David Johns
@steamfan.bsky.social
Lancashire lad, tour guide, steam fan, observer of life.
Pendle Hill, high summer
July 13, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Pendle Hill, high summer
Always nice to get your ducks lined up! 6.6.2025, Whalley, Lancashire.
June 6, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Always nice to get your ducks lined up! 6.6.2025, Whalley, Lancashire.
🚨 Reform doesn’t stand up for working people. ❌They voted AGAINST the Employment Rights Bill, blocking rights like job security 🔒 & flexible hours 🕒 @labourunionsuk.bsky.social.
✊ It's time to expose their true agenda. Add your name: labourunions.org.uk/stop-reform
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May 6, 2025 at 6:05 PM
🚨 Reform doesn’t stand up for working people. ❌They voted AGAINST the Employment Rights Bill, blocking rights like job security 🔒 & flexible hours 🕒 @labourunionsuk.bsky.social.
✊ It's time to expose their true agenda. Add your name: labourunions.org.uk/stop-reform
✊ It's time to expose their true agenda. Add your name: labourunions.org.uk/stop-reform
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5820 "Big Jim" at Keighley in September 2021.
While the big S160 is out of service for now, there's no harm in sharing a photo of one of these mechanical war veterans for VE Day. @worthvalley.bsky.social
While the big S160 is out of service for now, there's no harm in sharing a photo of one of these mechanical war veterans for VE Day. @worthvalley.bsky.social
May 5, 2025 at 10:41 AM
5820 "Big Jim" at Keighley in September 2021.
While the big S160 is out of service for now, there's no harm in sharing a photo of one of these mechanical war veterans for VE Day. @worthvalley.bsky.social
While the big S160 is out of service for now, there's no harm in sharing a photo of one of these mechanical war veterans for VE Day. @worthvalley.bsky.social
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▪ Vintage Weekend ▪
The timetable for the next three days, with plenty of trains along the valley.
🚂 52044 'Green Dragon' and 41241 will be in steam all three days.
🚃 Saturday will have 37075, and Sunday & Monday will have D9520
▪ kwvr.co.uk/events/vinta...
#kwvr // kwvr.co.uk
The timetable for the next three days, with plenty of trains along the valley.
🚂 52044 'Green Dragon' and 41241 will be in steam all three days.
🚃 Saturday will have 37075, and Sunday & Monday will have D9520
▪ kwvr.co.uk/events/vinta...
#kwvr // kwvr.co.uk
May 2, 2025 at 1:18 PM
▪ Vintage Weekend ▪
The timetable for the next three days, with plenty of trains along the valley.
🚂 52044 'Green Dragon' and 41241 will be in steam all three days.
🚃 Saturday will have 37075, and Sunday & Monday will have D9520
▪ kwvr.co.uk/events/vinta...
#kwvr // kwvr.co.uk
The timetable for the next three days, with plenty of trains along the valley.
🚂 52044 'Green Dragon' and 41241 will be in steam all three days.
🚃 Saturday will have 37075, and Sunday & Monday will have D9520
▪ kwvr.co.uk/events/vinta...
#kwvr // kwvr.co.uk
Camus nan Geall, Ardnamurchan, Scotland. One of my favourite places.
April 26, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Camus nan Geall, Ardnamurchan, Scotland. One of my favourite places.
Camas nan Geall. One of the most peaceful places I know
April 18, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Camas nan Geall. One of the most peaceful places I know
Castle Tioram, Moidart 14.4.2025
April 14, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Castle Tioram, Moidart 14.4.2025
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A chance encounter yesterday evening with a herd of 7 fallow deer near Oakworth Station. I've seen them around quite a bit when I'm out and about but not usually as many as this and not as close-up. 😊
April 10, 2025 at 4:51 AM
A chance encounter yesterday evening with a herd of 7 fallow deer near Oakworth Station. I've seen them around quite a bit when I'm out and about but not usually as many as this and not as close-up. 😊
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The oldest loco in operation today - number 563, a beautiful LSWR T3!
March 28, 2025 at 12:44 PM
The oldest loco in operation today - number 563, a beautiful LSWR T3!
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1/3 The stars of the @worthvalley.bsky.social steam gala for 2025 - please see all 3 posts for all 12 locos! Starting with Black 5 44871, Ironclad 52044, coal Tank 1054 and 8F 48305
March 22, 2025 at 8:21 AM
1/3 The stars of the @worthvalley.bsky.social steam gala for 2025 - please see all 3 posts for all 12 locos! Starting with Black 5 44871, Ironclad 52044, coal Tank 1054 and 8F 48305
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Next it was two lots of double headers firstly the Coal Tank and the Jinty then the Black 5 and Jubilee - the fab 4!
March 21, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Next it was two lots of double headers firstly the Coal Tank and the Jinty then the Black 5 and Jubilee - the fab 4!
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The B16 class was a Raven design for the NER dating from 1920. Some were later rebuilt as B16/2 & 3s by Gresley and Thompson, though not No 61445, seen on a train from Scarborough to York, racing through Kirkham Abbey which, like most local stations on the line, closed as long ago as September 1930.
March 17, 2025 at 4:10 PM
The B16 class was a Raven design for the NER dating from 1920. Some were later rebuilt as B16/2 & 3s by Gresley and Thompson, though not No 61445, seen on a train from Scarborough to York, racing through Kirkham Abbey which, like most local stations on the line, closed as long ago as September 1930.
Close-up on a proper engine #steamtrains
February 14, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Close-up on a proper engine #steamtrains
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Valentine's Day is a bittersweet day for me for a few reasons...
But in spite of those feelings... The trains have and will always be there.
Feb 14th 2017 - Tornado at Garsdale
Feb 14th 2023 - 52044 at Keighley
Feb 14th 2024 - 41241 (aka the Lady in Red, at least to me), Ingrow West.
But in spite of those feelings... The trains have and will always be there.
Feb 14th 2017 - Tornado at Garsdale
Feb 14th 2023 - 52044 at Keighley
Feb 14th 2024 - 41241 (aka the Lady in Red, at least to me), Ingrow West.
February 14, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Valentine's Day is a bittersweet day for me for a few reasons...
But in spite of those feelings... The trains have and will always be there.
Feb 14th 2017 - Tornado at Garsdale
Feb 14th 2023 - 52044 at Keighley
Feb 14th 2024 - 41241 (aka the Lady in Red, at least to me), Ingrow West.
But in spite of those feelings... The trains have and will always be there.
Feb 14th 2017 - Tornado at Garsdale
Feb 14th 2023 - 52044 at Keighley
Feb 14th 2024 - 41241 (aka the Lady in Red, at least to me), Ingrow West.
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So looking forward to walking a few miles with @johnnycampbell.bsky.social on his epic Pennine Way tour and joining this show at the foot of Yorkshire’s most iconic peak, Pen-y-Ghent. Join us if you can for a night of rousing riffs & roaming rhymes… @righttoroam.bsky.social
25th March at St Oswald's Church, Horton, I'll be almost halfway along the #PennineWayTour where I'll be joined by @righttoroam.bsky.social activist and author @amyjanebeer.bsky.social
Opening the show is Jack Roscoe.
Tickets below:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/johnny-cam...
Opening the show is Jack Roscoe.
Tickets below:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/johnny-cam...
February 11, 2025 at 2:51 PM
So looking forward to walking a few miles with @johnnycampbell.bsky.social on his epic Pennine Way tour and joining this show at the foot of Yorkshire’s most iconic peak, Pen-y-Ghent. Join us if you can for a night of rousing riffs & roaming rhymes… @righttoroam.bsky.social
"Mayflower" and "British India Line", Hellifield, 2019
February 4, 2025 at 6:44 PM
"Mayflower" and "British India Line", Hellifield, 2019
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Brake Van Rides will return to Worth Valley over the steam-filled weekend as we look towards the upcoming Steam Gala. A look back to 2006 with 41241 LMS Ivatt Class 2MT steaming towards Oxenhope with a Goods Train, viewed across the valley from Hebden Road.
September 2006 // Fred Kerr
September 2006 // Fred Kerr
January 16, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Brake Van Rides will return to Worth Valley over the steam-filled weekend as we look towards the upcoming Steam Gala. A look back to 2006 with 41241 LMS Ivatt Class 2MT steaming towards Oxenhope with a Goods Train, viewed across the valley from Hebden Road.
September 2006 // Fred Kerr
September 2006 // Fred Kerr
Just to remind me of summer in the Highlands - Slioch
January 8, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Just to remind me of summer in the Highlands - Slioch
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A single 400-year-old ancient oak produces 234,000 litres of oxygen a year while soaking up carbon dioxide, and can support more than 2,000 species of bird, insect, fungus, and lichen. Nature is amazing - we need more of it, not less. Please repost if you agree 🌳
January 7, 2025 at 6:00 PM
A single 400-year-old ancient oak produces 234,000 litres of oxygen a year while soaking up carbon dioxide, and can support more than 2,000 species of bird, insect, fungus, and lichen. Nature is amazing - we need more of it, not less. Please repost if you agree 🌳
