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HO scale FMC boxcar in Railbox livery with mural graffiti copied from KING157, in the background.

I'm setting most of my stock to roughly 2006, which means weathering and graffiti. I know it's not everyone's cup of tea, but I love finding cars on rrpicturearchive.net to make copies of. I've just finished a mural on a Railbox FMC boxcar, my favourite job so far. Weathering still to be done.

Wow, that is superb - talk about a one-of-a-kind boxcar! Very good.

Neither would fit in my garage! 😀

Locomotion No.1 has arrived in #Darlington.

What a fantastic event for #Railway200.

An old steam locomotive formed of a boiler with two large driving wheels on each side, a long tall chimney at the front and an array of pipes and connecting rods.

A modern electric train which is white in colour with a red and orange design applied centrally down its length, containing the word 'DARLINGTON', viewed from the front. The old steam locomotive described in the previous photo sits alongside.

Viewed from behind, a group of railway engineers stand next to the old steam locomotive described in the first image for a photo.

A large group of people under a cavernous, arched station roof, all looking into the distance as a steam train travels through. The station roof is lit in red lighting.

Privileged to join guests at Darlington station in the small hours of this morning, to welcome a replica of Stephenson's Locomotion No. 1 as it joined the Darlington-liveried @lner.co.uk Azuma train before recreating its journey to Stockton just as the original had 200 years previously to the day 🙌

That’s very effective - would be difficult to get that neat with a paint brush!

4/ Setting off eastwards to Hopetown Darlington.

Having departed the Western Docks @accurascale EWS 66001 slowly snakes @revolutiontrains WIA sets across from the Down Main to the Up Main at #AmptonCentral on their way to back to the Midlands to pick up more expensive cars for export.

CMA CGM acquires Freightliner UK Intermodal Logistics company acquires intermodal business; Heavy Haul to remain within Freightliner Group

BIG freight news today: CMA CGM is to acquire Freightliner UK's intermodal business - www.modernrailways.com/article/cma-...

I'm trying to work out where that is. I reckon its the Brentford - Appleford "Binliner", and somewhere around the Goring/South Stoke area.

expoEM Summer is this weekend with “Swan Street Goods” set in N Liverpool in the final decade of the 20th century. The track plan and idea was adapted from a design by Iain Rice and was featured in British Railway Modelling in Nov 1997. Follow link in bio for full details of the event #expoEM

It’s not new to me, but the size of those pistons! 💪😃

Hartley Bank Screens by John Burgess is based on the empties yard of a small West Yorkshire colliery and is set in the late 1960s. It is built to 4mm scale, EM gauge and is DCC operated - and you can see it at the expoEM Summer 25 on 30/31 August📍WF2 7EL 🎟️ £11 on the door #expoEM.

I think that's a bit overkill for your switching layout! 😀

It looks a beautiful model though.

Quiz question: What does the “AWS” sign mean and for a bonus point, what does the “A” under the 25 sign mean?

I suspect those under & over moments at the bridge were always a big part of what made Dduallt so appealing as a layout - I hope Minffordd may have some of that magic for exhibition-goers, even if they’re not into the Ffestiniog or Cambrian Coast nostalgia.

An update - thank you for all the help in sharing so far. We have not yet identified this individual, but the crime has been reported to BTP - Crime number is 2500093131, Log number is 194 03/08/25. If any info comes to light, the log reference and details can be texted to 61016.

That paint job hurts my eyes!

Yes that’s good to see. BTM seems to have been a permanent building site for too long and that roof needs showing-off.

If anyone can identify this individual who today at 1501 helped himself to an N Gauge Graham Farish DCC Sound Fitted Strathclyde Class 108 DMU at the Greatest Gathering event please let us know.

History made! Today marked a big step forward for America’s railroads. Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern CEOs Jim Vena and Mark George officially signed the agreement to create America’s first transcontinental railroad, building on Abraham Lincoln’s vision from 163 years ago.

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I watched this episode earlier - good to put a voice to a BlueSky face!
The short-sightedness of our electrification policy is truly frustrating. Hopefully sense will prevail - maybe some small “filler” sections, to help join up the existing wires?

👍 I’ll look forward to that. I do like the Green Signals podcast - very accessible and gives a good insight to what industry direction.

Nice loads there - I like the one with the tarp rolled-back 👍

Dodgy teeth - needs a visit to the Diesel Dentist! 😀

That’s a nice sequence. I think you have captured the feel of the WHL very well and those simple painted backdrops work really well IMO.

YouTube video by crownironman Burlington Northern, Local Freight to Hugo, 1988-89

Interesting video: from 2m15s there is a really good demonstration of a flying switch. The first time I’ve come across one.

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So let’s call it about 80 flights each way. That’s impressive! 👍

Assuming the trains were all well loaded, I wonder how many flights would be needed to carry a similar number of people?