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Found an old Ladybird Book of British Railway Locomotives in a charity shop and nabbed it for a friend’s kid. Scanned in the illustration on the cover so I could also add it to the mailing label, so here, internet, have a pretty thing – as the original scan and a quickly cleaned-up 1-bit version.

#railways #trains #locomotives #BritishRail

An illustration of a locomotive in forced perspective, green on a manilla-coloured ground.

The same illustration but 1-bit monochrome.

British Rail Diesel Electric No 47085 at Ipswich, 1979 - J Davenport Photograph

https://www.ebid.net/uk/for-sale/british-rail-diesel-electric-no-47085-at-ipswich-1979-j-davenport-photograph-235874502.htm

#BritishRail #Railways #Ipswich #Photography

Monochrome real photograph showing a view of the British Rail Class 47 Brush/Sulzer 2750hp Diesel Electric No 47.085 on the 16:50 Liverpool Street to Lowestoft Express at Ipswich Station in Suffolk.

Photographed by J. Davenport, Oldham, Negative No 10/15, taken on 2 July 1979.

Good condition, with minimal corner bumps, but light bend to bottom left, otherwise excellent.

The #GWR is a much smoother ride than the #WCML

#BritishRail #Railway #uk

Vera star Brenda Blethyn shares retirement plans ahead of 80th birthday

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/vera-star-brenda-blethyn-shares-36625282

I've never even heard of Beaver County, or their lazy sevens logo from 2024.

#L7 #LazySevens #BC #BeaverCounty #BritishColumbia #NSW #UTA #STA #UrbanTransit #UrbanTransitAuthority #SRA #StateRail #StateRailAuthority #CityRail #NSWPTC #PTC #Breng #BR #BritishRail #GreatBritishRail #SBB #NS

£1.8 billion has been extracted by private business since 2016, RMT report reveals - #rmt

https://www.rmt.org.uk/news/18-billion-extracted-by-private-business-since-2016-rmt-report/

"Private rail companies have quietly extracted £1.8 billion from the railway in dividends since 2016, new RMT analysis reveals."

#BritishRail #railways #railway #PublicTransport #society #capitalism #extraction #profit #money #rmt #union

£1.8 billion has been extracted by private business since 2016, RMT report reveals

While waiting on the train platform, it was announced the train was running on time.

The fact they announce that speaks volumes about the current broken state of British railways…

#britain #trains #railways #britishrail #brokenBritian #uk #transport #travel

Some day I will read this book. #BritishRail #design

UK national rail planner: there is no route from Hebden Bridge to Manchester airport.

Station ticket machine: there is a 27 pound ticket from this station, Hebden bridge, to Manchester airport.

Me: buys 13 pound ticket to central Manchester, gets off train, buys 5 pound ticket to Manchester Airport.

#BritishRail

British Rail SR-N6 Seaspeed Hovercraft, c.1970 - WJ Nigh & Son Postcard

https://www.ebid.net/uk/for-sale/british-rail-sr-n6-seaspeed-hovercraft-c-1970-wj-nigh-son-postcard-223409035.htm

#Hovercraft #BritishRail

Printed colour postcard showing a view of the British Rail Hovercraft Limited Saunders-Roe SR-N6 Seaspeed Hovercraft between Cowes and Southampton.

Published by W.J. Nigh & Sons Ltd, Ventnor, printed by Jarrold & Sons Ltd, Norwich, No KIW 418, c.1970.

Postally unused.

Good condition, with very slight corner bumps and light album marks, but very light bend to right centre of bottom edge.

Some good news for a change. Another chunk of the UK's railways returns to public ownership.

Greater Anglia joins public ownership after record year of performance
https://eastangliabylines.co.uk/business/transport/greater-anglia-joins-public-ownership-after-record-year-of-performance/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=greater-anglia-joins-public-ownership-after-record-year-of-performance

#feniverse #railways #PublicOwnership #BritishRail #GreaterAnglia #Cambridge #Norwich #Ipswich #Ely

British Rail No 253 015, HST Unit, Bristol Temple Meads - Oxford Pub Co Postcard

https://www.ebid.net/uk/for-sale/british-rail-no-253-015-hst-unit-bristol-temple-meads-oxford-pub-co-postcard-223367810.htm

#BritishRail #Railways #Bristol #HST

Printed colour postcard showing a view of the British Rail High Speed Train No 253015 at Temple Meads Station in Bristol on 3 August 1977.

Published by Oxford Publishing Co, Oxford, No 83.

Postally unused.

Fairly good condition, with very slight corner bumps, but small light crease to centre of right edge and a few very light bends to top and bottom edges.

I need to get to the pharmacy in time to get my hormone shot #bus #tram #train #metro #ferry #publictransport #transit #railway #transgender #queer #lgbtqia #britishrail #networkrail #ns #nederlandsespoorwegen #irishrail #nmbs #sncf #cp #db #deutschebahn #cfl #sbb #obb #renfe #trenitalia #amtrak

Yes I' in desperate need of HRT: Highly Reliable Transit

A shot inside the driver's cab of D8188 at last year's Diesel Gala on the Bluebell Railway.

#photography #diesel #railway #cab #britishrail @bluebell_railway

http://dailyphoto.creativesplurges.com/2025/09/22/cab/

No matter what people think, 32 years ago in the South East the service to rail passengers provided by :br: was pretty awful.

A week on British Rail's "Network SouthEast" shows the problems that staff and passengers had to deal with. BBC's Inside Story: Old, Dirty and Late https://youtu.be/J-XvcsfsgAI?si=lWbFQcMgXuv37DlH #BritishRail #NetworkSouthEast