A Class 91 locomotive wearing a bright livery design of multicoloured ribbons and photographs of trains in the National Railway Museum collection, on a turntable in the main exhibition hall of the National Railway Museum in York.
A view looking head on between other displayed locomotives towards a Class 91 locomotive in the main exhibition hall of the National Railway Museum in York.
A Class 91 locomotive wearing a bright livery design of multicoloured ribbons and photographs of trains in the National Railway Museum collection, on a turntable in the main exhibition hall of the National Railway Museum in York.
A close up view of the front of a Class 91 locomotive carrying a cast steel headboard reading "National Railway Museum 50 Years 1975-2025".
It was fun to officially reveal our latest named @lner.co.uk Class 91 loco this morning: "National Railway Museum 50 Years 1975-2025", featuring a stunning livery design by @samjessupdesign.bsky.social, cleverly weaving the NRM and LNER brands whist celebrating the museum's history and its future 🙌
08.07.2025 20:32 — 👍 57 🔁 6 💬 4 📌 1
Thank you Andy, so very kind of you! 👏👍
09.07.2025 21:21 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
When in Knaresborough... a pint and a Turbostar. Nice beer, noisy company! 🍻😉👍
04.07.2025 16:53 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Aaaannddd relax. The start of another (very long) camper weekend is ahead - from our first stop at Poolsbrook near Chesterfield, we're bound for Knaresborough, Harrogate and York. Have a great weekend all! ☀️😎👏👍
04.07.2025 08:20 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Another Sam Jessup Design branded fleet hits the rails - LNR's 730 internal and external branding was developed by me and the talented team at West Midlands Trains back in late 2018... from design brief to track takes a few years! Great work LNR & Alstom ❤️👍
06.06.2025 15:42 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A proper railway legend... in front of a Class 91! Incredible work by you and the LNER team as always, Gareth! 😎👍
22.05.2025 19:52 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A fabulous museum curated by the wonderful Tim Dunn has opened on board 1A30! He's seen chatting to Paul who has worked these trains since their introduction in 1989.
Check out that InterCity 225 phone brought for the occasion by Aidan, our lovely Admin Assistant!
#225Day
22.05.2025 12:59 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Newly affixed Swallow name plate on 91106 being polished by a colleague wearing PPE in Neville Hill depot.
Today is the first ever #225Day celebrating our InterCity 225 fleet. These East Coast stalwarts have carried generations over millions of miles since 1989.
To mark the occasion, we're proud to unveil that 91106 has been named 'Swallow' after the iconic InterCity emblem of grace and speed.
22.05.2025 08:06 — 👍 64 🔁 12 💬 1 📌 1
Behold, the newly named Class 91! #225day
91106 “Swallow”
📷 Alex Hay
22.05.2025 07:46 — 👍 25 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 0
What a stunning day for it too!
Nameplate (and 225 day logo) designed by me, on behalf of LNER, with a little quirk...
Different nameplates on each side, so the swallow icon sits on the 'leading edge' of the plate, pointed forwards, as it used to be on the original Inter-City 225 livery 😉👍
22.05.2025 12:03 — 👍 23 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0
Just discovered the name of the local farm round the corner from where I live. Should I be worried? Or rather, should my innie be worried? #severance
17.05.2025 19:34 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Wandering into Wipers... paying my respects 🇬🇧❤️🇧🇪
06.04.2025 13:09 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Trains designed and built for Grand Central. Not hand-me-downs. If anyone needs me, I'll he picking myself up off the floor in shock.
Seriously, I kinda love that lil' TOC... yes, I know it's Arriva behind it... but it's great to see the brand aiming to survive the all-encompassing GBR monolith.
03.04.2025 09:53 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Never apologise, those who know you and appreciate you will always understand. Those who don't, aren't worth the second thought. You're the type of human being we should aspire to be - a genuinely, actually, unequivocally good person.
03.04.2025 09:48 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Bye bye Blightly! Off on a week of Dutch/Belgian adventures... unfortunately not likely to feature too many trains but I'm sure I can squeeze a one or two in here or there... 🇳🇱🇧🇪☀️🚢👍
31.03.2025 11:31 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Oh, and she is eager to point out that she approves of the garden, not the retribution-filled timeline. Just FYI.
30.03.2025 15:07 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Our Claire approves! What a beaut!
30.03.2025 15:02 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
I'm a big fan of brave and different transport design, and this is different. And brave. And frankly, more than a little bit stunning.
There's something about that Condor livery, when their aircraft are all lined up like this, it just looks... where'd I put my "chef's kiss" emoji?
26.03.2025 09:48 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Loved this vid, but it was weird to see the Virgin/LNER Mk3 interiors I led through design of, being used across the atlantic! Nice that HSTs are getting a spot of retirement/reuse in the Mexican sunshine 🇲🇽☀️👍
24.03.2025 12:05 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
And yes, I've already pre-ordered Hornby's LNER Darlington Rail 200 Azuma too... I can definitely feel a "my-designs-in-minature" collection beginning! (Sorry wallet!)
20.03.2025 17:35 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Been desperate to get my hands on one of these so finally!... an OO gauge Hornby version of my Virgin NRM40 livery, from 10 years ago.
Loved designing this loco, the reaction it got from the press and public, and paying tribute to 40 years of the fantastic National Railway Museum!
20.03.2025 17:35 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Congrats Matt! Great news mate, glad to see your career continues to shine, best of luck with the new role 👏👍
16.03.2025 20:52 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
One of the most spectacular railway journeys I've ever done - a proper bucket list experience - you really get to understand just how incredibly massive, magnificently beautiful and utterly beguiling those United States truly are. 🇺🇲❤️👍
10.03.2025 18:57 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Flashback to when red, radical 225s ruled the roost at KGX. As much as I miss my design days at Virgin Trains, it's heartening to know there's new brands and new faces (plus new trains) taking the industry to new creative places. And heck, that 225 does look good in its new/retro LNER outfit, too 😎😉
08.03.2025 20:26 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Endlessly waiting for the summer, for more road tripping adventures with my two favourite things in the world... my camper and my wife (not necessarily in that order btw!) 🚐🌤😎👍
07.03.2025 15:34 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
One of the greatest reinventions of an iconic railway livery I've ever seen - using the best of the past to create something just as stunning for the future - you should be rightly proud of this fabulous bit of work Gareth 👏👏👏
07.03.2025 13:05 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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