Chris Ogilvie
@ogilvie.org.uk
One time rail- & Yorkshireman. Economic migrant 🇮🇹. Italian heritage rail traveller 🚂
🚢 Discovering cargo ships are the ultimate travel experience.
YT: https://www.youtube.com/@ChrisOgilvie
🚢 Discovering cargo ships are the ultimate travel experience.
YT: https://www.youtube.com/@ChrisOgilvie
Bizzarre sight of Benevento Appia in 2021.
Train service withdrawn overnight after derailment.
Track ripped up leaving old vehicles in depots & platforms!
Now closed 5 years with new trains, but no sign of a service.
Train service withdrawn overnight after derailment.
Track ripped up leaving old vehicles in depots & platforms!
Now closed 5 years with new trains, but no sign of a service.
December 20, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Bizzarre sight of Benevento Appia in 2021.
Train service withdrawn overnight after derailment.
Track ripped up leaving old vehicles in depots & platforms!
Now closed 5 years with new trains, but no sign of a service.
Train service withdrawn overnight after derailment.
Track ripped up leaving old vehicles in depots & platforms!
Now closed 5 years with new trains, but no sign of a service.
🇮🇹 Naples EAV, city-owned train operator struggles with Circumvesuviana, 30% fleet availablity & new Stadler trains stuck in Spain...
... it's line to Benevento has 20+ new trains stood a year. Line closed 5 years for refurb, track still not fit, trains graffitied.
📍 maps.app.goo.gl/4rcNKDEoSG51...
... it's line to Benevento has 20+ new trains stood a year. Line closed 5 years for refurb, track still not fit, trains graffitied.
📍 maps.app.goo.gl/4rcNKDEoSG51...
December 20, 2025 at 12:23 PM
🇮🇹 Naples EAV, city-owned train operator struggles with Circumvesuviana, 30% fleet availablity & new Stadler trains stuck in Spain...
... it's line to Benevento has 20+ new trains stood a year. Line closed 5 years for refurb, track still not fit, trains graffitied.
📍 maps.app.goo.gl/4rcNKDEoSG51...
... it's line to Benevento has 20+ new trains stood a year. Line closed 5 years for refurb, track still not fit, trains graffitied.
📍 maps.app.goo.gl/4rcNKDEoSG51...
At a presentation this week Trenitalia revealed a new livery for Frecciarossa 1000 international services - dark grey with red highlights.
Perhaps a new name for the train too?? On the Paris trains??
2 AI photos how it may look...
Perhaps a new name for the train too?? On the Paris trains??
2 AI photos how it may look...
December 19, 2025 at 5:41 PM
At a presentation this week Trenitalia revealed a new livery for Frecciarossa 1000 international services - dark grey with red highlights.
Perhaps a new name for the train too?? On the Paris trains??
2 AI photos how it may look...
Perhaps a new name for the train too?? On the Paris trains??
2 AI photos how it may look...
And finally...
Picture of what the site will look like after the last tower is demolished and replaced with conventional low rise apartments.
Picture of what the site will look like after the last tower is demolished and replaced with conventional low rise apartments.
December 19, 2025 at 11:41 AM
And finally...
Picture of what the site will look like after the last tower is demolished and replaced with conventional low rise apartments.
Picture of what the site will look like after the last tower is demolished and replaced with conventional low rise apartments.
FPV - First person view. You use a headset to fly the drone & can manouver it moving your head, like you're flying with the drone.
Rather than a regular handset & joystick.
Rather than a regular handset & joystick.
December 19, 2025 at 11:38 AM
FPV - First person view. You use a headset to fly the drone & can manouver it moving your head, like you're flying with the drone.
Rather than a regular handset & joystick.
Rather than a regular handset & joystick.
An FPV fly through of the tower block that will remain.
The close living was to reflect that of central Naples, but didn't work in a tower block.
The close living was to reflect that of central Naples, but didn't work in a tower block.
December 19, 2025 at 11:16 AM
An FPV fly through of the tower block that will remain.
The close living was to reflect that of central Naples, but didn't work in a tower block.
The close living was to reflect that of central Naples, but didn't work in a tower block.
A drone fly around of the last 2 blocks of the Vele di Scampia.
Must have looked modern and progressive on a 1960 drawing board...
Must have looked modern and progressive on a 1960 drawing board...
December 19, 2025 at 10:45 AM
A drone fly around of the last 2 blocks of the Vele di Scampia.
Must have looked modern and progressive on a 1960 drawing board...
Must have looked modern and progressive on a 1960 drawing board...
🇮🇹 Naples' "Vele di Scampia/Sails of Scampia". A 1960s housing scheme of 7 tower blocks.
But became notorious for crime, drugs, mafia & film Gomorrah.
🚁 Took drone to record the final block being demolished.
One tower retained & refurbished for a service centre. 1,250 low rise homes on cleared site.
But became notorious for crime, drugs, mafia & film Gomorrah.
🚁 Took drone to record the final block being demolished.
One tower retained & refurbished for a service centre. 1,250 low rise homes on cleared site.
December 19, 2025 at 9:29 AM
🇮🇹 Naples' "Vele di Scampia/Sails of Scampia". A 1960s housing scheme of 7 tower blocks.
But became notorious for crime, drugs, mafia & film Gomorrah.
🚁 Took drone to record the final block being demolished.
One tower retained & refurbished for a service centre. 1,250 low rise homes on cleared site.
But became notorious for crime, drugs, mafia & film Gomorrah.
🚁 Took drone to record the final block being demolished.
One tower retained & refurbished for a service centre. 1,250 low rise homes on cleared site.
Renovations by #FondazioneFS of a vintage DMU/ALn 772 have revealed scars of its early life in Italy.
Bullet holes have been revealed in the side of the 1936 built vehicle.
Bringing vehicles back to life means recognising & preserving history for generations of today and tomorrow.
Bullet holes have been revealed in the side of the 1936 built vehicle.
Bringing vehicles back to life means recognising & preserving history for generations of today and tomorrow.
December 18, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Renovations by #FondazioneFS of a vintage DMU/ALn 772 have revealed scars of its early life in Italy.
Bullet holes have been revealed in the side of the 1936 built vehicle.
Bringing vehicles back to life means recognising & preserving history for generations of today and tomorrow.
Bullet holes have been revealed in the side of the 1936 built vehicle.
Bringing vehicles back to life means recognising & preserving history for generations of today and tomorrow.
Planes & trains a predictable, familiar trip.
🚢 Passenger on cargo ship - an unforgettable 7 day, 24/7 travel experience.
Live with crew, access engine room to bridge, private cabin, €800.
#JustBooked 3rd voyage:
Algeciras-Alicante-Ceuta 🇪🇸 March ‘26!
Thanks www.cargoshipvoyages.com/ViewAllVoyag...
🚢 Passenger on cargo ship - an unforgettable 7 day, 24/7 travel experience.
Live with crew, access engine room to bridge, private cabin, €800.
#JustBooked 3rd voyage:
Algeciras-Alicante-Ceuta 🇪🇸 March ‘26!
Thanks www.cargoshipvoyages.com/ViewAllVoyag...
December 17, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Planes & trains a predictable, familiar trip.
🚢 Passenger on cargo ship - an unforgettable 7 day, 24/7 travel experience.
Live with crew, access engine room to bridge, private cabin, €800.
#JustBooked 3rd voyage:
Algeciras-Alicante-Ceuta 🇪🇸 March ‘26!
Thanks www.cargoshipvoyages.com/ViewAllVoyag...
🚢 Passenger on cargo ship - an unforgettable 7 day, 24/7 travel experience.
Live with crew, access engine room to bridge, private cabin, €800.
#JustBooked 3rd voyage:
Algeciras-Alicante-Ceuta 🇪🇸 March ‘26!
Thanks www.cargoshipvoyages.com/ViewAllVoyag...
As 1980s trains are withdrawn, good to see Italy’s #FondazioneFS preserveing the country’s heritage.
4 DMU/ALn 663s started restoration to original condition this week in Caserta, Naples for 12+ “Timeless Tracks”, lined reopened for tourists, and mainlines.
ℹ️ : www.fondazionefs.it/en/fondazion...
4 DMU/ALn 663s started restoration to original condition this week in Caserta, Naples for 12+ “Timeless Tracks”, lined reopened for tourists, and mainlines.
ℹ️ : www.fondazionefs.it/en/fondazion...
December 12, 2025 at 12:21 PM
As 1980s trains are withdrawn, good to see Italy’s #FondazioneFS preserveing the country’s heritage.
4 DMU/ALn 663s started restoration to original condition this week in Caserta, Naples for 12+ “Timeless Tracks”, lined reopened for tourists, and mainlines.
ℹ️ : www.fondazionefs.it/en/fondazion...
4 DMU/ALn 663s started restoration to original condition this week in Caserta, Naples for 12+ “Timeless Tracks”, lined reopened for tourists, and mainlines.
ℹ️ : www.fondazionefs.it/en/fondazion...
"The freight train was drunk"
Yes, these auto translations have a lot to learn!
Yes, these auto translations have a lot to learn!
December 11, 2025 at 1:49 PM
"The freight train was drunk"
Yes, these auto translations have a lot to learn!
Yes, these auto translations have a lot to learn!
Another in the series “I can’t believe that potential train disaster actually happened…”
“Drunk freight train driver ignores a red light and multiple calls from control centre: overhead power must be cut off to stop it”
- Italian train in Austria!
“Drunk freight train driver ignores a red light and multiple calls from control centre: overhead power must be cut off to stop it”
- Italian train in Austria!
December 11, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Another in the series “I can’t believe that potential train disaster actually happened…”
“Drunk freight train driver ignores a red light and multiple calls from control centre: overhead power must be cut off to stop it”
- Italian train in Austria!
“Drunk freight train driver ignores a red light and multiple calls from control centre: overhead power must be cut off to stop it”
- Italian train in Austria!
Slovakian online news site report, in English.
Not much background to the incident.
www.noviny.sk/slovensko/11...
Not much background to the incident.
www.noviny.sk/slovensko/11...
December 11, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Slovakian online news site report, in English.
Not much background to the incident.
www.noviny.sk/slovensko/11...
Not much background to the incident.
www.noviny.sk/slovensko/11...
A Slovakian TV report of the incident.
December 11, 2025 at 7:59 AM
A Slovakian TV report of the incident.
🇸🇰 20 metres from disaster.
Freight & passenger train came within seconds of head on collision in Slovakia yesterday, 9/12 at Liptovský Hrádok.
Another shocking event on eastern Europe's railways, butittle to explain how .. so far... 🧵⏬️
Freight & passenger train came within seconds of head on collision in Slovakia yesterday, 9/12 at Liptovský Hrádok.
Another shocking event on eastern Europe's railways, butittle to explain how .. so far... 🧵⏬️
December 11, 2025 at 7:54 AM
🇸🇰 20 metres from disaster.
Freight & passenger train came within seconds of head on collision in Slovakia yesterday, 9/12 at Liptovský Hrádok.
Another shocking event on eastern Europe's railways, butittle to explain how .. so far... 🧵⏬️
Freight & passenger train came within seconds of head on collision in Slovakia yesterday, 9/12 at Liptovský Hrádok.
Another shocking event on eastern Europe's railways, butittle to explain how .. so far... 🧵⏬️
🇳🇱 Open Access: Dutch startup GoVolta to launch Amsterdam-Berlin-Hamburg trains next year; from €10.
- 13 carriages (1987) of Belgian rail, €1m + €2m refurb
- 840 seats/train
- Paris via Ghent late ‘26
- 160kmh, 7hrs Berlin
nltimes.nl/2025/12/08/g...
- 13 carriages (1987) of Belgian rail, €1m + €2m refurb
- 840 seats/train
- Paris via Ghent late ‘26
- 160kmh, 7hrs Berlin
nltimes.nl/2025/12/08/g...
December 9, 2025 at 8:48 AM
🇳🇱 Open Access: Dutch startup GoVolta to launch Amsterdam-Berlin-Hamburg trains next year; from €10.
- 13 carriages (1987) of Belgian rail, €1m + €2m refurb
- 840 seats/train
- Paris via Ghent late ‘26
- 160kmh, 7hrs Berlin
nltimes.nl/2025/12/08/g...
- 13 carriages (1987) of Belgian rail, €1m + €2m refurb
- 840 seats/train
- Paris via Ghent late ‘26
- 160kmh, 7hrs Berlin
nltimes.nl/2025/12/08/g...
Biai/Bay - another new station on Naples' EAV line to discover.
🌋 Built after Bradyseism, slow earth movements, 30cm/pa, damaged old alignment.
Line cut short with earth movements & bus part way.
The Neopolitans persevere...
🌋 Built after Bradyseism, slow earth movements, 30cm/pa, damaged old alignment.
Line cut short with earth movements & bus part way.
The Neopolitans persevere...
December 8, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Biai/Bay - another new station on Naples' EAV line to discover.
🌋 Built after Bradyseism, slow earth movements, 30cm/pa, damaged old alignment.
Line cut short with earth movements & bus part way.
The Neopolitans persevere...
🌋 Built after Bradyseism, slow earth movements, 30cm/pa, damaged old alignment.
Line cut short with earth movements & bus part way.
The Neopolitans persevere...
I hope the Liebfraumilch was Blue Nun.
A 1970s icon.
A 1970s icon.
December 8, 2025 at 11:19 AM
I hope the Liebfraumilch was Blue Nun.
A 1970s icon.
A 1970s icon.
Public holiday in Italy, Immaculate Conception Day & start of Christmas festivities.
Good excuse to run a train of 1930/50s carriages & 1970 loco from Napoli Centrale to Pietrarsa, for the superb National Railway Museum.
Good excuse to run a train of 1930/50s carriages & 1970 loco from Napoli Centrale to Pietrarsa, for the superb National Railway Museum.
December 8, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Public holiday in Italy, Immaculate Conception Day & start of Christmas festivities.
Good excuse to run a train of 1930/50s carriages & 1970 loco from Napoli Centrale to Pietrarsa, for the superb National Railway Museum.
Good excuse to run a train of 1930/50s carriages & 1970 loco from Napoli Centrale to Pietrarsa, for the superb National Railway Museum.
🎞️🍿 A film with Italy's iconic Harlequin train, Tuscan scenery & George Clooney - a blockbuster combination.
But Netflix 'Jay Kelly' doesn't quite hit the mark.
Rail fans will enjoy picking holes in the train scenes, starting with Arlechino in Gare de Lyon...
🎟️ www.netflix.com/us/title/815...
But Netflix 'Jay Kelly' doesn't quite hit the mark.
Rail fans will enjoy picking holes in the train scenes, starting with Arlechino in Gare de Lyon...
🎟️ www.netflix.com/us/title/815...
December 6, 2025 at 11:47 AM
🎞️🍿 A film with Italy's iconic Harlequin train, Tuscan scenery & George Clooney - a blockbuster combination.
But Netflix 'Jay Kelly' doesn't quite hit the mark.
Rail fans will enjoy picking holes in the train scenes, starting with Arlechino in Gare de Lyon...
🎟️ www.netflix.com/us/title/815...
But Netflix 'Jay Kelly' doesn't quite hit the mark.
Rail fans will enjoy picking holes in the train scenes, starting with Arlechino in Gare de Lyon...
🎟️ www.netflix.com/us/title/815...
🚇🇮🇹 Visiting Naples' new Monte Sant'Angelo station & new Line 7.
Public art & transport come together in this amazing station by the university.
Good to see a basic service despite line & 4 stations incomplete, while GB struggles with no trains on open E-W Rail.
📍 maps.app.goo.gl/Ai2ani7m5DZZ...
Public art & transport come together in this amazing station by the university.
Good to see a basic service despite line & 4 stations incomplete, while GB struggles with no trains on open E-W Rail.
📍 maps.app.goo.gl/Ai2ani7m5DZZ...
December 3, 2025 at 1:16 PM
🚇🇮🇹 Visiting Naples' new Monte Sant'Angelo station & new Line 7.
Public art & transport come together in this amazing station by the university.
Good to see a basic service despite line & 4 stations incomplete, while GB struggles with no trains on open E-W Rail.
📍 maps.app.goo.gl/Ai2ani7m5DZZ...
Public art & transport come together in this amazing station by the university.
Good to see a basic service despite line & 4 stations incomplete, while GB struggles with no trains on open E-W Rail.
📍 maps.app.goo.gl/Ai2ani7m5DZZ...
🇸🇰 Shocking video emerges of the recent collision in Slovakia at Pezinok near Bratislava.
It was caused by the local train passing a signal at danger and then being struck in rear by the Kosice - Bratislava express...
Whole sequence of events in 60 seconds.
It was caused by the local train passing a signal at danger and then being struck in rear by the Kosice - Bratislava express...
Whole sequence of events in 60 seconds.
December 3, 2025 at 11:57 AM
🇸🇰 Shocking video emerges of the recent collision in Slovakia at Pezinok near Bratislava.
It was caused by the local train passing a signal at danger and then being struck in rear by the Kosice - Bratislava express...
Whole sequence of events in 60 seconds.
It was caused by the local train passing a signal at danger and then being struck in rear by the Kosice - Bratislava express...
Whole sequence of events in 60 seconds.
2 min of fame on my BBC local radio station ‘Ask the Mayor’ spot… “What’s happening with Leeds’ White Rose station??!”
A politicians word salad answer
“I share your frustration”
“Private contractor & British Rail”
“Before my time”
“Never do this again”
“Washing machine of lawyers”
“Down to others…”
A politicians word salad answer
“I share your frustration”
“Private contractor & British Rail”
“Before my time”
“Never do this again”
“Washing machine of lawyers”
“Down to others…”
December 2, 2025 at 10:06 AM
2 min of fame on my BBC local radio station ‘Ask the Mayor’ spot… “What’s happening with Leeds’ White Rose station??!”
A politicians word salad answer
“I share your frustration”
“Private contractor & British Rail”
“Before my time”
“Never do this again”
“Washing machine of lawyers”
“Down to others…”
A politicians word salad answer
“I share your frustration”
“Private contractor & British Rail”
“Before my time”
“Never do this again”
“Washing machine of lawyers”
“Down to others…”
Fascinating. I've walked down to the Vatican from the mainline St Peter's station. Didn't realise there was a regular public train...
December 1, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Fascinating. I've walked down to the Vatican from the mainline St Peter's station. Didn't realise there was a regular public train...