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Chiltern Lane
@chilternlane.bsky.social
YouTube: A UK Trainspotter
Hi! Welcome to my account. To sum it up I'll be posting various train & art related pictures, so don't expect too much 🙃
DMS open, but don't be weird!
19 - 🏳️‍🌈
Am I missing something here

Why are services being replaced with ones that take significantly longer tomorrow?
November 13, 2025 at 9:20 PM
So 2 196s are in Chiltern livery now. Its... A look for sure
November 1, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Trains!
Spent a day in London getting some units in that I've either never been on before or ones that don't have long left.
Started with 458/5s (Finally - Last 2 times I tried they got cancelled), then 455s. I then did 376s & 171s for the first time. And managed to get 466003 at the end too
October 29, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Banbury things this evening!
First time seeing a 68/MK5 set in the new livery too
October 27, 2025 at 7:17 PM
168106 seems to have had a day of teleporting around 😂
October 25, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I find it ironic how Hornby's 'retro' hst set uses a tooling they isn't even theirs
October 24, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Huh
Chiltern service, turning into a WCR one...?
October 22, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Major 165/166 shake up going on, and it's definitely confused me a few times 🫠
So, 3 car 165039 is now a 2 car, and will become 165025. The current 025 has gone back to being 166202, with its MSO back. What was going to become 165035 will now be the new 165039, with the original 039s MSO 🙃
#BSMRGUK
October 22, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Buying a job lot of stuff for one specific item that's included >> buying the item alone

Ironic how it usually works out cheaper
October 18, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Bought way more than I should have at GETS this year 💀
#BSMRGUK
October 12, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Christ they're really pushing 034 already!
October 11, 2025 at 10:46 PM
That was quicker than expected!
October 10, 2025 at 4:52 PM
After 13 months, 165034 is finally a 3 car again! Was on test today, should be back in service soon hopefully
October 10, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Oh what a surprise, its completely skipping the whole Aylesbury-Great Missenden section, typical 🙄
October 7, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Downsides to living on a half Underground line means that it's impossible for anything other than regular services to run down it, except the RHTT, and any test trains that still do run at like 2am

But not today it seems 👀
October 7, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Finding models that are this old & still newly wrapped is certainly a struggle.
But by luck I've ended up with 3 this year!
Anyway, 166214 has arrived, meaning I've finally got the full 166 collection again. I did have them all years ago but then I repainted one 💀
#BSMRGUK
October 1, 2025 at 10:37 AM
So similar yet so different...

Always nice to be treated to a 168 replacing a 165 though!
September 30, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Oh 👀
September 29, 2025 at 9:04 PM
So, the full 68/MK5 livery was revealed, and its actually quite nice...
But what if... 🤔
September 25, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Quite the lineup on the shelves currently 😌
#BSMRGUK
September 19, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Look what's started to appear 👀
September 19, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Just seen the new livery for the Chiltern 68s & MK5s

It's... A choice, not the worst, but definitely a bit odd
September 13, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Was trying to find the Arriva 158 that Bachmann did, but then I realised that they used the same cat number for the 3 car RR version! It appears they did this for a few 158/159s?
#BSMRGUK
September 8, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Stoke Mandeville *finally* has a new board! The old one was falling in on itself 😂
Only on the Aylesbury bound side though, the London bound is still the same
September 1, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I get way into spreadsheets sometimes...
Just made a whole spreadsheet for my model fleet🙃
#BSMRGUK
August 29, 2025 at 7:39 PM