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wrdukedog
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All-round good egg

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hello everyone welcome to my page
There are two wolves inside me.

My two wolves:
October 24, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Reminder that all armchair rail enthusiasts picking apart movie inaccuracies are actually doing god's work 🫡
October 16, 2025 at 11:38 PM
I'm not sure why pregrouping modellers struggle with liveries; no-one struggles with something as clearly established as GWR or BR green
October 6, 2025 at 6:36 PM
"Where do you keep Skarloey and Rheneas?"
The Thin Controller:
September 20, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Fun fact: the one on the right is actually older than the one on the left
September 19, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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Manchester Pride over for another year. Another chance to show that steam is for everyone (not just old cis straight white men). The way the crowd cheered and applauded everytime we blew the whistle or make her bark will never, ever get boring.(yes leather daddies do hump coal. lol)
August 23, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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Mallard Acquired 😺
August 1, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Today was a pleasant day babysitting Fenchurch, would've been nice to actually do some work after getting the engine into steam though!

Only slightly marred cos the railway played host to a racist homophobic twat of a DJ - surely a better figure could've been picked for publicity?
July 27, 2025 at 6:24 PM
For those of you who know me, you know one of my hobbies is 16mm and I have an assorted fleet of little scrunklies!

For those who don't, here's a thread talking about each one:
July 26, 2025 at 5:48 PM
So in May, I spent 3 weeks in Wales, engaging with small steam trains by various means!

So I started the trip with a layover in Welshpool, where I took the opportunity to pose one chunky continental loco with another!
July 25, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Hello after a massive hiatus!

I've struggled a bit with bluesky as getting the same level of engagement as Twitter used to have is tricky and also various things offline

But I hope to make a few posts showing what I've been up to!

Pic in no way reflective of my mental state
July 24, 2025 at 8:09 PM
A cameo by one of my scrunklies, Jupiter!
Founder’s day fun
June 12, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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Happy pride to him
June 8, 2025 at 2:28 AM
In a week's time, it'll be time to return to Tywyn and with it, a return to the good old-fashioned values on which we used to rely
April 27, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Finally got to have a go on Beachy Head!

My consensus: absolutely lovely engine to fire. Firing through the flap takes some precision but as long as you kept the sides and especially the back up, she was happy - lovely injectors too!
April 16, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Happy international transgender day of visibility!

To celebrate, let us commemorate LBSC or Lillian "Curly" Lawrence , arguably the most prolific model engineer and an inspiration to thousands
March 31, 2025 at 8:54 PM
me when i see someone say "DEI" with a straight face
March 28, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Let's see the cutest locomotives: some of my suggestions!

Why yes i do have a type
March 27, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Not sure why in my 30s i've entered a plushie arc but feel compelled to add to it....
March 21, 2025 at 11:54 PM
i yearn to feel like Miniature Trevor rn
March 13, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Another day of playing with the Wren!

As it was International Women's Day, decided to do some coaching and encourage some of the staff to have a drive - as the world absolutely needs more people driving small steam engines

Also bonus Piper content.
March 9, 2025 at 11:29 AM
involuntarily imagining this engine with the voice of Nigel Thornberry
February 27, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Played the demo of A Bumpy Ride yesterday, a very cute train game on Steam

store.steampowered.com/app/3056840/...

Will share my thoughts in this thread (1/?)
February 25, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Fun little trivia fact for Monday

After the ex-LBSCR loco works in Brighton ceased rail work, the premises were used to build a more unusual vehicle - Isettas!

Between 1957 and 1962, these had to be transported out of the rail-locked works by rail leading to such unusual sights as the below!
February 24, 2025 at 3:35 PM