OM the Rails 🇵🇸
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UK based rail traveller & enthusiast. 00 gauge modeller. #TMRGUK. Views my own. When I'm not travelling on trains, you'll find me making videos about them 👇
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And that’s my last ever GWR HST - 43004 and 43156 leading the second Castle Class set out today.
A very bittersweet day, but I really lucked out with the weather. Couldn’t have had a better time to send off these 50 year old workhorses 🫡
Now to join another Cattle Class set back to London!
A very bittersweet day, but I really lucked out with the weather. Couldn’t have had a better time to send off these 50 year old workhorses 🫡
Now to join another Cattle Class set back to London!
November 29, 2025 at 3:52 PM
And that’s my last ever GWR HST - 43004 and 43156 leading the second Castle Class set out today.
A very bittersweet day, but I really lucked out with the weather. Couldn’t have had a better time to send off these 50 year old workhorses 🫡
Now to join another Cattle Class set back to London!
A very bittersweet day, but I really lucked out with the weather. Couldn’t have had a better time to send off these 50 year old workhorses 🫡
Now to join another Cattle Class set back to London!
📍 Saltash ✅
Chris Date-tier shots ✅
Final Castle Class set ✅
Let’s get back to Plymouth 🫡
Chris Date-tier shots ✅
Final Castle Class set ✅
Let’s get back to Plymouth 🫡
November 29, 2025 at 3:43 PM
📍 Saltash ✅
Chris Date-tier shots ✅
Final Castle Class set ✅
Let’s get back to Plymouth 🫡
Chris Date-tier shots ✅
Final Castle Class set ✅
Let’s get back to Plymouth 🫡
📍 Plymouth
Crossing back into Devon proved faster than sticking around in Penzance for where I needed to go - time to cross counties once again on another Cattle Class set…
Crossing back into Devon proved faster than sticking around in Penzance for where I needed to go - time to cross counties once again on another Cattle Class set…
November 29, 2025 at 2:19 PM
📍 Plymouth
Crossing back into Devon proved faster than sticking around in Penzance for where I needed to go - time to cross counties once again on another Cattle Class set…
Crossing back into Devon proved faster than sticking around in Penzance for where I needed to go - time to cross counties once again on another Cattle Class set…
Back to Devon for me now, albeit on a pair of Cattle Class sets this time - fittingly 43004, GWR’s oldest power car, pulls in as its youngest one returns to Plymouth. I’m sure I’ll see it again later 😉
November 29, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Back to Devon for me now, albeit on a pair of Cattle Class sets this time - fittingly 43004, GWR’s oldest power car, pulls in as its youngest one returns to Plymouth. I’m sure I’ll see it again later 😉
📍Penzance
Can’t think of a better place to wrap up the end of HSTs finishing in England than at the very Southern tip of the British railway network with the very last production power car. GWR have really let them go externally though, let’s hope they get a clean before they’re shipped to Mexico!
Can’t think of a better place to wrap up the end of HSTs finishing in England than at the very Southern tip of the British railway network with the very last production power car. GWR have really let them go externally though, let’s hope they get a clean before they’re shipped to Mexico!
November 29, 2025 at 11:30 AM
📍Penzance
Can’t think of a better place to wrap up the end of HSTs finishing in England than at the very Southern tip of the British railway network with the very last production power car. GWR have really let them go externally though, let’s hope they get a clean before they’re shipped to Mexico!
Can’t think of a better place to wrap up the end of HSTs finishing in England than at the very Southern tip of the British railway network with the very last production power car. GWR have really let them go externally though, let’s hope they get a clean before they’re shipped to Mexico!
There was previously one Saturday diagram for the GWR HSTs that ran from Exeter, but it wouldn’t continue to Penzance. With their operations ending in a few weeks, that diagram now goes to Cornwall, which frees up the original weekday I had planned for it next month. Let’s go around one last time…
November 29, 2025 at 8:20 AM
There was previously one Saturday diagram for the GWR HSTs that ran from Exeter, but it wouldn’t continue to Penzance. With their operations ending in a few weeks, that diagram now goes to Cornwall, which frees up the original weekday I had planned for it next month. Let’s go around one last time…
📍 Exeter St Davids
Made it to tonight’s base camp - those of you who can connect 2 and 2 together will know why I’m here and what I’m doing tomorrow. If not, see you in the morning for something fun 👀
Made it to tonight’s base camp - those of you who can connect 2 and 2 together will know why I’m here and what I’m doing tomorrow. If not, see you in the morning for something fun 👀
November 28, 2025 at 10:18 PM
📍 Exeter St Davids
Made it to tonight’s base camp - those of you who can connect 2 and 2 together will know why I’m here and what I’m doing tomorrow. If not, see you in the morning for something fun 👀
Made it to tonight’s base camp - those of you who can connect 2 and 2 together will know why I’m here and what I’m doing tomorrow. If not, see you in the morning for something fun 👀
📍 Paddington
Off to the South West tonight, this time it’s personal…
Off to the South West tonight, this time it’s personal…
November 28, 2025 at 7:07 PM
📍 Paddington
Off to the South West tonight, this time it’s personal…
Off to the South West tonight, this time it’s personal…
It’s official - the Class 800 will have the same seats as an American commuter train 💀
Connecticut commuter train coach mock-up on show https://bit.ly/49Jm6l0
Connecticut commuter train coach mock-up on show
Connecticut commuter train coach mock-up on show https://bit.ly/49Jm6l0
bit.ly
November 27, 2025 at 8:10 PM
It’s official - the Class 800 will have the same seats as an American commuter train 💀
The channel’s now reached 40k subscribers… I continue to be humbled by how much people enjoy my content and just how far it’s come in the last almost 4 years, especially given I’m balancing this with my main (and hectic!) full time job.
Thank you so much for your continued support 🙏❤️
Thank you so much for your continued support 🙏❤️
November 23, 2025 at 8:44 AM
The channel’s now reached 40k subscribers… I continue to be humbled by how much people enjoy my content and just how far it’s come in the last almost 4 years, especially given I’m balancing this with my main (and hectic!) full time job.
Thank you so much for your continued support 🙏❤️
Thank you so much for your continued support 🙏❤️
It would seem ÖBB has FINALLY listened and dropped the ridiculous dynamic pricing model on its international sleeper routes - the examples below are regular tickets for Amsterdam to Vienna and Brussels to Vienna 3 weeks in advance. Provided they keep this up, I may be tempted to use them more now!
November 22, 2025 at 9:09 PM
It would seem ÖBB has FINALLY listened and dropped the ridiculous dynamic pricing model on its international sleeper routes - the examples below are regular tickets for Amsterdam to Vienna and Brussels to Vienna 3 weeks in advance. Provided they keep this up, I may be tempted to use them more now!
📍 St Pancras International
Engineering works on the ECML this weekend of course means chaos on the MML - still managed to sort out the weekend first upgrade, a fitting end to what’s likely my last ride home on a Meridian!
Engineering works on the ECML this weekend of course means chaos on the MML - still managed to sort out the weekend first upgrade, a fitting end to what’s likely my last ride home on a Meridian!
November 22, 2025 at 3:10 PM
📍 St Pancras International
Engineering works on the ECML this weekend of course means chaos on the MML - still managed to sort out the weekend first upgrade, a fitting end to what’s likely my last ride home on a Meridian!
Engineering works on the ECML this weekend of course means chaos on the MML - still managed to sort out the weekend first upgrade, a fitting end to what’s likely my last ride home on a Meridian!
📍 Plymouth
Time to head home - another 3 hour “Cattle Class” ride awaits…
Time to head home - another 3 hour “Cattle Class” ride awaits…
November 19, 2025 at 4:20 PM
📍 Plymouth
Time to head home - another 3 hour “Cattle Class” ride awaits…
Time to head home - another 3 hour “Cattle Class” ride awaits…
📍 Paddington
Now onto the worser Hitachi unit as I head South West on business…
Now onto the worser Hitachi unit as I head South West on business…
November 17, 2025 at 5:18 PM
📍 Paddington
Now onto the worser Hitachi unit as I head South West on business…
Now onto the worser Hitachi unit as I head South West on business…
📍 St Pancras International
Made a quick stop here to check out EMR’s new “Aurora” out on test, they look fantastic!
Excited to try them out next month 👀
Made a quick stop here to check out EMR’s new “Aurora” out on test, they look fantastic!
Excited to try them out next month 👀
November 17, 2025 at 4:14 PM
📍 St Pancras International
Made a quick stop here to check out EMR’s new “Aurora” out on test, they look fantastic!
Excited to try them out next month 👀
Made a quick stop here to check out EMR’s new “Aurora” out on test, they look fantastic!
Excited to try them out next month 👀
Hopefully the fares will be cheaper than what Nightjet offered as well, great news!
BREAKING: European Sleeper will start a Paris-Berlin sleeper train from 26 March 2026, after Nightjet pulls out in December.
It'll run via Brussels (with Eurostar connection from London) 3 times a week. This + existing train = Brussels-Berlin 6 times a week. www.europeansleeper.eu/paris
It'll run via Brussels (with Eurostar connection from London) 3 times a week. This + existing train = Brussels-Berlin 6 times a week. www.europeansleeper.eu/paris
November 12, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Hopefully the fares will be cheaper than what Nightjet offered as well, great news!
NEW VIDEO! A look at Ceske Drahy’s brand new ComfortJet from Prague to Berlin!
Link: youtube.com/watch?v=xHMH...
Link: youtube.com/watch?v=xHMH...
November 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
NEW VIDEO! A look at Ceske Drahy’s brand new ComfortJet from Prague to Berlin!
Link: youtube.com/watch?v=xHMH...
Link: youtube.com/watch?v=xHMH...
With the UP Express suspended due to GO Transit engineering works, my trip ends with a Rail Replacement Bus to the airport for my flight home 🥲
Canada it’s been an absolute pleasure, I look forward to coming back some day 🇨🇦❤️
Canada it’s been an absolute pleasure, I look forward to coming back some day 🇨🇦❤️
November 8, 2025 at 10:08 PM
With the UP Express suspended due to GO Transit engineering works, my trip ends with a Rail Replacement Bus to the airport for my flight home 🥲
Canada it’s been an absolute pleasure, I look forward to coming back some day 🇨🇦❤️
Canada it’s been an absolute pleasure, I look forward to coming back some day 🇨🇦❤️
📍 Oshawa
Enjoying my last rides with Via and GO Transit this morning with a return ride to and from Toronto 🇨🇦
Enjoying my last rides with Via and GO Transit this morning with a return ride to and from Toronto 🇨🇦
November 8, 2025 at 2:56 PM
📍 Oshawa
Enjoying my last rides with Via and GO Transit this morning with a return ride to and from Toronto 🇨🇦
Enjoying my last rides with Via and GO Transit this morning with a return ride to and from Toronto 🇨🇦
The comings and goings of Toronto Union Station… 🇨🇦
November 7, 2025 at 7:21 PM
The comings and goings of Toronto Union Station… 🇨🇦
Been a fun day out to Niagara Falls, but I best be getting back to Toronto now - instead of having to wait hours for the direct GO train or take a bus, I opted to use the Amtrak/Via Rail “Maple Leaf” for its Canadian leg. My Via Preference Points came in handy here, covering the entire fare 😎
November 6, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Been a fun day out to Niagara Falls, but I best be getting back to Toronto now - instead of having to wait hours for the direct GO train or take a bus, I opted to use the Amtrak/Via Rail “Maple Leaf” for its Canadian leg. My Via Preference Points came in handy here, covering the entire fare 😎
📍 Niagara Falls, ON
The town centre is as far as I can go by train - getting to the falls themselves requires manning up and transferring onto a local bus, but doing so certainly didn’t disappoint… 😍🇨🇦
The town centre is as far as I can go by train - getting to the falls themselves requires manning up and transferring onto a local bus, but doing so certainly didn’t disappoint… 😍🇨🇦
November 6, 2025 at 7:14 PM
📍 Niagara Falls, ON
The town centre is as far as I can go by train - getting to the falls themselves requires manning up and transferring onto a local bus, but doing so certainly didn’t disappoint… 😍🇨🇦
The town centre is as far as I can go by train - getting to the falls themselves requires manning up and transferring onto a local bus, but doing so certainly didn’t disappoint… 😍🇨🇦
Morning!
Today I’m taking my first ride with GO Transit which is on the “Express” limited stop service to Niagara Falls, a journey of around 2ish hours. 6 return services run on weekdays, upped to 8 on weekends in addition to Amtrak/Via’s “Maple Leaf”. Let’s go! 🇨🇦
Today I’m taking my first ride with GO Transit which is on the “Express” limited stop service to Niagara Falls, a journey of around 2ish hours. 6 return services run on weekdays, upped to 8 on weekends in addition to Amtrak/Via’s “Maple Leaf”. Let’s go! 🇨🇦
November 6, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Morning!
Today I’m taking my first ride with GO Transit which is on the “Express” limited stop service to Niagara Falls, a journey of around 2ish hours. 6 return services run on weekdays, upped to 8 on weekends in addition to Amtrak/Via’s “Maple Leaf”. Let’s go! 🇨🇦
Today I’m taking my first ride with GO Transit which is on the “Express” limited stop service to Niagara Falls, a journey of around 2ish hours. 6 return services run on weekdays, upped to 8 on weekends in addition to Amtrak/Via’s “Maple Leaf”. Let’s go! 🇨🇦
📍 Toronto Union Station
4 min late arrival, which wraps up my time with Via Rail - can’t say many aspects of their boarding and alighting practices have made filming these journeys easy, but we got there in the end 😁
I have 3 more days in Toronto, mostly for resting and others for tourist stuff… 🇨🇦
4 min late arrival, which wraps up my time with Via Rail - can’t say many aspects of their boarding and alighting practices have made filming these journeys easy, but we got there in the end 😁
I have 3 more days in Toronto, mostly for resting and others for tourist stuff… 🇨🇦
November 5, 2025 at 6:28 PM
📍 Toronto Union Station
4 min late arrival, which wraps up my time with Via Rail - can’t say many aspects of their boarding and alighting practices have made filming these journeys easy, but we got there in the end 😁
I have 3 more days in Toronto, mostly for resting and others for tourist stuff… 🇨🇦
4 min late arrival, which wraps up my time with Via Rail - can’t say many aspects of their boarding and alighting practices have made filming these journeys easy, but we got there in the end 😁
I have 3 more days in Toronto, mostly for resting and others for tourist stuff… 🇨🇦
A short and sweet stay in London (🇨🇦) as I’m heading back to Toronto on board Via’s LRC coaches. Certain routes out of Windsor and Montreal to Toronto are the last ones these coaches are doing as they, like the HEP2s, are progressively replaced by the new Venture sets. Let’s go!
November 5, 2025 at 3:53 PM
A short and sweet stay in London (🇨🇦) as I’m heading back to Toronto on board Via’s LRC coaches. Certain routes out of Windsor and Montreal to Toronto are the last ones these coaches are doing as they, like the HEP2s, are progressively replaced by the new Venture sets. Let’s go!