Graeme Pickering
@pickgs.bsky.social
Railway Magazine Senior Correspondent. Ex-broadcast journalist and news editor. Husband. 'Dad' to a Greek cat. Aspiring novelist.
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Railfreight liveried 47374 powers through Melton Ross with the loaded tanks from Lindsey Oil Refinery. #Class47 #Railfreight #BritishRail #Duff #Sulzer #Trainspotting
December 1, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Railfreight liveried 47374 powers through Melton Ross with the loaded tanks from Lindsey Oil Refinery. #Class47 #Railfreight #BritishRail #Duff #Sulzer #Trainspotting
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Night night sweet dreamies
You’re never going to make everyone happy and that’s okay.
Your needs and your happiness matter, and they deserve to come first.
Do what’s right for you, without carrying the weight of what others might think or say
You’re never going to make everyone happy and that’s okay.
Your needs and your happiness matter, and they deserve to come first.
Do what’s right for you, without carrying the weight of what others might think or say
November 30, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Night night sweet dreamies
You’re never going to make everyone happy and that’s okay.
Your needs and your happiness matter, and they deserve to come first.
Do what’s right for you, without carrying the weight of what others might think or say
You’re never going to make everyone happy and that’s okay.
Your needs and your happiness matter, and they deserve to come first.
Do what’s right for you, without carrying the weight of what others might think or say
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802214 at #Leeds, she is heading to #LiverpoolLimeStreet on the 17.00 departure #class802 #TransPennineExpress 29/11/25
November 29, 2025 at 5:35 PM
802214 at #Leeds, she is heading to #LiverpoolLimeStreet on the 17.00 departure #class802 #TransPennineExpress 29/11/25
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The RHTT crosses the river Ouse on its way from York to Scarborough. Seems like an ideal time to take the dog for a walk!
37219 & 37099 Take charge of 3J51.
#Class37 #Tractor #ColasRailfreight #RHTT #York
37219 & 37099 Take charge of 3J51.
#Class37 #Tractor #ColasRailfreight #RHTT #York
November 29, 2025 at 7:49 AM
The RHTT crosses the river Ouse on its way from York to Scarborough. Seems like an ideal time to take the dog for a walk!
37219 & 37099 Take charge of 3J51.
#Class37 #Tractor #ColasRailfreight #RHTT #York
37219 & 37099 Take charge of 3J51.
#Class37 #Tractor #ColasRailfreight #RHTT #York
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Semaphore at Grindleford. 30 March 2019. #railway #photography
November 29, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Semaphore at Grindleford. 30 March 2019. #railway #photography
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For 200 years railways have enabled us to visit new places, form new friendships and make great memories.
Here’s picture 200 of 200 to celebrate those 200 years 🥳🚂❤️
Thanks for all your likes, reposts and comments guys, it’s been fun 😊
Here’s picture 200 of 200 to celebrate those 200 years 🥳🚂❤️
Thanks for all your likes, reposts and comments guys, it’s been fun 😊
November 29, 2025 at 8:07 AM
For 200 years railways have enabled us to visit new places, form new friendships and make great memories.
Here’s picture 200 of 200 to celebrate those 200 years 🥳🚂❤️
Thanks for all your likes, reposts and comments guys, it’s been fun 😊
Here’s picture 200 of 200 to celebrate those 200 years 🥳🚂❤️
Thanks for all your likes, reposts and comments guys, it’s been fun 😊
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#Koblenz 🇩🇪 Hbf. in November 2005: a #DB Class 181.2 dual voltage loco, able to operate under 15 kV and 25kV AC overhead wires, has just been coupled onto an #InterCity for #Luxembourg 🇱🇺. The line follows the #Mosel valley, making this a very scenic ride.
November 28, 2025 at 5:15 PM
#Koblenz 🇩🇪 Hbf. in November 2005: a #DB Class 181.2 dual voltage loco, able to operate under 15 kV and 25kV AC overhead wires, has just been coupled onto an #InterCity for #Luxembourg 🇱🇺. The line follows the #Mosel valley, making this a very scenic ride.
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It’s Friday!
And Friday means chippy tea!
By John Wood
And Friday means chippy tea!
By John Wood
November 28, 2025 at 6:19 PM
It’s Friday!
And Friday means chippy tea!
By John Wood
And Friday means chippy tea!
By John Wood
Following on from my post earlier this week about recurring clickbait crap on newspaper websites, I give you exhibit A, which seems to pop up every week. No-one can know it's "exact" until it's happened. It's forecasting not clairvoyance.
November 28, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Following on from my post earlier this week about recurring clickbait crap on newspaper websites, I give you exhibit A, which seems to pop up every week. No-one can know it's "exact" until it's happened. It's forecasting not clairvoyance.
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66739 ‘Bluebell Railway’ approaches Manchester Victoria with the empties from Drax. The 1 in 47 incline of Miles Platting bank clearly visible, though no banking engines required anymore!
#Class66 #Shed #GBRf #ManchesterVictoria
#Class66 #Shed #GBRf #ManchesterVictoria
November 28, 2025 at 7:48 AM
66739 ‘Bluebell Railway’ approaches Manchester Victoria with the empties from Drax. The 1 in 47 incline of Miles Platting bank clearly visible, though no banking engines required anymore!
#Class66 #Shed #GBRf #ManchesterVictoria
#Class66 #Shed #GBRf #ManchesterVictoria
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A Class 652 electric, displaying the #FS 🇮🇹 “logo inclinato”, at #Brennero/#Brenner border station in spring 2001. The diesel shunter visible in the distance has just pushed her from under the “Austrian” 15kV AC catenary to the “Italian” 3kV DC section and the engine driver has raised the pantograph.
November 27, 2025 at 4:44 PM
A Class 652 electric, displaying the #FS 🇮🇹 “logo inclinato”, at #Brennero/#Brenner border station in spring 2001. The diesel shunter visible in the distance has just pushed her from under the “Austrian” 15kV AC catenary to the “Italian” 3kV DC section and the engine driver has raised the pantograph.
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Metro Cammell built 156468 stands at Middlesbrough whilst a small crowd gathers! The somewhat disgruntled passengers have just been informed their service to Nunthorpe has been binned! 😬
#Class156 #SuperSprinter #Northern #Middlesbrough
#Class156 #SuperSprinter #Northern #Middlesbrough
November 26, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Metro Cammell built 156468 stands at Middlesbrough whilst a small crowd gathers! The somewhat disgruntled passengers have just been informed their service to Nunthorpe has been binned! 😬
#Class156 #SuperSprinter #Northern #Middlesbrough
#Class156 #SuperSprinter #Northern #Middlesbrough
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November 23, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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#Zurich🇨🇭Altstetten one day at dawn, in February 2006: this is the short “Chur portion” of a multi-destination #DB 🇩🇪 #UrlaubsExpress night train, shuttling holidaymakers from northern Germany to various Swiss ski resorts. I was the only one getting off at this suburban station early in the morning.
November 23, 2025 at 5:15 PM
#Zurich🇨🇭Altstetten one day at dawn, in February 2006: this is the short “Chur portion” of a multi-destination #DB 🇩🇪 #UrlaubsExpress night train, shuttling holidaymakers from northern Germany to various Swiss ski resorts. I was the only one getting off at this suburban station early in the morning.
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Photo 194 is an unusual angle of this beautiful steam engine preparing to leave the station in much the same way we are all preparing to leave the weekend and begin a new week… smooth huh? 😇
November 23, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Photo 194 is an unusual angle of this beautiful steam engine preparing to leave the station in much the same way we are all preparing to leave the weekend and begin a new week… smooth huh? 😇
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Look who showed up for morning coffee and peanuts 🥜
November 23, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Look who showed up for morning coffee and peanuts 🥜
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#SignalBoxSunday Featured a few weeks back, another of Bangor with 37421 passing.
November 23, 2025 at 9:16 AM
#SignalBoxSunday Featured a few weeks back, another of Bangor with 37421 passing.
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Last pit ponies at Wheldale colliery, Castleford, Yorkshire, 1972, photo by Don McPhee.
November 23, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Last pit ponies at Wheldale colliery, Castleford, Yorkshire, 1972, photo by Don McPhee.
Sensationalising Aldi Christmas opening, 2nd year in a row. This and 'exact time bad weather will hit', 'experts say do x', 'city restaurant does y' recurring daily in feeds will surely start to kill what's left of local audiences for Reach, Newsquest etc.
November 23, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Sensationalising Aldi Christmas opening, 2nd year in a row. This and 'exact time bad weather will hit', 'experts say do x', 'city restaurant does y' recurring daily in feeds will surely start to kill what's left of local audiences for Reach, Newsquest etc.
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Since you all loved Kitty Omega, here’s Mercury! He’s the baby of the house.
November 22, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Since you all loved Kitty Omega, here’s Mercury! He’s the baby of the house.
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Deansgate, Manchester, 2021, painting by Cathy Read. #WomensArt #NorthernArt
November 23, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Deansgate, Manchester, 2021, painting by Cathy Read. #WomensArt #NorthernArt
A few more views of Grange-over-Sands. The ornamental gardens (and a resident) and two pics from the promenade, of the bay and the latter with the signal box and mountains in the distance.
November 22, 2025 at 9:50 PM
A few more views of Grange-over-Sands. The ornamental gardens (and a resident) and two pics from the promenade, of the bay and the latter with the signal box and mountains in the distance.
A robin on the branch of a tree at Grange-over-Sands station last weekend. The fence between the trees and the platform and the vague outline of the bay and the the hills on the opposite side of it can be seen in the background.📸:©️ Graeme Pickering
November 22, 2025 at 9:19 PM
A robin on the branch of a tree at Grange-over-Sands station last weekend. The fence between the trees and the platform and the vague outline of the bay and the the hills on the opposite side of it can be seen in the background.📸:©️ Graeme Pickering