@pipdunn.bsky.social
Freelance transport writer and journalist, author, publisher, part time trucker, dad, husband, HTFC fan, dog lover, rejoiner and old punk. All views my own.
Want to wallow in the nostalgia of the 1970s trucking to the Middle East? I’m just about to publish “A far cry from Preston”, available for pre-Order only at www.eastfieldmedia.com. A great recollection of the job from ME veteran Ivor Whittall. A superb read! Should be printed by end of the June!
01.06.2025 17:22 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Been a beautiful weekend, no need for a coat!!
02.03.2025 14:23 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Today I’ve heard one of the all time greats of railway photography Les Nixon has passed away.
A truly lovely man who was always so, so helpful. He took this pic, one of my all time favourite railway pictures.
I will miss him.
devastated to hear Rick Buckler has died aged 69. I met him when he was playing for The Gift at Peterborough met lounge.
Later, when Bruce Foxton joined Rick and Russell Hastings, you had 2/3rds of The Jam and a singer as good as Weller; those gigs as From the Jam were awesome
A few weeks ago, I e-mailed @dbcargo.com to encourage it to rename a locomotive "Driver Jack Mills" after the first (90036) was withdrawn a couple of years back.
I'm pleased to say it has done just that... I give you 66126 "Driver Jack Mills"...
Gutted to hear Huddersfield Town legend Denis Law has passed away, aged 84.
A true star for the club. RIP 🔵⚪️🔵⚪️
Frosty walk with morning with the Labrador!
12.01.2025 12:13 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
This really made me laugh!
10.01.2025 18:19 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
55yrs ago today, January 4 1970, the direct trains from Manchester Piccadilly to Sheffield Victoria, via Woodhead, were ended by BR. The line survived for 11 and half more years as a freight line, but now is no more... This pic, found on the net, shows a Class 76 near Torside heading to Manchester
04.01.2025 16:29 — 👍 24 🔁 8 💬 2 📌 1
Lovely winter’s walk today by the river with the Labrador
03.01.2025 18:04 — 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Apparently they went to Mauritius…
11.12.2024 17:29 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Two NBL(?) locos built for export did a publicity/test run into Glasgow Central in the early ‘50s. The stock is Stanier LMS. Does anyone have any more information about the locos and this trial run? Where did they end up? What an amazing picture!
11.12.2024 16:45 — 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
I’ll take that from Spotify!
04.12.2024 17:35 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
42 years ago today, the line from Spalding to March was closed, some say controversially.
This picture shows 20003/017 heading north at Postland, where four decades on, the signalbox still stands as does the station. Not my pic (sadly!) not sure who was the photographer
Barton looking all thoughtful today…
24.11.2024 18:57 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The return to main line use for 37402, now reunited with a set of “Oor Wullie” nameplates, is edging ever closer at Barrow Hill. It looks the mutt’s nuts!
24.11.2024 10:17 — 👍 12 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 2
Anyone want an American fire engine? Would make a great, er, vehicle to take people to weddings or proms in? Possibly?! It would certainly get heads turning. I wonder if the sirens still work?! £12,500 and it's in Cambridgeshire!
22.11.2024 20:04 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Brilliant…..
22.11.2024 06:35 — 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
The new issue of Trucking is out now! I spent a day with Allelys Heavy Haulage moving 50021 “Rodney” from Tunbridge Wells to North Weald using an MAN TGX 41.640. You can read about the procedures, and challenges, the team faced.
21.11.2024 19:11 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Lovely morning walk with a heavy frost, quite cold but sunny. Very invigorating!
21.11.2024 12:30 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0He sounds likes he’s gone a bit Faragey there….
19.11.2024 22:00 — 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
I love that snoot….
19.11.2024 06:40 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Had a day out to crick, Hemel Hempstead and Alconbury in this Mercedes 2545 today. Never at full weight, so didn’t hang about!
17.11.2024 18:24 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The fantastic Darling Buds are playing York on February 1 at the Fulford Arms
15.11.2024 11:17 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Suddenly I feel Network Rail might not be the worst offender for vegetation on its tracks….
15.11.2024 11:14 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The Room Next Door - Donald Trump Fact Check Special.
07.11.2024 11:51 — 👍 280 🔁 75 💬 17 📌 17
labour minister questioned about historical tweets
12.11.2024 09:51 — 👍 448 🔁 133 💬 17 📌 49
Great Therapy? gig last night in Norwich!
11.11.2024 18:51 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Best not forget No. 1 pet, Cookie the cockapoo. Scruffy, sometimes a bit niffy, but lovely. 🐾🐾
11.11.2024 12:10 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
First post on Bluesky; might as well make it one of my Labrador chewing on his current favourite toy; which he probably thinks is a real burger!
11.11.2024 11:27 — 👍 34 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
