Nigel Braithwaite
@nigelbraithwaite.bsky.social
Trade Union activist of vintage years, proud ‘woke lefty snowflake’. Ferroequinologist. Garden railway. Ailurophile
YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/@FeckHallBahn
YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/@FeckHallBahn
Needed, desperately, to empty my brain tonight.
I might actually sleep for once.
And who'd have thought that a chunk of the Britten Serenade would appear in the detective thing I'm reading? Or is that the booze?
I might actually sleep for once.
And who'd have thought that a chunk of the Britten Serenade would appear in the detective thing I'm reading? Or is that the booze?
August 3, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Needed, desperately, to empty my brain tonight.
I might actually sleep for once.
And who'd have thought that a chunk of the Britten Serenade would appear in the detective thing I'm reading? Or is that the booze?
I might actually sleep for once.
And who'd have thought that a chunk of the Britten Serenade would appear in the detective thing I'm reading? Or is that the booze?
Nice 18 mile trike ride out into Warwickshire yesterday
July 29, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Nice 18 mile trike ride out into Warwickshire yesterday
Pumphouse Lane near Webheath. Approaching Bentley Splash I was escorted silently by a pair of buzzards
July 25, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Pumphouse Lane near Webheath. Approaching Bentley Splash I was escorted silently by a pair of buzzards
Some nice insects
July 19, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Some nice insects
Harvest Moon over Headless Cross
10/7/25
Canon 5Dii
ISO 6400 1/400 at f4
300mm
-2
Improvised tripod of window frame!!
10/7/25
Canon 5Dii
ISO 6400 1/400 at f4
300mm
-2
Improvised tripod of window frame!!
July 10, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Harvest Moon over Headless Cross
10/7/25
Canon 5Dii
ISO 6400 1/400 at f4
300mm
-2
Improvised tripod of window frame!!
10/7/25
Canon 5Dii
ISO 6400 1/400 at f4
300mm
-2
Improvised tripod of window frame!!
#todaysoffice wrestling with the #bloodystupidinstrument
June 9, 2025 at 10:44 AM
#todaysoffice wrestling with the #bloodystupidinstrument
Scooter. So elegant
June 8, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Scooter. So elegant
#todaysoffice - and probably #myoffice for the foreseeable future. Got tired of playing baby things so I've chucked myself back at this (the whole set. Eek)
Neighbours - if you're looking for someone to blame, look no further than Denise Tryon, Horn. It's her fault!
#frenchhorn
#wendellhoss
Neighbours - if you're looking for someone to blame, look no further than Denise Tryon, Horn. It's her fault!
#frenchhorn
#wendellhoss
May 21, 2025 at 9:45 AM
#todaysoffice - and probably #myoffice for the foreseeable future. Got tired of playing baby things so I've chucked myself back at this (the whole set. Eek)
Neighbours - if you're looking for someone to blame, look no further than Denise Tryon, Horn. It's her fault!
#frenchhorn
#wendellhoss
Neighbours - if you're looking for someone to blame, look no further than Denise Tryon, Horn. It's her fault!
#frenchhorn
#wendellhoss
#monochromemonday on the FeckHallBahn
Giant hedgehog or tiny building??
Giant hedgehog or tiny building??
May 12, 2025 at 2:26 PM
#monochromemonday on the FeckHallBahn
Giant hedgehog or tiny building??
Giant hedgehog or tiny building??
Rediscovered FeckHallBahn content - #monochromemonday
Live steam in the garden. #accucrafttrains #gardenrailway
Live steam in the garden. #accucrafttrains #gardenrailway
April 21, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Rediscovered FeckHallBahn content - #monochromemonday
Live steam in the garden. #accucrafttrains #gardenrailway
Live steam in the garden. #accucrafttrains #gardenrailway
Korma and Mango Chutney Glazed Chicken
with charred green beans, couscous and tomato salsa
with charred green beans, couscous and tomato salsa
April 18, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Korma and Mango Chutney Glazed Chicken
with charred green beans, couscous and tomato salsa
with charred green beans, couscous and tomato salsa
#frontendfriday on the FeckHallBahn
41233 Ivatt-Krauss 2-6-2 Herzog waiting for the road on the through line at Hornundtrompetebahnhof
41233 Ivatt-Krauss 2-6-2 Herzog waiting for the road on the through line at Hornundtrompetebahnhof
April 18, 2025 at 12:50 PM
#frontendfriday on the FeckHallBahn
41233 Ivatt-Krauss 2-6-2 Herzog waiting for the road on the through line at Hornundtrompetebahnhof
41233 Ivatt-Krauss 2-6-2 Herzog waiting for the road on the through line at Hornundtrompetebahnhof
Better late than never. #tailendtuesday on the FeckHallBahn
One recent, one archive and one potential diorama.
One recent, one archive and one potential diorama.
April 15, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Better late than never. #tailendtuesday on the FeckHallBahn
One recent, one archive and one potential diorama.
One recent, one archive and one potential diorama.
Happy Friday
What better than a steak and ale pie, the ale being Old Peculier, washed down with a pint of Purple Moose Brewery/Bragdy Mŵs Piws Dark Side of the Moose?
What better than a steak and ale pie, the ale being Old Peculier, washed down with a pint of Purple Moose Brewery/Bragdy Mŵs Piws Dark Side of the Moose?
April 11, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Happy Friday
What better than a steak and ale pie, the ale being Old Peculier, washed down with a pint of Purple Moose Brewery/Bragdy Mŵs Piws Dark Side of the Moose?
What better than a steak and ale pie, the ale being Old Peculier, washed down with a pint of Purple Moose Brewery/Bragdy Mŵs Piws Dark Side of the Moose?
Spring has definitely sprung here
April 7, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Spring has definitely sprung here
Out and about on my trike ride yesterday I spotted a scene that's begging to be modelled - roadside scrapyard. Popped back to take some pics today.
April 5, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Out and about on my trike ride yesterday I spotted a scene that's begging to be modelled - roadside scrapyard. Popped back to take some pics today.
Weathering Wednesday
Skips on the FeckHallBahn and their inspirations at Threlkeld Quarry and Mining Museum
Skips on the FeckHallBahn and their inspirations at Threlkeld Quarry and Mining Museum
April 2, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Weathering Wednesday
Skips on the FeckHallBahn and their inspirations at Threlkeld Quarry and Mining Museum
Skips on the FeckHallBahn and their inspirations at Threlkeld Quarry and Mining Museum
#standingmutelysunday
Hornundtrompetebahnhof. No passenger service today
Hornundtrompetebahnhof. No passenger service today
March 30, 2025 at 8:47 PM
#standingmutelysunday
Hornundtrompetebahnhof. No passenger service today
Hornundtrompetebahnhof. No passenger service today
150 miles reached already; time for first service and also eliminating brake squeal.
Thoroughly enjoyed myself using skills and tools very similar to my motorbikes which I always serviced myself.
Good to find a use for the axle stand I bought because my last & final bike didn't have a centre stand!
Thoroughly enjoyed myself using skills and tools very similar to my motorbikes which I always serviced myself.
Good to find a use for the axle stand I bought because my last & final bike didn't have a centre stand!
March 28, 2025 at 2:15 PM
150 miles reached already; time for first service and also eliminating brake squeal.
Thoroughly enjoyed myself using skills and tools very similar to my motorbikes which I always serviced myself.
Good to find a use for the axle stand I bought because my last & final bike didn't have a centre stand!
Thoroughly enjoyed myself using skills and tools very similar to my motorbikes which I always serviced myself.
Good to find a use for the axle stand I bought because my last & final bike didn't have a centre stand!
#throwbackthursday Krupp 2-6-2 on express freight. Sound is my recording of the full size version!
#gardenrailway
#narrowgauge
#gardenrailway
#narrowgauge
March 28, 2025 at 12:00 AM
#throwbackthursday Krupp 2-6-2 on express freight. Sound is my recording of the full size version!
#gardenrailway
#narrowgauge
#gardenrailway
#narrowgauge
FeckHallBahn Shed Notices dated the Ides of March 2025.
Tomorrow, 16th of March 2025, the 'Nibelung Line' will be closed and lifting will commence thus making the railway end to end once again.
The section between Tiefeshorn and the Murthwaite Sehr Sud shunt limit is now closed.
Tomorrow, 16th of March 2025, the 'Nibelung Line' will be closed and lifting will commence thus making the railway end to end once again.
The section between Tiefeshorn and the Murthwaite Sehr Sud shunt limit is now closed.
March 16, 2025 at 12:01 AM
FeckHallBahn Shed Notices dated the Ides of March 2025.
Tomorrow, 16th of March 2025, the 'Nibelung Line' will be closed and lifting will commence thus making the railway end to end once again.
The section between Tiefeshorn and the Murthwaite Sehr Sud shunt limit is now closed.
Tomorrow, 16th of March 2025, the 'Nibelung Line' will be closed and lifting will commence thus making the railway end to end once again.
The section between Tiefeshorn and the Murthwaite Sehr Sud shunt limit is now closed.
#todaysoffice - thanks to #Jorvik & my MT6 my first day actually WORKING in a café that I travelled to with no lift and no public transport since 2014! It felt really good.
Prepping for tomorrow's @wearethemu.bsky.social EC meeting.
#disabled but definitely not #unable
Prepping for tomorrow's @wearethemu.bsky.social EC meeting.
#disabled but definitely not #unable
March 11, 2025 at 4:28 PM
#todaysoffice - thanks to #Jorvik & my MT6 my first day actually WORKING in a café that I travelled to with no lift and no public transport since 2014! It felt really good.
Prepping for tomorrow's @wearethemu.bsky.social EC meeting.
#disabled but definitely not #unable
Prepping for tomorrow's @wearethemu.bsky.social EC meeting.
#disabled but definitely not #unable
From the archives
#tailendtuesday on the FeckHallBahn
1) Ronnie, light engine crests the summit on the old Vogelscheiße Incline
2) Loch Crinan storms through Raseenmäher Überfahrt Junction with a well loaded mixed freight for Kirschbaumimwald.
#tailendtuesday on the FeckHallBahn
1) Ronnie, light engine crests the summit on the old Vogelscheiße Incline
2) Loch Crinan storms through Raseenmäher Überfahrt Junction with a well loaded mixed freight for Kirschbaumimwald.
March 11, 2025 at 4:25 PM
From the archives
#tailendtuesday on the FeckHallBahn
1) Ronnie, light engine crests the summit on the old Vogelscheiße Incline
2) Loch Crinan storms through Raseenmäher Überfahrt Junction with a well loaded mixed freight for Kirschbaumimwald.
#tailendtuesday on the FeckHallBahn
1) Ronnie, light engine crests the summit on the old Vogelscheiße Incline
2) Loch Crinan storms through Raseenmäher Überfahrt Junction with a well loaded mixed freight for Kirschbaumimwald.