Brilliant visit to the new Northumberland Line today. Opening soon, there are six new stations, 2 trains per hour and a 35 minute journey time from Ashington to Newcastle! GOV.UK Northumberland County Council Network Rail North East Combined Authority Morgan Sindall Group NORTHERN 🚆

A photograph from 1939 of A military guard on duty at a tunnel mouth on the LNER (London and North Eastern Railway) main line, during the Second World War.

Flashback Friday: Pacer No. 142005 at Oldham Mumps station on September 18, 2009, just days before the line was closed for conversion to Metrolink operation. (This time on a Friday...)🤣

Crossing Waterloo Bridge, London, c1890. #colourised #waterloobridge #london #victorianperiod #shepherd #sheep

How to get a train carriage to yourself 🤪

Smart dog saw an opportunity

Carlisle diversions next weekend so a quick route refresh this afternoon trip to Carlisle. Avanti 390119 "PROGRESS", 66568 light loco, DRS Thunderbird 37308 "Jamie Freguson" between duties in a gloriously warm Carlisle Station.

Grateful to have the endorsement of former Transport Select Committee Chair and Rail Minister Huw Merriman. Huw and I have always enjoyed a strong working relationship despite political differences —something I believe is crucial 4 effective Select Committee work. #1GM4TSCChair

Lovely!

Other TOCs please note. No buses involved: LNER deserves credit for this policy of putting pax first.

NCC-1701-A Starship 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🚄 Nigel Harris Absolutely right ! A lesson for everyone in rail sector.

Classic guitar from Hilton Valentine!

This will defo be worth reading.

One of the approaches of LNER at its best

A sad a depressing read about the death of Mamod. spectator.co.uk/article/save-o…

Takje 5 and read this. It is indeed a hoot...!

....in the days when there was nothing to stop you careering across the central reservation into the path of oncoming traffic....

This is how those refraction stripes on gauge glass protectors work.....

It absolutely was! Not only was I a regular in The White Hart for many years, I also lived locally at Crooks Farm, in the Rusland Valley, for quite a spell.

Is that right?! I knew Doug pretty well.