunn.

Have you seen our new rail history timeline yet? The Railway 200 team, supported by the National Railway Museum, has created a bigger, better version of the timeline, marking 50+ moments, with new interactive features such as music and video. Take a look here, just in time for the

Spam Can!nice start to my day👍

As we approach the modern railway's 200th anniversary date on Saturday, here's a short film of some of the bicentenary highlights so far. There's much more to come, including history-making events this weekend on parts of the original Stockton & Darlington Railway

Days on the railway don't get much better than this! Filmed by my friend Matt who joined us on a footplate pass today. #bestofficeintheworld

WAVERLEY ARRIVES IN LONDON 🚢 Watch Waverley steaming under London Tower Bridge for the first time this year (Thursday 25h Sept). Don’t miss your chance to steam under Tower Bridge as it opens for Waverley - with over 2 weeks of sailings until Sunday 12th October with several

On Saturday 27 September we celebrated S&DR200 Locomotion with a weekend of celebrations and the iconic Locomotion №1 replica. Tavata and his friend Yoko-San 3D printed their own models of Locomotion No. 1 and brought them to the event all the way from Japan.

⚠️ STOLEN GOODS ALERT ⚠️ We are saddened to hear that The Deltic Preservation Society have had their entire stock of Accurascale Class 55 Deltic 'Tulyar' Models stolen from their base. Please share this to make these models too hot to handle.

A little bit about Britain, the greatest country in the world. 🇬🇧 During World War 2 Britain was the only country in the world to go to war on the principle of saving another country, that country was Poland. Germany attacked, Italy attacked, Japan attacked. The US joined the

As part of Railway 200, Historic England has launched a Blue Plaque in Stroud today, honouring children’s author and creator of Thomas the Tank Engine, the Rev. Wilbert Awdry OBE. He first started writing the Railway Series of books in the 1940s and Thomas is still enjoyed across

A national blue plaque has been unveiled to the Reverend Wilbert Awdry, creator of 'Thomas the Tank Engine'. 🚂 The plaque at his former home, 30 Rodborough Avenue in Stroud, Gloucestershire, marks 80 years since 'The Three Railway Engines' was published.

Revealed: the secret steam locomotives! This morning on BBC Breakfast we showed John Maguire around some of the hidden, legendary, narrow gauge “Collection X” in Surrey. Some historic locos are now on display at the Vale of Rheidol Railway in Aberystwyth, Wales

New Year is incomplete without this video 😂😂

The internet used to be better Stargate cast accepting a Spacey Award with a Thor puppet (2004)

Imagine being a kid in 1976 seeing this... SOUND UP!

Let's check what's on Channel 7🤔 #AIphotography #StarTrek