Happy New Year! This is probably my shot of 2024, of 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley - taken in October, but the result of 6 months of planning. And a big chunk of luck.

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Sir Nigel Gresley

Happy New Year! This is probably my shot of 2024, as 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley departs Sheffield Park in the evening light. Taken in October, but a shot I’d been planning for since April, and I got i…

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Ah, the joy of being on UK metro trains. Most of the train is silent apart from one man having a very loud conversation... And all the other people are scowling at him! #thejoyoftrains #ukrailscene #publictransport

An evocative photo of a steam train in the Yorkshire town of Keighley. Black and white really well in this case.

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Every time a different train stock retires on London Underground, the staff work hard to give it a thanks and a good send-off. Here is the last D-Stock train in passenger service in 2017, arriving into Bow Road station on the District Line, around 6.20am, carrying a special headboard.
The usual passengers did not realise how special this train was!

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