A quick to Longport
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Posts by Nick Wood
First of the class, 350101, at Longport this afternoon.
A crocheted chick's visit to London!
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Yesterday was the first time I'd been to Clapham Junction and / or Waterloo & hadn't seen a class 455 EMU since 1984! Sadly the last ones were withdrawn a couple of weeks ago.
I did see one, however, at, of all places, Cockshute!
My County Councillor ladies and gents π€¦
Not voted for by me I might add
Trip to London Including Mail Rail youtu.be/w4-ifu4pqbg
Something rather nice has arrived today!
Cockshute!
Cl56 + Cl70 at Stafford, HSTs at Cockshute & Longport youtu.be/nfhkeVTw90A
βWar, huh, yeah What is it good for? Absolutely NOTHING!β - Edwin Starr
βWar, huh, yeah What is it good for? Absolutely NOTHING!β - Edwin Starr
Congratulations to the Southern Electric Traction Group @gordon3417.bsky.social on securing a class 455 for preservation! www.setg.org.uk/southern-ele...
TBH I would prefer new trains! Taking a 4 coach train from the Midlands / North West via Birmingham to the South is always overcrowded.
'A real step change' says an XC cheese in the video - is it boot. Not impressed.
I see there's a lot of promotion about the new XC Voyager refurb. Trouble is that XC have had the franchise since 2007 and this is the first major upgrade the Voyagers have had since then. It's taken 19 years!
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True. The set I travelled on could use a bit of TLC!
Travelled on a TfW mk4 from Crewe to Shrewsbury at the weekend. It was a much smoother ride than the return on a brand new cl197 DMU!
Class 67s and Mk4s at Shrewsbury youtu.be/L-matzptUmE
Travelled from Crewe to Shrewsbury & back on the train yesterday. Out on a cl67 + Mk.4 set return on a cl197 unit. Nearly 30 years between the rolling stock & yet the Mk.4 set was a much better ride. Progress?
Great tune, but so is this!
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Despinte being bang in the middle of Manchester & Birmingham, I bet North Staffs is bypassed www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Apedale Valley Light Railway at Night
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2026 Happy New Year in Devon! youtu.be/WfIoKKPbLGY
Merry Christmas everyone!
Here's a Santa Train
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It's just dawned on me that my last 455 photo wasn't from 2022, but August at the Greatest Gathering!
As the Class 455s did their last services yesterday, here are my first photos of the class at Clapham Junction in August 1984 & my last photo at Waterloo in August 2022. Never thought to get piccys when in London this year! #455
Withdrawn February 1987. I didn't know at the time, but I saw it at Crewe station on its final journey into the Works.
One cab did survive for a while after scrapping until it 'disappeared'. Rumour is it was nicked for scrap!
Something unusual going through Longport today!
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As GWR are running their last HST services today, here is the last on I travelled on from Liskeard to Plymouth.
My first HST ride was in South Wales in 1978!
It's Almost Christmas! youtu.be/V0NJ7YUp74k
Burslem's War Memorial in the mid to late 1920s. Taken by my grandad W T Vickers.
#remember