🚆 This is ‘Western Consort’ - I say! 🔴 This Class 69 locomotive has just rolled out of the GBRf paint shop. Look at it! ⭐️ 13/10 - A western wonder. 📸 Carl Watson #trainoftheday #totb #trains #railways #diesel #dieselengines #diesellocomotives #class69

🚂 This is ‘Flying Scotsman’ - you’ve heard of it, right? 🟢 Today marks the locomotive’s 101st birthday. Surely there was no other choice for today’s train of the day. 🌟 15/10 - Forever flying. 📸 Ben Sellers #trainoftheday #totb #trains #railways #steam #flyingscotsman

🚂 This is the Great Central Railway’s beloved 9F, 92214. ⚫️ Today marks her final day in traffic before her boiler ticket expires and she takes a well-earned rest. ⭐️ 14/10 - Come back soon🤞 📸 Wiki/Geof Sheppard #trainoftheday #totb #trains #railways #steam #steamlocomotives #9F

🚆 This is the Heathrow Express - a Class 387 that zips between LHR and Paddington. ⚪️ This unit is named ‘Las Vegas’ - many of the trains are named after iconic destinations. ⭐️ 13/10 - Come fly with me ✈️ #trainoftheday #totb #trains #Railways #emu #heathrowexpress

🚆 This is a Class 455 - an old, yet reliable steed. 🔴 The units are on borrowed time - but what a 40-year stint it’s been for these noble trains. ⭐️ 14/10 - May they last a good while yet. #trainoftheday #totb #trains #electric #emu #electricmultipleunits #Class455

🚆 This is a Class 158 - a ‘super sprinter’ unit. 🔵 They’ve been in service since 1990 and have been a huge hit ever since. ⭐️ 13/10 - Super indeed. #trainoftheday #totb #trains #railways #electric #emu #electricmultipleunits #class158

🚂 This is ‘Princess Elizabeth’ - what an absolutely stunning bit of kit! 🔴 Built in 1933, this Princess Royal class is currently being assessed for an overhaul back into mainline condition. 🌟 15/10 - Pretty Princess. 📸 David Ingham #trainoftheday #totb

🚂 This is a O2 Class from the old Taff Vale Railway - what a sturdy little critter. ⚫️ Built in 1899, the engine is running on the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway this weekend. Just the 124 years of service then. 🌟 13/10 - Old school’s cool. 📸 Wiki/Allan Friswell #trainoftheday #totb

🚂 Sir Nigel Gresley has been back out on the ECML today! 🔵 How lucky are we to see the locomotive still doing what it was built to do all the way back in 1937? 🌟 15/10 - 🐐 #trainoftheday #totb #trains #railways #steam #steamengines #steamlocomotives #SirNigelGresley

🚆 This is the rather brilliantly named ‘Flying Dustman’ - a Class 66 locomotive ran by GB Railfreight 🟠 The locomotive was named and then christened in a competition by the staff at Biffa. ⭐️ 13/10 - Biffed. #trainoftheday #totb #trains #railways #diesel #class66

Good morning from #Lowestoft - the most easterly town in the United Kingdom 🙂

🚆 This is the North Norfolk Railway’s preserved Class 37 - and it is beastly. 🟢 Built in 1962, D6732 has recently been running as part of the NNR’s driver experience days. ⭐️ 14/10 - Hellfire. 📸 Weybourne Traction Group #trainoftheday #totb #trains #diesel #class37

🚆 This is the ‘Midland Pullman’ - a service based on the iconic trains introduced by BR in the 1960’s. 🔵 Comprising of two Class 43 ‘HST’ sets in the ‘Blue Pullman’ livery, it’s running today from Shrewsbury to Whitby. ⭐️ 14/10 - Feeling Blue. #trainoftheday #totb #HST

🚆 This is a Class 60 - a beastly creation. 🟡 Nicknamed ‘tugs’ by enthusiasts, these powerful locomotives have been hauling heavy freight along our rails for three decades now. ⭐️ 13/10 - Tugging at my heartstrings. #trainoftheday #totb #trains #railways #Class60 #tugs

🚆 South Western Railway have repainted a Class 455 unit into a retro BR livery - and it looks splendid! 🔵 Well done SWR. 455868 will certainly turn some heads. ⭐️ 14/10 - Magic. 📸 Jeagles - shorturl.at/xHLV2 #trainoftheday #totb #trains #railways #Class455

🚆 This is 37403 ‘Isle of Mull’ - a brilliant beast. 🔵 The locomotive turns 60 next year. Six decades of hellfire 🔥 ⭐️ 14/10 - Mulling it over. 📸 RailAdvent #trainoftheday #totb #trains #railways #diesel #dieselengines #diesellocomotives #class37 #tractors

🚆 This is a Class 720 - these little critters work for Greater Anglia and c2c. 🔴 These ‘Aventra’ sets are part of the same family of trains as the Class 345 units running on the Elizabeth line among others. ⭐️ 13/10 - Anglian Aces. #trainoftheday #totb #Class720

🚆 Here’s 66420 barreling through the delightfully NSE restored Downham Market station. 🟢 Originally part of a DRS order, this Freightliner example was travelling from Middleton Towers to Crewe with a minerals load. ⭐️ 13/10 - Green with envy. #trainoftheday #totb #class66

Really wonderful shot here of ‘Isle of Mull’ tractoring along the Glenfinnan viaduct!

🚆 This is a Class 57 - an evolution of the Class 47 design. 🔴 Virgin Trains once nicknamed them ‘Thunderbirds’ as they were often deployed on rescue missions when other stock had broken down. ⭐️ 13/10 - Thunderbirds are go. #trainoftheday #totb #Class57