Superalbs

Yes, where Business Class is actually second class.

Hahahaha £450 for a 3hr train ride 🤣🤣🤣

Yeah, anyone could go! :)

How can they mess it up so much? 😂

It was! 😂

That's a generous description.

💔

Exactly, nobody wins from a 25 minute gap.

I usually am.

Unfortunately, that's right! 😅

😂😂😂

That would have been cool! 😅

Nope, not this time (due to personal illness).

Not what I expected from somewhere so obsessed with frivolous lawsuits and health & safety! 🤣

I doubt there will be any saved, sadly. It's a real shame, but then the entire story was a shame too...

Such an awful shame. 💔

Keeps things organised in an emergency. Hope the train isn't sideways.

Me too!

Thanks!

Another great railtour after visiting #TheGreatestGathering in Derby, making for a rare chance to ride behind a UK Class 69 locomotive! 😁

Riding in these old Mk2 coaches was a great experience, a smooth and quiet ride isn't something you often see in the UK anymore...

And some more...

A few more pics from #TheGreatestGathering!

Lovely to get early access to @Alstom.bsky.social's #TheGreatestGathering event at Derby Litchurch Lane, it was interesting to see inside a train factory and there were also many beautiful UK locomotives on show! 😍

A great railtour the other day, as I took a Class 390 from Crewe to Derby hauled by a Class 57. Safe to say, it's not too often you get to see a Pendolino in this part of the country, so it was a very fun trip. Also covered the rare track around Lichfield, and the line into Derby Litchurch Lane.

Flying back Istanbul in a very comfy declassified Business Class seat with #TurkishAirlines!

As we descend, we get a glimpse of the now closed Atatürk airport, to then fly a quarter of the way to Bulgaria and land at Istanbul's horrific awful new airport. 🥴

And we made it to Kars, running exactly 120 minutes late! What an incredible journey this was, well worth a go if you can get the tickets. I recommend travelling in summer for the long days. 😊

Sunset on the approach to Kars... 🇹🇷

Erzurum, our last major stop. And is that a British track machine from Colas Rail? 😅

Arrival at Divriği, where the electrification ends and our locomotive gets a refuelling.

The scenery around here is some of the best I've seen anywhere in the world - what a truly legendary rail journey! 😍

Good morning from the centre of Turkey, where our journey towards the scenic highlights continues! 🇹🇷