On my trip home from Bordeaux I’m taking a Lacroix Atlantique, a Ouigo (dasye) duplex, a classic duplex and a classic résau. So I guess I’m having all generations of TGVs currently in service covered in one trip? 😂

I swear I didn’t plan this out on purpose!

It’s a shame that Tom Lehrer’s habit of using middles of words to rhyme, didn’t go mainstream

Found this at a thrift store today.
From the makers of Viagra comes the

Rob Manuel 🍳 Surely it's got to be Des'ree:
I don't want to see a ghost
It's a sight that I fear most
I'd rather have a piece of toast

Shadows cast by the Royal Border Bridge onto the waters of the Tweed at Berwick - a lovely evening to be heading from Edinburgh to York on London North Eastern Railway!

Alongside a road in Cardiff there are a pair of level crossing gates. But what were they used for? A look as well at some industrial water relics (aka a canal).
youtu.be/e0JpvCsp7SI?si…

The pinnacle of Italian website design. Who designed this 😭 (bonus points if you know which company’s website this is!)

SlowPsycho The drive was to get a more diverse range of candidates to *apply*. The selection should remain entirely merit-driven. The selection process nevertheless needs to be kept under review to ensure it is fair and colour/class/gender-blind.

Paul Clifton Charles Southern It’s only a job for life if a person stays true to the role and doesn’t make consecutive mistakes regularly.
Then they will be removed.
It’s only a job for life through due diligence and a professional approach to keep it being a job for life.

Meet the youngest train driver. George works for Southern. Meet Donna, ex-bus driver changing the trend. Data from NSAR shows 9 in 10 drivers are male, 9 in 10 are white, average age 46.

Train drivers overwhelmingly middle-aged white men bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

Am I the only middle-aged white male train driver who managed to see this wasn't an attack on the likes of me, but a plea to see further progress in diversification and fairness? It *is* happening, albeit slowly and we do need to ensure the entry tests are fit for purpose.

The outdoor Viewing Balcony is back open!

Located in North Shed, our visitors can once again enjoy views of the East Coast Main Line and York Railway Station.

Visitors can also explore our new Signalling Gallery and learn about York’s significant role in the development of the

LEV1 was built in 1975 based on a Leyland bus design to reduce operational costs on selected services. It has been on loan to the Wensleydale Railway and has just undergone a major cosmetic overhaul before being returned to National Railway Museum

A proper meal on a British train, or more specifically, Welsh: This is Trafnidiaeth Cymru Trenau Transport for Wales Rail's 12:30 Manchester-Cardiff service with 1st class dining and no, I've not yet had a chance to try it myself!

One of the few videos I’ve seen that accurately conveys what it’s like to be trackside.

Basically: Trains = Big.

Castle Cary, 1988. Heading for Weymouth is 3-way hybrid unit C980, consisting of class 101 DMCL 51513, class 108 TSL 59385 and class 116 DMBS 53089.

Just come home to a letter from the NHS threatening me, a type 1 diabetic (incurable), saying I might be fraudulently claiming free prescriptions and that they're going to send me a £100 penalty if I don't respond within three weeks.

I hate this country.

Just a button pusher though..

Cam Oulton
'Oral deaf at Utah State U. Couldn't understand my prof, he had a full beard, I couldn't lipread.
Plucked up my courage & told him.
Next day he was clean-shaven.
He told me,
'my kid cried,
my wife laughed
& my dog tried to bite me.
But you can hear me.'

A great set of replies here!