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Rail Enthusiast πŸš‚ | Opinions are strictly my Personal views βœ‹ | PEP Connoisseur 😏| Work in the Rail Industry 😎| OGs know the original acronym 🫑|

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GBR branding has arrived in the West Midlands! πŸ‘€

730033 is the first WMT unit to receive a β€œGreat British Railways: Coming Soon” sticker ahead of nationalisation πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§

#DOTS #railwayphotography #trainphotography #class730 #aventra #greatbritishrailways #nationalised

29.01.2026 11:45 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2
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Today's Photo From the Stour πŸ“Έ

197120 emblazoned in its 'Made In Wales' Vinyls head back to Shrewsbury ECS after arriving with a service from Chester 🐲

#DOTS #trainphotography #railwayphotography #class197 #TransportForWales

11.01.2026 23:39 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

CITY MEEMMMEEE

10.01.2026 23:06 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Storm Goretti has taken hold πŸ₯ΆπŸŒ¨οΈ

Everything at a stand on the Stour so advice for anyone who can. DO NOT TRAVEL ❌

Nice for some train pictures in the snow though πŸŒ¨οΈπŸ˜…

#DOTS #railwayphotography #trainphotography #snow #stormgoretti #blizzard

08.01.2026 21:03 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Today's Photo From the Stour πŸ“Έ

97303 and 97304 sit at Wolverhampton awaiting the road on a run to Derby RTC to collect a test train for the Cambrian πŸ™Œ

#DOTS #trainphotography #railwayphotograhy #class37 #class97 #networkrail

06.01.2026 15:26 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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TFW clearly weren’t done with ancient traction at Wolverhampton 😱

150259 works the delayed 2012 to Birmingham International πŸ“Έ

#DOTS #trainphotograhy #railwayphotography #class150 #transportforwales

05.01.2026 20:42 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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More sheds in the snow? Go on then 🌨️

66059 shunts off the Steel Terminal into P4, heading to Bescot to rescue a failed train. Quite a rare move πŸ‘€

#DOTS #trainphotography #railwayphotography #trainphotography #shed #class66 #snow

05.01.2026 15:22 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Today's Photo from the Stour πŸ“Έ

It's a Shed in the Snow with 66755 passing through on the regular 6M42 move 🌨️

#DOTS #trainphotography #railwayphotography #trainphotography #shed #class66 #snow

05.01.2026 14:13 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Afternoon from the SVR diesel day πŸ‘

An unusual tractor and kettle combo with 37418 leading a tank engine providing Steam Heat on the 1305 departure to Bridgnorth πŸ“Έ

#DOTS #railwayphotography #trainphotography #class37 #tractor #hellfire

29.12.2025 13:12 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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2 Days without trains.....best rectify that!

It's back up North with the missus starting with a Pendolino to CreweπŸ™Œ

#DOTS #trainphotography #railwayphotography #pendolino #avantiwestcoast

27.12.2025 11:28 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Ah a man of culture!

25.12.2025 13:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Merry Christmas BlueSky πŸŽ‰

Hope you're all having a lovely time celebrating the day with Family & Friends this Festive Day πŸ™Œ

#DOTS #MerryChristmas #voyager #snow

25.12.2025 10:40 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Well that's DOTS done for 2025 βœ…

Hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas and New Year 🎊🎊🎊

#DOTS #trainphotography #railwayphotography #class350 #desiro #MerryChristmas #HappyNewYear

23.12.2025 15:18 β€” πŸ‘ 35    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The end is here 🫑

D1015 'Western Champion' brings the last Pathfinder Tour 'The Pathfinder Finale' through Todmorden. πŸ“Έ

#DOTS #trainphotography #railwayphotography #westernchampion #pathfinderfinale

20.12.2025 16:23 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Today's Photo from the Stour πŸ“Έ

Nice pair of Mega Traction with 196001 & 196002 sitting at Wolverhampton with a service bound for Birmingham πŸ™Œ

#DOTS #trainphotography #railwayphotography #class196 #CAF #westmidlandsrailway

19.12.2025 10:16 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Today's Photo from the Stour πŸ“Έ

The Mega Traction has made it to the December TT change! 350254 forms the 1223 Liverpool Service πŸ™Œ

#DOTS #trainphotography #railwayphotography #class350 #megatraction

16.12.2025 12:49 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Today's Photo from the Stour πŸ“Έ

The old guard returns. After a few months of 730/2s dominating the Liverpool runs the old guard has replaced them on all runs to the Scouse Capital πŸ™Œ

#DOTS #railwayphotography #trainphotography #class350 #desiro #londonnorthwesternrailway

15.12.2025 14:04 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Will still be on BHM - Euston πŸ‘

11.12.2025 14:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Today's Photo from the Stour πŸ“Έ

Get them whilst you can πŸ‘€ With the December TT change 730/2s will cease operations on Birmingham - Liverpool runs so grab them whilst you still can. βœ…

#DOTS #railwayphotography #trainphotography #class730 #aventra #newtrains

11.12.2025 14:02 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Voyager GBR when ?

09.12.2025 08:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I've arrived at Preston. 😁

222005 makes for an interesting sight on my arrival here. Doing its driver training runs for Lumos Euston to Stirling route πŸ“Έ

#DOTS #trainphotography #railwayphotography #class222 #meridan #lumo #stirling #preston

08.12.2025 10:30 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Good Morning from Hebden Bridge πŸ˜…

Since my usual routing has decided to go kaput due to track issues a different way back to Wolves today is required. Least I've ticked off special liveried 195107 βœ…

#DOTS #railwayphotography #trainphotography #class195 #CAF #northern

08.12.2025 08:42 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Aurora is finally done ✨

Impressions: seats are alright, info screens are great, legroom could be better β€” but definitely an improvement over the 222s, especially if ran as 10-car sets. πŸ‘

Good to see @omtherails.bsky.social As well πŸ”₯

#DOTS #trainphotography #railwayphotography #aurora #class810

05.12.2025 18:18 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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05.12.2025 12:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I'm at Leicester to officially jump on the Aurora Bandwagon ✨

810010 takes me forward to Sheffield. So let's see how the newest generation of Hiatchi measures up πŸ“

#DOTS #trainphotography #railwayphotography #class222 #class810 #aurora #hitachi #eastmidlandsrailway

05.12.2025 12:51 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Good Morning from Derby πŸ‘‹

Back on the Midland Mainline to be a Veg and trend follower. So let's go find out why I'm being a sheepπŸ€ͺ

#DOTS #Trainphotography #railwayphotography #class222 #meridan #eastmidlandsrailway

05.12.2025 11:35 β€” πŸ‘ 36    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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04.12.2025 14:25 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Today's Photo From the Stour πŸ“Έ

The Flying Banana has graced us with its monthly visit. 43014 & 43062 are the motive power on this month's run πŸ™ŒπŸ˜€

#DOTS #trainphotography #railwayphotography #HST #flyingbanana #networkrail #colasrail

04.12.2025 10:40 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Give me 5 Games to get to know you:

- Metal Gear Solid 3
- Halo 3
- Mass Effect 2
- Ratchet & Clank 2
- Ridge Racer PSP

30.11.2025 09:26 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Prefer the one at Zurich HB 😝

28.11.2025 00:27 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0