All wrapped up after a Desiro to Brum (oh hey DOTS (Down On The Stour)!) then an XC back to the Steel City. That was fantastic, but the hills need paying, so back to work it is from tomorrow 😅

Smokey start to 2 days on the trot this morning

This is rather ridiculous. Of all things to enforce, this seems rather pointless and gives Metro bad press in the long run If the heavy railway did this, people would be up in arms

✨ August 2024 ✨ 🦺Approx 7098 of those miles are work related ⛱️ Approx 2988 of those miles were leisure travel

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Righto, another week on the Iron Road. Let's see how many packets of M&S cheese tasters it takes to get to my long weekend 😋😂

A thread just to remind you all why we still need Pride. I wear my clip in support of LGBTQIA+ colleagues and friends alike. It's not "parading it in people's faces", it's just a simple, thoughtful gesture 💜

It's about time this happened, as much as I love I7Cs. Let's see what ScotRail comes up with to replace them, it better be something of high quality and built to last

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What to do with 2½hrs of PNB in London? Check up on the folks across the road Yup, they still have traction I wished I could work, only very jealous the Red Coats get to work these 🥲

Passing over to Notts from Derby - The sight of Ratcliffe Power Station has dominated the skyline over this part of Nottinghamshire for decades. It's closure is now imminent with decommissioning set to take two years It'll be very weird going through East Mids Pkway without it!

The answer was 3 bags of Cheese Tasters and 1 Carrington's Chippy Righto, long weekend how do you do

Off to the Big Smoke with the exact same unit I worked last night. Just how it goes you see 😅 If you're going to be travelling south at this time of morning though, at least have HiPa as your driver. I do at least 🫡

Oh hey there! It's the #ThameslinkTrainbow 🌈 5 years of looking absolutely slay, I love the new posters inside too, brilliant stuff from Callum Marius and his team 😁

Righto, this thing sounds hellfire. Let's have some fun with Diesel Trains today 👀

Absolutely immaculate! 😍 Over a decade of incredibly hard work by the team at 423417_GordonPettitt later, and I get to experience a 4VEP for the first time The amount of work put into this unit cannot be described in words, but in the unit itself. Bravo SETG! 👏

After many of us thought it wouldn't appear, the Bluebell Railway had a surprise 👀 The Shoebox appears! 73133 turned up to do a single round trip. That's my 6th shoebox into the book 🖍️

It does look marvellous, doesn’t it? And you can win a visit to see it at Strawberry Hill in our draw! railwayfamily.co.uk

It was great fun sharing a compartment on the VEP with some brilliant enthusiasts today. Dunno this guy's name, seems like a nice guy at least 😉

An interesting way back into London - Thameslink run a few peak time trains to and from East Grinstead. I took one such service with 801rail back into St Pancras