Keith Iles
@keithiles.bsky.social
Rail enthusiast 🚆 and Cheltenham Town ⚽️ fan. 🌈
822 / 2589 stations visited - last station Shoreditch High Street.
822 / 2589 stations visited - last station Shoreditch High Street.
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Keith Iles
@keithiles.bsky.social
· Nov 8
I've wanted to visit Hengoed for a while now, to walk across the viaduct from the former High Level platforms. Originally part of the Taff Vale Extension, it now forms part of the poetically named National Cycle Network Route 47. 150245 is seen in the still active low level platforms.
Momentary calm on the WCML at South Hampstead, but a Chiltern Line passes over in the middle distance on its approach to Marylebone.
February 14, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Momentary calm on the WCML at South Hampstead, but a Chiltern Line passes over in the middle distance on its approach to Marylebone.
A station I always forget exists when doing tube map challenges online, but today is my destination to watch Cheltenham Town away at Barnet.
February 14, 2026 at 12:21 PM
A station I always forget exists when doing tube map challenges online, but today is my destination to watch Cheltenham Town away at Barnet.
Station number 800 for me is the unremarkable Marsh Barton. It would be a pleasant spot if not for the constant rumble from the adjacent incinerator! It is a pretty standard unstaffed new-build station.
January 31, 2026 at 12:24 PM
Station number 800 for me is the unremarkable Marsh Barton. It would be a pleasant spot if not for the constant rumble from the adjacent incinerator! It is a pretty standard unstaffed new-build station.
For people of a certain age, Some Might Say this is an iconic (former) station building.
January 27, 2026 at 1:39 PM
For people of a certain age, Some Might Say this is an iconic (former) station building.
The single line token is returned to the machine at Amber gate as 170506 prepares to rejoin the main line. Unusually, the platform shelter faces the car park rather than the platform.
January 27, 2026 at 1:06 PM
The single line token is returned to the machine at Amber gate as 170506 prepares to rejoin the main line. Unusually, the platform shelter faces the car park rather than the platform.
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Auschwitz was at the end of a process. We must remember that it did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
January 27, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Auschwitz was at the end of a process. We must remember that it did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
Journey's end at Matlock as the rain resumes. The Peak Rail platform is on the left, but no services there now until the February half-term!
January 27, 2026 at 11:37 AM
Journey's end at Matlock as the rain resumes. The Peak Rail platform is on the left, but no services there now until the February half-term!
The rain has just stopped as 158783 arrives at Spondon with an EMR service to Matlock.
January 27, 2026 at 11:35 AM
The rain has just stopped as 158783 arrives at Spondon with an EMR service to Matlock.
Another milestone reached on my travels around the GB railway stations, I've now passed 30%. Milestone station on this occasion was Fazakerley.
January 2, 2026 at 11:55 AM
Another milestone reached on my travels around the GB railway stations, I've now passed 30%. Milestone station on this occasion was Fazakerley.
Happy New Year everyone 🎉
January 1, 2026 at 12:27 AM
Happy New Year everyone 🎉
37407 and 37418 top and tail UK Railtours' Simply Awkward Week Adventure at Tattenham Corner on 30/12/2025. A somewhat confused local looks on!
December 30, 2025 at 12:25 PM
37407 and 37418 top and tail UK Railtours' Simply Awkward Week Adventure at Tattenham Corner on 30/12/2025. A somewhat confused local looks on!
A nice touch on the 455 Farewell, with the cabside decals.
December 21, 2025 at 11:42 AM
A nice touch on the 455 Farewell, with the cabside decals.
Following the Pathfinder Finale yesterday, today is the class 455 farewell.
December 21, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Following the Pathfinder Finale yesterday, today is the class 455 farewell.
D1015, masquerading on one side as D1001 Western Pathfinder, arrives into Cheltenham with the Pathfinder Finale railtour
December 20, 2025 at 9:12 AM
D1015, masquerading on one side as D1001 Western Pathfinder, arrives into Cheltenham with the Pathfinder Finale railtour
Currently at the most used station I had yet to visit. To be honest, I thought Cambridge would have a more impressive station than this.
December 10, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Currently at the most used station I had yet to visit. To be honest, I thought Cambridge would have a more impressive station than this.
37669 and 37706 head up Pathfinder Tours' Chester Christmas Explorer on 22/11/2025, seen here at a pathing stop at Shrewsbury
November 22, 2025 at 12:33 PM
37669 and 37706 head up Pathfinder Tours' Chester Christmas Explorer on 22/11/2025, seen here at a pathing stop at Shrewsbury
Thoroughly recommend the Postal Museum's Mail Rail Tunnel Walks. Really knowledgeable and enthusiastic guides and a chance to get close up to the original trains and platforms at Mount Pleasant.
November 15, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Thoroughly recommend the Postal Museum's Mail Rail Tunnel Walks. Really knowledgeable and enthusiastic guides and a chance to get close up to the original trains and platforms at Mount Pleasant.
An interesting mural on the disused platform at Frinton-on-Sea.
November 11, 2025 at 2:43 PM
An interesting mural on the disused platform at Frinton-on-Sea.
66730 and a very grimy 66735 Peterborough United top and tail the RHTT train at Hythe on 11 November 2025.
November 11, 2025 at 2:41 PM
66730 and a very grimy 66735 Peterborough United top and tail the RHTT train at Hythe on 11 November 2025.
Not sure about the significance of the traffic cone on the canopy at Kirby Cross. No parking next to the live wires perhaps?
November 11, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Not sure about the significance of the traffic cone on the canopy at Kirby Cross. No parking next to the live wires perhaps?
Nice floral display at Alresford (Essex) for the Railway 200 celebrations. 1866 is the year the station opened.
November 11, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Nice floral display at Alresford (Essex) for the Railway 200 celebrations. 1866 is the year the station opened.
150137 with Remembrance poppy a year ago.
November 9, 2025 at 2:19 PM
150137 with Remembrance poppy a year ago.
I've wanted to visit Hengoed for a while now, to walk across the viaduct from the former High Level platforms. Originally part of the Taff Vale Extension, it now forms part of the poetically named National Cycle Network Route 47. 150245 is seen in the still active low level platforms.
November 8, 2025 at 12:45 PM
I've wanted to visit Hengoed for a while now, to walk across the viaduct from the former High Level platforms. Originally part of the Taff Vale Extension, it now forms part of the poetically named National Cycle Network Route 47. 150245 is seen in the still active low level platforms.
Surely the smallest station on the Valley Lines, or the South Wales Metro as I assume we call them now, is Gilfach Fargoed. 231011 has deposited me here on the November sunshine on 08/11/2025.
November 8, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Surely the smallest station on the Valley Lines, or the South Wales Metro as I assume we call them now, is Gilfach Fargoed. 231011 has deposited me here on the November sunshine on 08/11/2025.
67020 stands awaiting departure from platform 4 at Cardiff Central on 08/11/2025.
November 8, 2025 at 11:03 AM
67020 stands awaiting departure from platform 4 at Cardiff Central on 08/11/2025.