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Here's the LNER Intercity 225. I walked the length of the platform to capture the consist while sitting at the station. Manufactured between 1989 and 1991, these brilliant trains still run daily between London Kings Cross and Leeds.
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SSR through the S curves at Broadford and Jacana. Hired V/Line N Class Diesels N469, N457 lead SSR C502 and RL301 with the loaded grain from Southern New South Wales. This is the first round trip for the hired standard gauge N Class locos hauling SSR Grain trains. 16th August 2025.
This is SCT 4BM9 from Brisbane seen at Gowanbrae 15th August 2025. With recent financial reports suggesting Aurizon is struggling with Intermodal particularly on the East Coast, it's ironic SCT has a fully loaded train with a couple of Aurizon ACD locomotives helping haul the consist.
The plan was to have a pub meal in London before heading back to Australia. Instead we jumped on the 1933 service to Leeds from Kings Cross and enjoyed a Β£6 meal deal instead. I first travelled on these in 1995.
10th of August 1975 saw the Advanced Passenger Train (APT Tilt Train) hit a railway speed record of 152.3 miles per hour. A preserved static display of the APT can be seen at the Crewe Heritage Centre. This video was filmed in 2024.
Electric Avenue at the The Greatest Gathering 2025. There are some classics here. Even the class 92 built between 1993 and 1996 could nearly be considered vintage!
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Picadilly Tube Stock being lifted off the tracks for the last time.