Alstom wins two gongs at Young Rail Professionals Awards 2026 Railway vehicle manufacturer Alstom has picked up two gongs at the Young Rail Professionals (YRP) Awards 2026 - one for a long-serving employee, and the other for The Greatest Gathering.

Having attended with Young Rail Professionals, I saw the great impact it had. www.railadvent.co.uk/2026/04/alstom-wins-two-... #alstom #awards #derby #TheGreatestGathering

Another honour for The Greatest Gathering The Greatest Gathering was honoured with an award in this year’s ‘The Peak District, Derbyshire & Derby Tourism Awards’.

Another honour for The Greatest Gathering www.railadvent.co.uk/2026/04/another-honour-f... #derby #derbyshire #TheGreatestGathering

Avanti West Coast recognised for cutting cancellations at Golden Whistle Awards Avanti West Coast has been recognised for improving the reliability of its services after winning a Silver Whistle at the Golden Whistle Awards.

Avanti West Coast recognised for cutting cancellations at Golden Whistle Awards www.railadvent.co.uk/2026/03/avanti-west-coas... #alstom #AvantiWestCoast #disruption #railway_200 #TheGreatestGathering #WestCoastMainLine

The Greatest Gathering: Upcoming Presentation on the UK’s Largest Rail Celebration A special Legacy Event in May is being held at the Severn Valley Railway to celebrate The Greatest Gathering.

The Greatest Gathering: Upcoming Presentation on the UK’s Largest Rail Celebration www.railadvent.co.uk/2026/02/the-greatest-gat... #SevernValleyRailway #TheGreatestGathering

An Unlikely Fandom: The Impact of Thomas the Tank Engine This feature-length fan documentary takes an intimate look at the impact of the popular childrens television series Thomas & Friends on an entire generation of adult fans, featuring interviews with fa...

The aforementioned documentary is now available for free to watch anywhere on TyphoonOnDemand.
typhoonondemand.com/title/e7087a...

#thomasandfriends #anunlikelyfandom #railway200 #thegreatestgathering #documentary #thomasthetankengine #therailwayseries #revwawdry #smurfydan

Llanelli & Mynydd Mawr Railway receives new unit The Llanelli & Mynydd Mawr Railway (LMMR) has a new addition of Electric Multiple Unit Class 313 no. 313201.

The Llanelli & Mynydd Mawr Railway (LMMR) has a new addition of Electric Multiple Unit Class 313 no. 313201. www.railadvent.co.uk/2025/12/llanelli-mynydd-... #class_313 #LlanelliAmpMynyddMawrRailway #TheGreatestGathering

A break from the norm! Here's a few pictures I am so happy I was able to get of @class507.org.uk's 507001 at #TheGreatestGathering in August!
I've always loved these units, and to be up close and personal with it was a dream come true!
(I took so many there is not enough space here to post them all)

#ICYMI at #Railway200 #TheGreatestGathering, Railway Work, Life & Death project co-lead Mike was on the Green Signals live broadcast!

With Colin Haynes (Alstom UK H&S Director), he joined Nigel & Richard to talk railway safety & learning from the past: from 26:00!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlUj...

Long Standing Alstom Employee Celebrated Upon Retirement Ken Davis, a movements manager for Alstom, is being celebrated as he retired following 50 years of service.

His final role at Alstom was mitigating risks following changes to operational procedures. www.railadvent.co.uk/2025/09/long-standing-al... #alstom #class_08 #liverpool #merseyside #signalling #TheGreatestGathering

Souvenir Greatest Gathering platform tickets to raise money for Dementia UK To help support Dementia UK, East Midlands Railway is offering the opportunity for enthusiasts to get a souvenir from the Greatest Gathering.

There is a limited amount of souvenir tickets left, and they are only priced at £3.29 a piece. www.railadvent.co.uk/2025/08/still-time-to-gr... #alstom #charity #derby #EastMidlandsRailway #railway_200 #TheGreatestGathering

As part of #Rail200 here in Derby, a fleet of vintage buses ferried visitors from the railway station to the Alstom works.
One of our wonderful volunteers photogoraphed some of these amazing buses.
www.alstom.com/greatest-gat... #thegreatestgathering #EastMidRailway #RailwayHistory

46115 'Scots Guardsman' @ The Greatest Gathering

📸 Canon EOS 2000D
📌 Alstom, Derby, UK

#derby #alstom #factory #photography #railway #transport #thegreatestgathering #trains #uk

Cuneo painting of Derby train factory goes on display A forgotten painting depicting Alstom’s Litchurch Lane Works in 1959 has gone on display at Derby Museum of Making.

Cuneo painting of Derby train factory goes on display www.railadvent.co.uk/2025/08/forgotten-cuneo-... #alstom #class_108 #derby #railway_200 #TheGreatestGathering

Calling All Stations - The Transport Podcast | Christian Wolmar & Cogitamus Ltd Christian Wolmar, Mark Walker and guests keep you up to date with the most engaging news stories, policy developments and interviews from across the world of transport. You can find more from Christi...

The next episode of CaS is about to arrive!

In S3E19 our hosts @christianwolmar.bsky.social and @markwalker59.bsky.social discuss #TheGreatestGathering and Mark’s trip on #TheBelmondBritishPullman, plus Christian interviews Darren Caplan of RIA

Catch it here: markwalkerg.podbean.com

45596 'Bahamas' @ The Greatest Gathering

📸 Canon EOS 2000D
📌 Alstom, Derby, UK

#derby #alstom #factory #photography #railway #transport #thegreatestgathering #trains #uk

📸 Canon EOS 2000D
📌 Alstom, Derby, UK

#derby #alstom #factory #photography #railway #transport #thegreatestgathering #trains #uk

🚆📷 Some impressions of this #Class720 built by @alstom.bsky.social for @greateranglia.bsky.social. The first #Aventra trains entered service in 2020. They are fully accessible and feature a 3+2 seat layout with tables and power sockets, in addition to free Wi-Fi.

#TheGreatestGathering
#Railway200

50044 @ The Greatest Gathering

📸 Canon EOS 2000D
📌 Alstom, Derby, UK

#derby #alstom #factory #photography #railway #transport #thegreatestgathering #trains #uk

National Railway Museum Flying Scotsman Nameplate @ The Greatest Gathering

📸 Canon EOS 2000D
📌 ALSTOM, Derby, UK

#derby #alstom #factory #photography #railway #transport #thegreatestgathering #trains #uk

I have two new videos coming up in half an hour covering #thegreatestgathering in Derby from the previous weekend filmed in both video8 and iPhone 12 Pro, and the video8 one will also include An Unlikely Fandom's UK premiere.
youtu.be/3cbGF6Q6j90
youtu.be/CK9YpKUs_8U

#railway200

New Video!

Recently I had the opportunity to tour the HS2 Interior Mockups at #TheGreatestGathering, and I was really impressed with what I saw!

youtu.be/QMMZbvNUWRA

📸 Canon EOS 2000D
📌 Alstom, Derby, UK

#derby #alstom #factory #photography #railway #transport #thegreatestgathering #trains #uk

London Northwestern Railway 730202 @ The Greatest Gathering

📸 Canon EOS 2000D
📌 ALSTOM, Derby, UK

#derby #alstom #factory #photography #railway #transport #thegreatestgathering #trains #uk

World’s first onboard Pride parade held at The Greatest Gathering At The Greatest Gathering festival, LGBTQ+ colleagues and allies from the rail industry marched in the world’s first Pride parade on a train.

World’s first onboard Pride parade held at The Greatest Gathering www.railadvent.co.uk/2025/08/worlds-first-onb... #alstom #derby #TheGreatestGathering

A week already since the Railway Work, Life & Death project was in #Derby for #TheGreatestGathering!

It was an awesome event in its own right, but super good to get our project out in front of so many people! 👏👍😃

#Railway200

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World’s first train-borne Pride parade took place at Derby railway festival The Greatest Gathering festival in Derby hosted the world's first train-bourne Pride parade in an event co-ordinated by Journey; a not-for-profit organisation for LGBTQ+ professionals working in the t...

World’s first train-borne Pride parade took place at Derby railway festival.

#Pride #PrideParade #PrideTrain #Derby #EastMidlands #EastMids #Transport #TheGreatestGathering #QueerMedia #Drag

midlandsrainbow.wixsite.com/lgbtq/post/w...

Severn Valley Railway 4930 'Hagley Hall' @ The Greatest Gathering

📸 Canon EOS 2000D
📌 ALSTOM, Derby, UK

#derby #alstom #factory #photography #railway #transport #thegreatestgathering #trains #uk

a colourful mosaic featuring 99 photos of trains roughly arranged into rainbow order

Rather than upload 99 photos from The Greatest Gathering, here they all are arranged into one rather colourful mosaic :)
#TheGreatestGathering #trainlogger #ukrailways

ORGAN THING: The Greatest Gathering? Now that’s what we call a festival, how good did that all look and sound. A Glastonbury for trains? Nah, it was far more than that… Something slightly different as an Organ Thing of The Day today. Why? Well why not? It was art, it sounded wonderful, it was more than musical, well in a left field cutting-edge experimental sounda…

ORGAN THING: The Greatest Gathering? Now that's what we call a festival, how good did that all look and sound. A Glastonbury for trains? Nah, it was far more than that... wp.me/p2ScbB-vDV #TheGreatestGathering

37508 & 37418 @ The Greatest Gathering

📸 Canon EOS 2000D
📌 ALSTOM, Derby, UK

#derby #alstom #factory #photography #railway #transport #thegreatestgathering #trains #uk