Chris Fx

Whinlatter Forest Park

Yesterday a walk in Whinlatter Forest Park with @janetspog.bsky.social . Followed by coffee and a huge tasty Cumberland sausage roll in the café. @thattallbloke.bsky.social you should try one sometime 🤣

A walk to Derwent Water with @janetspog.bsky.social

How about visiting HPQ and sorting the wretched pigeons out there?

Stockghyll Waterfall at Ambleside today with @janetspog.bsky.social

Greater Anglia 'focused on improving' as state takes over An Eastern rail firm said it was

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Hitachi allows hundreds of people inside for first-ever Newton Aycliffe open day Hitachi in Newton Aycliffe opened its doors for the first time ever in a historic open event marking the Stockton and Darlington Railway 200th…

www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/2551773...

Bring in Dutch-style rail fare system in Wales, says expert A leading transport expert says fares should be based on distance travelled, as in the Netherlands.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Sheep seem unperturbed 🤔

Stopping off at Locomotion, @janetspog.bsky.social and I reached our destination in Braithwaite as planned. The car park rammed at 10:10. The place was full of model train suppliers and customers. We found the New Shed housing freight the most interesting.

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We had a weather window this morning, so we took advantage to pack the car in readiness for tomorrow's move to the lakes. A stop en route at:
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@janetspog.bsky.social

What happens to Locomotion No 1 replica after the S&DR200 weekend events? What happens to Locomotion No 1 replica after the Stockton and Darlington Railway 200 weekend events?

www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/2550079...

199 steps up and back down with @janetspog.bsky.social

Steam Success for North Yorkshire Moors Railway Over the weekend, the North Yorkshire Moors Railway held its Annual Steam Gala.

www.railadvent.co.uk/2025/09/stea...

Rosedale Abbey church with @janetspog.bsky.social

Rosedale

Rosedale Moor

A cracking day in God's County with @janetspog.bsky.social

NYMR Pickering with @janetspog.bsky.social

32 brilliant pics as crowds line tracks to see replica of Locomotion No. 1 Thousands more will line the route when it runs on sections of the original Stockton and Darlington Railway line over the weekend

32 brilliant pictures as crowds line tracks to watch newly restored replica of Locomotion No. 1 - Teesside Live share.google/Puiewc5HED6v...

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Northern to trial Cryogrip this Autumn To help combat fallen leaves on the line, Northern is trialling a train fitted with cryogenic cleaning equipment known as Cryogrip.

www.railadvent.co.uk/2025/09/nort...

I encountered two chatbots in the last week both were useless, which I conveyed to them. The last one came back after being told it was useless and asked if I wished to talk to a human. "Yes" I said, and my enquiry was solved in 5 minutes.

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Must be the schoolboy in you. Surprised you did not get a clip round the ear from Sara 🤣

A call to bring back the Intercity rail map There was a time when every railway station in the country had something they don’t have any more - a railway map of the UK.

www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/a-c...

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My wife says that is me sometimes. 😟

On the ferry earlier than expected so we will get our heads down soon. Early off at HPQ. Breakfast of champions from Greggs at Ipswich while wait for the East Suffolk line train at 09:16.

No signals and lots of yellow boxes, so I assume the Metro uses ETCS 🤔

Ride to Rotterdam with @janetspog.bsky.social