#BattleForNo10

When the dog usually goes for a walk with the husband and stops at the pub for a beer, then one day the missus takes him for a walk 😭

London North Eastern Railway Slightly over shadowed by the sad news at Aycliffe . Newcastle driver Doug Staffords drives his last train into Newcastle from Edinburgh 1E15 after 49 years on the steel rails.

NCC-1701-A Starship 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🚄 Rest in Peace Sir Kenneth . 91 a damn good innings and thank you for your contribution to such an iconic well loved workhorse. It will never be repeated and certainly never beaten . A very nice picture alongside two class acts.. Drivers Ross and Hughie.

👷🏼Job done ✅ ➡️After 12 months 🗓️ ➡️3,300 litres of paint 🖌️🎨 ➡️460 tonnes of scaffolding 🛠️ We’ve invested £5.2m strengthening High Level Bridge connecting rail and road between Gateshead and Newcastle 🎥Watch the video or read more here 👉🏻 networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/news/gbp-5-2m-…

Les Pigg Rachel Reeves I am *astonished* what Reeves has done. People used to look forwards to retirement. I did.. so I could reap the rewards of my scrimping and saving for old age, to live without claiming benefits. What a (flipping) mistake I made. Thanks Rachel.. NOT !

☕️Good morning from SMHQ We kick off this morning with undoubtedly one of the workings of the year as Rail Operations Group #Class37 37884 'Cepheus' & 37800 'Cassiopeia' took 15 JHA wagons for scrap. A once regular sight, but now somewhat of a rarity of a pair of 37s on a freight

🚨NEW 🚨 We have received a pay offer from the Department for Transport in respect of our national dispute. It is a three-year pay deal (at 5%, 4.75% and 4.5%) with no strings. This will now be put to a member referendum.

Let's have a little look at this proposal, then 🧵 Starting by noting that the strikes that Lara refers to here are nothing to do with pay and everything to do with management continually acting in bad faith. I'm sure there's an easy way to solve that one...

0z76 passing Newcastle en-route to North Blyth thus morning. The superbly turned out 37901 and 37407 (DIT)

@NationalGridESO Madness ! What happens on a flat calm day when the sun doesn't shine ? Importing 'biomass' from the other side of the world.. importing electric from anyone willing to sell it at what price.. The government / you lot have lost the plot.. 100%.

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🕰️RESTART THE CLOCKS⏲️ 🌅From 4.45am Newcastle station's roofline clocks started telling the time again! 👷‍♂️Smith of Derby & DSEC Ltd have been working all week to get the hands turning🛠️ and we filmed behind the scenes 📺 👉Read more here gloo.to/F5Mg London North Eastern Railway

All the Best to one and all . Lets hope '25 is better than the last few ! G.

NCC-1701-A Starship 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🚄 Well done Mr C. Another life saved, we hope, in my back yard, Benton - Forest Hall. Drivers should never have second thoughts or qualms about pressing 'The Big Red Button'. That'll explain the copper chopper disturbing the village calm earlier ! Good on Ya Mr C 👏 🥇 💯 👌

February 28th 2001 Great Heck. RIP Driver John Weddle, Guard Ray Robson and Chef Phil Taylor GNER, Steve Dunn Freightliner Driver and Barry Needham Freightliner and the passengers we lost on that fateful day 😞😞

Thought we were done with 225 content for this month? Think again! Join us on YouTube for an exclusive guided tour around the driving cabs and the engine room of a Class 91 locomotive with LNER Driver, Robert. Tap below to watch now or bookmark for later 👇

⌨️ How technology has changed since the 1980s! 💻

And that’s it for the 2025 display season. Last look at the Lancaster as it won’t be display flying again until 2027. Major maintenance schedule for all of next year #MikesAircraftVideos

Lunchtime walk along the Sussex seafront