Rolling stock engineer in UK rail industry. I’m also here: https://xitter.cf/t.co/viWBiFrsCm
Polegate, East Sussex, UK
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Following my previous Tweets (attached) and chat with @RAIL and others, I have put together a quick ‘Then & Now’ collection. Google street view gets the ‘Now’ locations near enough...
Near the German Gym at Kings Cross
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37407 with the London Euston to Fort William sleeper at Glasgow Central and Helensburgh Upper on 5th May 1990
A final audit of the Pizzeria cafe 59 near to East Acton station on the Central line (until the next time):
Big breakfast - two eggs, two bacon, two sausage, mushrooms, hash browns, toast - £9.90
In Polegate, no less! 😆
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The new waiting shelter on platform 1 at Lewes is coming along nicely, to match the one on platform 2. Not long before it opens, I guess @SouthernRailUK
Whilst waiting for my train at Lewes this morning, I couldn’t miss the opportunity of visiting the The Runaway café on platform 2. Freshly made bacon sandwich and a proper cup of tea made in a pot with leaf tea, not bags. A cheeky portion of homemade bread pudding to finish!
Video taken last night on my way home
youtu.be/n47dRqLnNwo?is=Mm20…
East Acton station in 1920 and 2026.
The first photo is from the London Transport Museum; the second photo was taken by me today.
@ltmuseum @MrTimDunn @JoeBrownLondon
Nice 👌
This arrived today - all about, what I consider to be, the prototypes for the English Electric type 4 (aka class 40)
@CrecyRail @Captain_Deltic @SRichardBowker
Part of my train journey to & from London today
youtu.be/N-Y6b7Gbuyo?is=8uqs…
40 years! Where did that go?
On 1st September 1986 I walked into Selhurst Apprentice Training School - my first day on the railway. Today I popped in to mark the occasion.
It is now a driver training centre but the buildings are still there. No more lathes or milling machines!
Travelling on the newly rebuilt Up line out of Lewes. Thanks @SouthernRailUK and @NetworkRailSE
(No photo of the small gesture - I ate it!) – at Lewes, England
This thread proves the point of how versatile the Southern Region 27-way
control system was, and the
fact that all scenarios were allowed for.
@Captain_Deltic @railnigel
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1/. @tms1967 here’s the story of the newspaper train . It was around 1978ish when I was at Beckenham with South Eastern. We ran overnight newspaper trains, loco hauled vac braked with a single BSK usually for overnight pax to use.
73965 & 73964 top and tail the Network Rail Track Recording Train through Polegate on Saturday 29th August 2026. This was the 1Q56 from Hastings to Woking Up Yard Sidings.
66517 accelerating through Polegate early this morning with the 6Z69 Tonbridge West Yard to Newhaven Day Aggregates
youtu.be/bQ6HcVAF2hY?is=YrBQ…
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