First Class Host in Purple | 225 Preservation Volunteer | Neurodiverse, Asexual, He/Him
Coastway Will
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A weekend of Manton Mania
Spent the weekend going via Melton Mowbray and Corby on Meridians. Here's two of my services during standing time at Wellingborough and Leicester
Of all the diverts we do, Manton is my favourite, the view over Harringworth viaduct is simply stunning! 😁
If you had told me a couple of years ago that the trusty DEMU would make it to Scotland, I'd have laughed right back at you
But there it is, tucked away in Edinburgh Waverley with an adventure to the Highlands. Utterly, utterly brilliant 🥹
Its been more than 2 years since I last worked the first train of the morning into St Pancras, but there I was this morning at 4:15am in the station and ready to work 😅
I've not missed the 3:30am alarms but equally, its nice to be back doing a mix of earlies and lates again
I always feel like I'm being teased when my Meridian parks up on Platform 4 and there's a Eurostar next to me, but especially if that Eurostar has the fabled "3999" powercar 👀
A lucky puddle gave me this amazing photo during my turn around in London this evening 😁
I've decided that after today, I don't like pantographs 😭
I refuse to elaborate
We've come so far, and I feel we need to keep celebrating that. The achievements we and our ancestors have made in time have been huge, we need to not discount it because we can only progress on top of it
Go out there, celebrate, be you! But equally......
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What do you mean today is 3 years since the last ever run of a Class 313 in passenger service?
Still miss these absolute shitbox trains. The amount of weekends and school holidays spent racking up miles with the window down in the motor coach will stick with me
Forever my favourite EMUs 🥺
...we've got to turn up to Pride and make our numbers known, break records, and make our voices heard. With the threat of Reform on the rise, numbers matter. I'm glad the Trade Union movement is here to take a stand, it makes me proud to be a queer trade unionist
Let's have some fun folks!
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I was in London yesterday and by chance has the GBR 701 back to Waterloo 👀
Take the red off the intermediate coaches to be far less on the nose and it wouldn't be too bad of a livery. Looks better in the flesh than on the renders
I do think it will be a bit boring when this is the norm though
Oh hey Pride Month, we're back again! 🌈
It does feel a bit harder going into Pride Month this year. Things have continued to go backwards rather than forwards in regards to LGBTQIA+ rights, but especially the "T". There's so much more that needs to be done
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