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Paul Bigland
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Photographer, Journalist, NUJ member. Likes transport, politics, food and travel. Hates extremism. My blog: https://paulbigland.blog/ My photography: https://paulbigland.zenfolio.com/ #FBPE
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Paul Bigland @paulbigland.bsky.social · 12h
Today's #DailyDMU is 158904. Here it is kicking up the snow at Eastwood on the 18th December 2009. paulbigland.zenfolio.com/p104050109/e... #railways #photography
TOCs Past: Northern Rail | DG42123. 158904. Eastwood. 18.12.09.
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Paul Bigland @paulbigland.bsky.social · 22h
I wasn't expecting to see an intermodal there!
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Paul Bigland @paulbigland.bsky.social · 1d
New blog. Yesterday's #Chester caper... paulbigland.blog/2025/10/12/c... #travel #photography
Chester capers: Part 2…
The pair of us have had a really good day rediscovering Chester. Despite the weather not being as good as billed (hey, at least it didn’t rain) we’ve covered a lot of ground, which star…
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Paul Bigland @paulbigland.bsky.social · 1d
Today's #DailyDMU is 158903, seen passing Eastwood near #Todmorden in the Calder valley on a snowy December day in 2009. paulbigland.zenfolio.com/p104050109/e... #railways #photography
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Paul Bigland @paulbigland.bsky.social · 2d
I've been coming to Chester since the 1980s. The 'best bits' have changed over the decades and I've seen all the old sights, so I'm interested in where I've not been before.
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Paul Bigland @paulbigland.bsky.social · 2d
Yesterday's #blog from #Chester... paulbigland.blog/2025/10/11/c... #photography
Chester capers: Part 1…
Today, we drove over to Chester to begin a two-night stay outside the city, at a hotel and pub in the nearby village of Rowton – a 15 minutes drive from the centre of Chester. The journey acr…
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Paul Bigland @paulbigland.bsky.social · 2d
Today's #DailyDMU is 158902. Here it is passing the famous 'salt and pepper' landmarks of #Goole on the 18th April 2023. paulbigland.zenfolio.com/p1022298857/... #railways #photography
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Transport, Travel and Railway commercial photography
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Hugh Jones @hbsj.bsky.social · 4d
My car insurance is 18% lower this year

Nothing has changed except the effect of the 20mph speed limit in Wales: fewer accidents, less cost, fewer injuries and lives lost

And practically speaking it doesn't cause noticeably slower journeys

A good policy
A screengrab showing comparative car insurance costs: £304.11 this year; £371.58 last year
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Paul Bigland @paulbigland.bsky.social · 3d
Today's #DailyDMU is 158901, one of 10 Class 158s bought new by the West Yorkshire PTE. It's seen near Copy Pit on the line from Burnley to Todmorden on the 26th June 2010. paulbigland.zenfolio.com/p104050109/e... #railways #photography
TOCs Past: Northern Rail | DG56542. 158901. Copy Pit. 26.6.10.
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Paul Bigland @paulbigland.bsky.social · 3d
Today's blog. A day at home editing pictures before we head off to #Chester for the weekend and an audience with #TimPeake. paulbigland.blog/2025/10/10/1... #railways #photography
10th October picture of the day…
After a hectic and much-travelled week I’ve had a relaxing day here at Bigland Towers. Well, when I say relaxing, static is probably a better word as much of my day’s been spent staring…
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Paul Bigland @paulbigland.bsky.social · 3d
PWI have used Cocklebury for the electrification challenge for several years now.
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Paul Bigland @paulbigland.bsky.social · 3d
Ah. A few of us did wonder. Thanks!
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Paul Bigland @paulbigland.bsky.social · 3d
It wasn't there last year when we did the PWI challenge, so I wondered when it arrived - and why?
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Paul Bigland @paulbigland.bsky.social · 4d
Hello! What are you doing there? paulbigland.zenfolio.com/p975764564/e... #railways
Withdrawn or stored vehicles | DG456070. 153354. Cocklebury. Swindon. 9.10.2025.
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Paul Bigland @paulbigland.bsky.social · 4d
Today's #DailyDMU is 158890. Here it is passing through #ClaphamJunction on the 1st May 2019. paulbigland.zenfolio.com/p901669522/e... #railways #photography
South Western Railway (SWR) | DG321759. 158890. Clapham Junction. 1.5.19.
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Paul Bigland @paulbigland.bsky.social · 4d
The end of today's rolling blog from a day in #Swindon and the journey home... paulbigland.blog/2025/10/09/r... #railways #photography
Rolling blog. The PWI, Swindon and the journey home…
07:45. It’s the start of a long day here in Swindon. Our group’s about to assemble in the hotel lobby before heading over to the Network Rail training centre to begin today’s acti…
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Paul Bigland @paulbigland.bsky.social · 5d
Today's #DailyDMU is 158889 which is seen calling at #Heckington on the 18th July 2019. paulbigland.zenfolio.com/p439503514/e... #railways #photography
TOCs past: EMT (East Midlands Trains) | DG329138. 158889. 158846. Heckington. 18.7.19.
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Paul Bigland @paulbigland.bsky.social · 6d
All, except Trump...
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Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 6d
Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.

Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.

The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism

In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.
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Hiro Ohta @xlix.me · 6d
Trains are not always on time. Neither is life. Still, we go on.
PHOTO by Viktor Mogilat. Golden wheat stalks stretch across the frame, their tips catching the amber light of a low sun. Each head sways gently, blurred in the foreground while a soft focus hints at a dense forest edge in the distance. The warmth of late summer radiates through the scene, silent and still, as if time has paused to admire the glow resting on the ripened grain.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 6d
UAE has no democratically elected institutions, no free speech and an appalling human rights record.

Its economy functions on completely different metrics to the ours & ranks well below us for GDP

No serious person would ever think that we should emulate it.

But here's Tice calling us decadent
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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 6d
Today, Senator Kaine and I will force the Senate to vote on the administration’s decision to blow up ships in the Caribbean.

If a president can unilaterally put people or groups on a list and kill them, there is no meaningful limit to his use of force.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 6d
This Reuters headline. Oof.

Fascism isn't 'coming.' It's HERE.
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Paul Bigland @paulbigland.bsky.social · 6d
Uh-Oh... tinyurl.com/35d4zdfp
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Paul Bigland @paulbigland.bsky.social · 6d
It's 75+ OR those with health conditions. I should be grateful neither apply to me!
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