Bryan
@elwick70.bsky.social
Yorkshireman. Train Driver. Coffee
Mostly photos of trains I’ve driven and the railway I work on, especially the old bits that really should be in a museum. And other things
Mostly photos of trains I’ve driven and the railway I work on, especially the old bits that really should be in a museum. And other things
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Bryan
@elwick70.bsky.social
· Nov 18
Scotland, 2016
The Caledonian Sleeper, early hours, makes it’s way thru a snowy Scottish landscape…
#UKSnow
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The Caledonian Sleeper, early hours, makes it’s way thru a snowy Scottish landscape…
#UKSnow
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Exhibit A, Your Honour
London and Labour should sue 🙄
London and Labour should sue 🙄
November 15, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Exhibit A, Your Honour
London and Labour should sue 🙄
London and Labour should sue 🙄
There is a unique irony in a bloke who makes a living by openly lying and generally pulling the wool over people’s eyes, suing an organising for “lying” about him.
Let him sue. He’ll lose. Then counter sue. He’ll lose again.
Let him sue. He’ll lose. Then counter sue. He’ll lose again.
November 15, 2025 at 12:52 PM
There is a unique irony in a bloke who makes a living by openly lying and generally pulling the wool over people’s eyes, suing an organising for “lying” about him.
Let him sue. He’ll lose. Then counter sue. He’ll lose again.
Let him sue. He’ll lose. Then counter sue. He’ll lose again.
What a difference a day makes!
Old pinky’s gonna need a good scrub after this storm has done, and I could do with a North Sea Trawlerman’s waterproofs, never mind a train drivers uniform… 🌧️🌧️🌧️🌧️
#Tinsley #Yorkshire
Old pinky’s gonna need a good scrub after this storm has done, and I could do with a North Sea Trawlerman’s waterproofs, never mind a train drivers uniform… 🌧️🌧️🌧️🌧️
#Tinsley #Yorkshire
November 14, 2025 at 8:33 AM
What a difference a day makes!
Old pinky’s gonna need a good scrub after this storm has done, and I could do with a North Sea Trawlerman’s waterproofs, never mind a train drivers uniform… 🌧️🌧️🌧️🌧️
#Tinsley #Yorkshire
Old pinky’s gonna need a good scrub after this storm has done, and I could do with a North Sea Trawlerman’s waterproofs, never mind a train drivers uniform… 🌧️🌧️🌧️🌧️
#Tinsley #Yorkshire
Start as we mean to go on ☕️ 🍫
November 13, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Start as we mean to go on ☕️ 🍫
November 13, 2025 at 8:19 AM
I’ve got a Pink ONE for my trip up Sheffield mountain today in the shape of 66587
I’m not an earlies man, it has to be said. Where’s me coffee… ☕️ ☕️ ☕️
#Tinsley #Yorkshire
I’m not an earlies man, it has to be said. Where’s me coffee… ☕️ ☕️ ☕️
#Tinsley #Yorkshire
November 13, 2025 at 7:56 AM
I’ve got a Pink ONE for my trip up Sheffield mountain today in the shape of 66587
I’m not an earlies man, it has to be said. Where’s me coffee… ☕️ ☕️ ☕️
#Tinsley #Yorkshire
I’m not an earlies man, it has to be said. Where’s me coffee… ☕️ ☕️ ☕️
#Tinsley #Yorkshire
Time for tea, with an orange Kit-Kat for the win! ☕️ 🫖 🍫
November 9, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Time for tea, with an orange Kit-Kat for the win! ☕️ 🫖 🍫
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Night Freight (Condor)
Terence Cuneo, 1960
A Class 28 ‘metrovick’ hauls Condor, a London to Glasgow express container train, the forerunner of today’s Freightliner services
And that’s what I’ll be doing tonight, driving the night freight…
Terence Cuneo, 1960
A Class 28 ‘metrovick’ hauls Condor, a London to Glasgow express container train, the forerunner of today’s Freightliner services
And that’s what I’ll be doing tonight, driving the night freight…
August 29, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Night Freight (Condor)
Terence Cuneo, 1960
A Class 28 ‘metrovick’ hauls Condor, a London to Glasgow express container train, the forerunner of today’s Freightliner services
And that’s what I’ll be doing tonight, driving the night freight…
Terence Cuneo, 1960
A Class 28 ‘metrovick’ hauls Condor, a London to Glasgow express container train, the forerunner of today’s Freightliner services
And that’s what I’ll be doing tonight, driving the night freight…
Do trains feel unsafe?
I’ve used trains a lot over the past 30 years, thru work and as a passenger. I’ve never felt “unsafe”
Some people I’m wary of, yes. They make me more vigilant, but that’s not train specific. That’s just life
Some people suck
I’ve used trains a lot over the past 30 years, thru work and as a passenger. I’ve never felt “unsafe”
Some people I’m wary of, yes. They make me more vigilant, but that’s not train specific. That’s just life
Some people suck
Why trains feel unsafe - from police shortages to absence of life-saving kits
Experts warned of a ‘public safety crisis’ and called for more funding of British Transport Police officers onboard trains
inews.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Do trains feel unsafe?
I’ve used trains a lot over the past 30 years, thru work and as a passenger. I’ve never felt “unsafe”
Some people I’m wary of, yes. They make me more vigilant, but that’s not train specific. That’s just life
Some people suck
I’ve used trains a lot over the past 30 years, thru work and as a passenger. I’ve never felt “unsafe”
Some people I’m wary of, yes. They make me more vigilant, but that’s not train specific. That’s just life
Some people suck
Ah, good evening 413. We meet at last
My company for the first half of tonight’s shift will be 66413. That’s all of the 66/4s in my log book now 📕
My company for the first half of tonight’s shift will be 66413. That’s all of the 66/4s in my log book now 📕
October 23, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Ah, good evening 413. We meet at last
My company for the first half of tonight’s shift will be 66413. That’s all of the 66/4s in my log book now 📕
My company for the first half of tonight’s shift will be 66413. That’s all of the 66/4s in my log book now 📕
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Finishing the week with a couple of night turns. I like working nights. Nobody around, the world to myself, and I’ll be going to bed just as you lot are getting up for work
That’ll do for me
That’ll do for me
October 16, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Finishing the week with a couple of night turns. I like working nights. Nobody around, the world to myself, and I’ll be going to bed just as you lot are getting up for work
That’ll do for me
That’ll do for me
Finishing the week with a couple of night turns. I like working nights. Nobody around, the world to myself, and I’ll be going to bed just as you lot are getting up for work
That’ll do for me
That’ll do for me
October 16, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Finishing the week with a couple of night turns. I like working nights. Nobody around, the world to myself, and I’ll be going to bed just as you lot are getting up for work
That’ll do for me
That’ll do for me
Pre-flight checks completed, I’m in possession of the relevant paperwork, and I have coffee and a pastie.
66524 ready for take off!
66524 ready for take off!
October 15, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Pre-flight checks completed, I’m in possession of the relevant paperwork, and I have coffee and a pastie.
66524 ready for take off!
66524 ready for take off!
We had a cobblers like this in the village I grew up in.
I was once tidying a drawer and found a repair ticket from 1976, uncollected. As a matter of interest, I took it back to him, to see if he still had the shoes.
He said they’d be ready on Thursday…
I was once tidying a drawer and found a repair ticket from 1976, uncollected. As a matter of interest, I took it back to him, to see if he still had the shoes.
He said they’d be ready on Thursday…
‘Time capsule’ shoemaker’s shop frozen in 1940s to be restored
Tools, machinery, children’s boots and business ledgers lie as they were left in The Souter’s Shop in Royal Deeside, and now a grant will enable the building to be restored
www.thetimes.com
October 15, 2025 at 11:45 AM
We had a cobblers like this in the village I grew up in.
I was once tidying a drawer and found a repair ticket from 1976, uncollected. As a matter of interest, I took it back to him, to see if he still had the shoes.
He said they’d be ready on Thursday…
I was once tidying a drawer and found a repair ticket from 1976, uncollected. As a matter of interest, I took it back to him, to see if he still had the shoes.
He said they’d be ready on Thursday…
October 9, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Today I have been mostly driving 66509 ‘Freightliner Retirement Association’
I think they’re dropping hints…
I think they’re dropping hints…
October 9, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Today I have been mostly driving 66509 ‘Freightliner Retirement Association’
I think they’re dropping hints…
I think they’re dropping hints…
Early doors underneath the Sheffield Parkway with 66537. Red sky in the morning and all that…
But for now, coffee ☕️☕️
#Sheffield #Yorkshire
But for now, coffee ☕️☕️
#Sheffield #Yorkshire
October 8, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Early doors underneath the Sheffield Parkway with 66537. Red sky in the morning and all that…
But for now, coffee ☕️☕️
#Sheffield #Yorkshire
But for now, coffee ☕️☕️
#Sheffield #Yorkshire
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Cleethorpes, 1976
Two Class 114 DMUs wait for their next duties
I remember 1976 being a little sunnier than this photo suggests, but at least there’s blue skies today. So far…
And on that note, I’m off to the seaside. If anyone needs me I’ll be in the club 🍻
Two Class 114 DMUs wait for their next duties
I remember 1976 being a little sunnier than this photo suggests, but at least there’s blue skies today. So far…
And on that note, I’m off to the seaside. If anyone needs me I’ll be in the club 🍻
September 13, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Cleethorpes, 1976
Two Class 114 DMUs wait for their next duties
I remember 1976 being a little sunnier than this photo suggests, but at least there’s blue skies today. So far…
And on that note, I’m off to the seaside. If anyone needs me I’ll be in the club 🍻
Two Class 114 DMUs wait for their next duties
I remember 1976 being a little sunnier than this photo suggests, but at least there’s blue skies today. So far…
And on that note, I’m off to the seaside. If anyone needs me I’ll be in the club 🍻
Reposted by Bryan
I’ve got a full tank
and I’ve checked me brake
I’ve got a full flask
and a warm steak bake
Off to Peterborough in a bit with the Felixstowe and 66566
and I’ve checked me brake
I’ve got a full flask
and a warm steak bake
Off to Peterborough in a bit with the Felixstowe and 66566
September 11, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I’ve got a full tank
and I’ve checked me brake
I’ve got a full flask
and a warm steak bake
Off to Peterborough in a bit with the Felixstowe and 66566
and I’ve checked me brake
I’ve got a full flask
and a warm steak bake
Off to Peterborough in a bit with the Felixstowe and 66566
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66533 is on the Middlesbrough tonight, Railport to Teesport. I’ve just got to wait for the Southampton to arrive then I can put the train together for departure at 0048
At least the rain is holding off while I’m out in the yard…
#Doncaster #Yorkshire
At least the rain is holding off while I’m out in the yard…
#Doncaster #Yorkshire
September 10, 2025 at 10:08 PM
66533 is on the Middlesbrough tonight, Railport to Teesport. I’ve just got to wait for the Southampton to arrive then I can put the train together for departure at 0048
At least the rain is holding off while I’m out in the yard…
#Doncaster #Yorkshire
At least the rain is holding off while I’m out in the yard…
#Doncaster #Yorkshire
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New BR branded signage waiting to be fitted at Doncaster
September 9, 2025 at 8:51 PM
New BR branded signage waiting to be fitted at Doncaster
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Doncaster, 1980
Sunday workings
Deltic 55012 “Crepello” departs Doncaster for King's Cross on grim and gloomy Sunday afternoon in 1980
This loco was withdrawn a year later and cut up at BREL Doncaster in Sept 1981
#Doncaster #Yorkshire
📷 A Walker
Sunday workings
Deltic 55012 “Crepello” departs Doncaster for King's Cross on grim and gloomy Sunday afternoon in 1980
This loco was withdrawn a year later and cut up at BREL Doncaster in Sept 1981
#Doncaster #Yorkshire
📷 A Walker
September 7, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Doncaster, 1980
Sunday workings
Deltic 55012 “Crepello” departs Doncaster for King's Cross on grim and gloomy Sunday afternoon in 1980
This loco was withdrawn a year later and cut up at BREL Doncaster in Sept 1981
#Doncaster #Yorkshire
📷 A Walker
Sunday workings
Deltic 55012 “Crepello” departs Doncaster for King's Cross on grim and gloomy Sunday afternoon in 1980
This loco was withdrawn a year later and cut up at BREL Doncaster in Sept 1981
#Doncaster #Yorkshire
📷 A Walker
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A cheeky little night turn to finish the week. Well, I say little. It’s 10hrs 13mins, so is a fair old stretch really. Still, I’d rather do nights than do earlies…
My company for this evening will be 66550, and it’s very dark out here! ✨🌙
#Doncaster #Yorkshire
My company for this evening will be 66550, and it’s very dark out here! ✨🌙
#Doncaster #Yorkshire
August 29, 2025 at 8:33 PM
A cheeky little night turn to finish the week. Well, I say little. It’s 10hrs 13mins, so is a fair old stretch really. Still, I’d rather do nights than do earlies…
My company for this evening will be 66550, and it’s very dark out here! ✨🌙
#Doncaster #Yorkshire
My company for this evening will be 66550, and it’s very dark out here! ✨🌙
#Doncaster #Yorkshire
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Leeds, 1975
31s and 08s stabled, and a 44 on the wash road at Leeds Holbeck
9T38 and 9T36 are ballast trains. 1A21 is a KGX passenger express
#Leeds #Yorkshire
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31s and 08s stabled, and a 44 on the wash road at Leeds Holbeck
9T38 and 9T36 are ballast trains. 1A21 is a KGX passenger express
#Leeds #Yorkshire
📷 Unknown
August 28, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Leeds, 1975
31s and 08s stabled, and a 44 on the wash road at Leeds Holbeck
9T38 and 9T36 are ballast trains. 1A21 is a KGX passenger express
#Leeds #Yorkshire
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31s and 08s stabled, and a 44 on the wash road at Leeds Holbeck
9T38 and 9T36 are ballast trains. 1A21 is a KGX passenger express
#Leeds #Yorkshire
📷 Unknown