Cursed rail map of the U.K., from the Interrail website.

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Scotrail seats on my train from London to Derby

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Let's get this reopened!

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-2m change = 12m change?

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Alan Turing - The Respect he deserves

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What's the most scenic train route in the UK?

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Guess the class...

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The fun sized Class 139 Parry People Mover!

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Now I understand why my local fuel station was out of diesel

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Name that station

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I was planning to share a different photo ... then I realized the downvote button is a 142! How cheeky, therefore, here is 142094 on the 23rd of April 2023 being cleaned (by me such fun) at Bolton Abbey Station.

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EIIR on the Royal Mail train at Preston, probably not for much longer

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Guess the city but also what model train is this I'm curious

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I live on the XC route and gutted we're losing these. Much nicer to see and ride than Voyagers.

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LNER have unveiled the new livery for the Intercity 225 sets - picture courtesy of The Bash Mash.

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opinions on the class 139

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Choose your fighter

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Past and present of the East Coast Main Line

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I understand that route maps are almost never to scale but cross-countries map is, frankly, absurd. Manchester and Glasgow next to eachother? Aberdeen in the far west? Crewe to the SOUTH of stoke?

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Old diagram for London trains

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CrossCountry Class 221 and an LNER Class 80x at Edinburgh Waverley

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43102 has been put back into classic Intercity Swallow colours and it doesn’t get any better than this.

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Happy 100th birthday Big Four grouping of 1923. Which is your favourite of the four and what are your favourite Pre- grouping railways?

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Manchester Metrolink tram derails after each bogie takes different track

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Got this shot of the driver (I believe it was the Northern Belle) travelling through Newcastle

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Coupled but not mated

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Cat on train

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Another poster uncovered at Surbiton Station today

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91127 waiting to leave Leeds

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“Oi chaps wouldn’t it be funny if I closed oh I don’t know, 5000 miles of track and 2300 stations hahahaha” -Dr. Beeching (probably)

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What is this train?

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Via Paul Clifton on Twitter: Current state of the track at Nuneham Viaduct

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I recently converted from Sainsbury's to Tesco for my 'big shop' and I think this train was a key factor.

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Ownership of UK train operators (Not my OC)

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The Ultimate Long Drop - Track-side toilet on Forth Bridge

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Cross Country HST

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Never forget what they took from us

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Why do gangways always have one side more worn than the other?

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There are only 6 companies operating England's TOCs

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2 Class 325 inside Railnet PRDC Willesden

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high speed rail enthusiasts only on my front page thanks xxx

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Nice suprise pass on the walk home this evening.

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Northern Ireland Railways (NIR) 101 Class No. 101 'Eagle' at Belfast's Great Victoria Street station at the head of the cross-border 'Enterprise' service to Dublin - 12th September 1970

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I buy negatives and print them in my darkroom. Here’s 2 Class 17’s at Edinburgh Princes Street shortly before closure in 1965.

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InterCity 90002 ‘Wolf of Badenoch’ at Manchester Piccadilly

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43290 with the NMT at York

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Asking the real questions...

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The Keighley and Worth Valley Railway have acquired a Pacer or fifty

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The Brush team behind the creation of the first 9000 series locos used at Eurotunnel.

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Anyone want a railbus?

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Newly painted 37405 Approaches Diggle Jn. Heading to Leeds

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Well this is...interesting. And unexpected. Credit:RailColorNews

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The prototype pacer 140001

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Family reunion - Bombardier Aventra classes 345 (TfL Rail) and 720 (Greater Anglia) at LST

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Class 142 at Foxfield Railway.

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taken by my friend at preston station. can anyone explain what is this?

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Why does the map show a route between Tulse Hill and Streatham Hill but in service trains don't seem to use it

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A rare sight at Kings Cross these days. It’ll be a sad day once all these have been retired.

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LNER 60103 Flying Scotmsan unscheduled stop in preston

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What's your favourite train station in the UK?

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New SWR trains are testing (spotted in Staines)

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Avanti seem to be replacing the brand name with a big A

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A couple of signs on the wall of our bar, does anyone here know much about what kind of train the Hood was?

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Could you call this art? Hope all the train fans can appreciate this one :)

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Intercity Swallow on a Preston station sign

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All gone a bit wrong in Sheffield this morning

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319384 at Preston (Repost because i messed up the previous one)

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What's going on in these blanked out windows?

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Class 802 at Newquay station

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LNER class 801 and TransPennine Express class 802 sharing an intimate moment at Reading station

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No, this is not a 4-6-2 Class A4. This is a 2-8-2 Class P2 Steam locomotive, with a streamlined front!

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710375 At Rugby

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Pretty cool that I get to ride a HST semi-regularly due to their usage on the Cardiff-Plymouth route. What will end up being the last revenue making service run by HST?

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a random picture I found of the mallard with out its streamlining in google

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Am I blind or did GNER Class 43s have no unit number written on them?

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Cool midjourney ai picture

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Getting to drive one of these is one perk of being in work at 5am, 3U04 BRI-TAU to start morning service

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HST power car being cold started @ Old Oak Common

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Midland pullman photo from yesterday.

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Guess the station from below ground

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I'm a big fan of the Pannier in the fictional GN&SR livery from the classic 1970 Railway Children. What are your thoughts on it?

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BR Large Logo Class 69 - Nice

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Is it just me or is there to many class 800 locomotives

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08850 on the turntable at Pickering

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New WMR class 730

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Do you think the French still hate us for doing this?

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Can you guess the station?

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Another short-lived HST livery

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Found one of the new Gated Level Crossing signs in the wild

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World's most pointless stand just before Doncaster Station?! - what's the purpose of this?

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A sight I wish I got to see more often nowadays down on the Western Region. (L-R 43125, 43176, 43037)

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Got to ride on my first HST today between Birmingham and Bristol!

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Could anyone identify what type of steam loco this is?

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Why the US can’t electrify their rail system ?

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57302 Virgil Tracy. Brush works no. 690, 1966. New as D1928 to 82A (Bristol Bath Road), renumbered 47251, 47589, 47827. Photo: Birmingham New Street, 18.08.2006.

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Dr. Sharpe's Proposal for a Modern Garrett Steam Engine

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The Great Heck Rail Disaster was 20 years ago today.

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GWR Class 800

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66706 towing 69002 through Pangbourne today.

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Name that station

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91020. Intercity Swallow livery. Renumbered 91120 with Europhoenix livery and named Royal Armouries. Stored Doncaster awaiting export to Bulgaria. Photo: Leeds, 01.05.1993

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Missing them already...

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Class 702 for SWR do be looking good doe

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Class 800 and 801 coupled at York

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Model of the proposed LMS Horwich Mallet an 0-6-6-0 alternate to the LMS Garratt

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43189 at Dawlish 27/2/2019

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A class 180 Adelante at kings cross. Despite their engine reliability issues and troubled past, they look insanely sleek and surprisingly modern for a train from 2001

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How do you like Class 195 trains?

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Higher Fare w Railcard, how? HWN - SSD

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I made this for a what if scenario where British Rail still exists; a poster to show the branding for new rolling stock on the network.

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Some Class 43s emigrated to Australia. I took this one from Melbourne to Sydney today.

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220030 at Powderham, Devon. My image of 18th August 2019.

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Newly purple 222101 at EMR's depot

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Haven't seen any TfW trains on here yet, so here's a class 175 meeting a class 158 at Shrewsbury Station

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New WMR class 196

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Taken today (15/09/20) between Wigan and Balshaw Lane.

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144015. Class 144 Pacer. Alexander/BREL railbus. West Yorkshire PTE (New) livery. Photo: Sheffield, 19 Sep 2001.

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What is this for on a northern line railway?

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Token machine - Belasis Lane (Billingham).

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158 -957 awaiting departure at Exeter St. Davids - 13/11/22

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72617. Mk 2f Tourist Second Open, later Gatwick Express Class 488/3 Trailer First Handbrake. Built Derby, lot 30860, 1973. Originally 6086. Intercity livery. Photo: Wirksworth, 30 Jun 2008.

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Guess the Station? I would recommend a visit to the local area too...

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700 155 showing off it's trainbow livery at Brighton

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150140 traversing a level crossing on the single track Ormskirk to Preston line

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Class 313 near Streatham Hill

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Since I'm working here today: guess the station.

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Class 390 did this shuttered area used to be anything ?

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I was surprised to travel on a Pacer today. I thought that they had all been retired.

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Anyone know why Southeastern class 375's have a pantograph despite running exclusively on 3rd rail, with the exception of the HS line? Is it just a case of being easier to buy them like that rather than without?

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LNER Class A4 4468 Mallard sitting proudly at the National Railway Museum. On 3rd July 1938, it set the record for the world’s fastest steam train while travelling at 126mph 🚂

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Buffer Stop Question

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Island Line today

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New Tyne and Wear Metro trains revealed, to be manufactured by Stadler.

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Class 158 at Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwll­llan­tysilio­gogo­goch

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How do you think UK train travel compares to other countries?

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Guess the station (expert edition)

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Virgin liveried Voyager at Stratford

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I assume this diagram is a system glitch?

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45596 Bahamas At London Victoria

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It snowed awhile ago - just a pic I took looking down the SWR mainline into the Wimbledon depot (with a class 701 in the background!)

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Midland Pullman today

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Knaresborough last summer

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