@tarkaman.bsky.social
Semi-professional railman, into humour, rural railways, community rail, otters, cake and coffee. A passing photographer, Scripophillist, Graphologist, Calligraphist and aged likes a good whine.
Last of the oil tail lamps -York station Sept 1990
09.02.2026 05:27 — 👍 10 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
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Sadly, many of the links to the ScotRail site now go to the home news page rather than the line history after a website update by Ewan. This must be really time consuming to keep upto date with so many links.
09.02.2026 05:24 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Playing at being a signalman at Crediton in the summer of July 1984
04.02.2026 13:48 — 👍 14 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Summer in Devon- a quiet backwater of the river Taw is crossed by a local service from Barnstaple to Exeter Central in August 1984
27.01.2026 08:14 — 👍 19 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
One for @tailtetours.bsky.social Foynes station with a rival photographer- the legendary Joe St Ledger back in 1988
23.01.2026 13:34 — 👍 15 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
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Crossing Harry Potter bridge up North...
23.01.2026 10:58 — 👍 10 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Winter on the Reedham Ferry
23.01.2026 10:46 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Done
23.01.2026 09:47 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Is there a petition against this?
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Visited here yesterday - The Lapidarium at The Cathedral Church of St Mary the Virgin and St Ethelbert...
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The line to Looe is currently closed again due to flooding-you can see how close the line is to the Looe river in with this DMU near Looe Aug 1993
20.01.2026 09:48 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0That has gone, it is now a colour light
19.01.2026 14:43 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
and one for #Semaphoria - Woody Bay station distant signal on Exmoor
19.01.2026 09:14 — 👍 31 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
Enniskillen and Bundoran Railway Share Certificate of 1862 being used for a share certificate for it's extension company to Sligo. For Lt Colonel JW Frith of the 58th Foot regiment who bought his commission in 1832 -railarchive.org.uk
19.01.2026 09:07 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Mind you, if Central Trains got to Exeter, then First GW got to Sheffield!
13.01.2026 09:50 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0My sister is very deaf and teaches BSL. She says she cannot see the point of BSL screens, it seems the people that put them in are assuming that the deaf can't read and she says it is a bit of an insult - did they consult the Royal National Institute for the Deaf?
13.01.2026 09:46 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
From this company
12.01.2026 22:11 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0In Acres. Roods, Poles and Perches to harvest in Bushels and Pecks
12.01.2026 22:09 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0www.railarchive.org.uk
12.01.2026 22:00 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Central Trains even reached Exeter....
12.01.2026 10:22 — 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0No, I think that Phil can do that himself😅
12.01.2026 10:21 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
How about this one? Guess the station!
08.01.2026 15:23 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Waves stop play on the prom in Douglas IoM (Storm Katy)
08.01.2026 15:22 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A Northern service to Leeds calls at Garsdale on 11 July 2017
08.01.2026 09:53 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0This is the night freight crossing the border, bringing the Czech and Polish orders and parcels from China all on a Freightliner...
08.01.2026 09:35 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
A Greater Anglia class 755 passes Church Lane crossing near Brundall during a blizzard on 03 January 2026
05.01.2026 05:32 — 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Stalkers in Dagenham? Nothing new there then😂
29.12.2025 17:11 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0The cost of enforcement will fall to the Police who have no budget to do so!
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