Ian Dinmore
@tarkaman.bsky.social
Semi-professional railman, into humour, rural railways, community rail, otters, cake and coffee. A passing photographer, Scripophillist, Graphologist, Calligraphist and aged likes a good whine.
Oakdale Colliery South Wales, with 20156 & 20175 on the Lea Valley Railtours 'Severn Choppers Express' on 03 Sept 1978
November 22, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Oakdale Colliery South Wales, with 20156 & 20175 on the Lea Valley Railtours 'Severn Choppers Express' on 03 Sept 1978
Autumn in the village with the Vineyard turning yellow after the harvest...
November 20, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Autumn in the village with the Vineyard turning yellow after the harvest...
#ThrowbackThursday with an Anglia Railway class 150 making an early winter morning call at Brundall 17 Nov 2002
November 20, 2025 at 7:39 AM
#ThrowbackThursday with an Anglia Railway class 150 making an early winter morning call at Brundall 17 Nov 2002
Come any closer and I'll have your camera for breakfast at Brundall station 04 Nov 2025
November 6, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Come any closer and I'll have your camera for breakfast at Brundall station 04 Nov 2025
Reposted by Ian Dinmore
The ORR has approved Virgin Trains' application to use Eurostar's Temple Mills depot with VT aiming to run cross-Channel trains from 2030.
www.modernrailways.com/article/virg...
www.modernrailways.com/article/virg...
Virgin Trains' bid to access Temple Mills approved by ORR
Virgin Trains' bid to access Temple Mills depot has been approved by the ORR, opening up the company's bid to run international services from London, however bids from Evolyn, Gemini and Trenitalia
www.modernrailways.com
October 30, 2025 at 7:43 AM
The ORR has approved Virgin Trains' application to use Eurostar's Temple Mills depot with VT aiming to run cross-Channel trains from 2030.
www.modernrailways.com/article/virg...
www.modernrailways.com/article/virg...
Last of the light passing Bellwater Junction box on the Skegness branch 1992
October 21, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Last of the light passing Bellwater Junction box on the Skegness branch 1992
Felbrigg walk North Norfolk
October 18, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Felbrigg walk North Norfolk
Reposted by Ian Dinmore
Looking for accessible walking routes that start from the station? Our latest guest blog by @ramblersgb.bsky.social highlights stile-free walks, perfect for wheelchair users, families with pushchairs, or anyone seeking a gentler path🌿
Read here: scenicrailbritain.com/blog/stile-f... #TracksAndTrails
Read here: scenicrailbritain.com/blog/stile-f... #TracksAndTrails
Guest blog: 5 fantastic stile-free routes you can reach by train - Scenic Rail Britain
Join The Ramblers as they share their insights around stile-free routes - highlighting five fantastic walks you can reach by train.
scenicrailbritain.com
October 17, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Looking for accessible walking routes that start from the station? Our latest guest blog by @ramblersgb.bsky.social highlights stile-free walks, perfect for wheelchair users, families with pushchairs, or anyone seeking a gentler path🌿
Read here: scenicrailbritain.com/blog/stile-f... #TracksAndTrails
Read here: scenicrailbritain.com/blog/stile-f... #TracksAndTrails
A distant Penyghent from an S&C train near Horton in Ribblesdale where they are putting in new lifts on 11 Oct 2025
October 17, 2025 at 3:56 PM
A distant Penyghent from an S&C train near Horton in Ribblesdale where they are putting in new lifts on 11 Oct 2025
#ThrowbackThursday at Willesden Junction with a Southern class 416 in 1989
October 16, 2025 at 7:07 AM
#ThrowbackThursday at Willesden Junction with a Southern class 416 in 1989
#ThrowbackThursday with a pair of Slippers passing St Peter's Tawstock on the Tarka Line in October 1990
October 16, 2025 at 6:43 AM
#ThrowbackThursday with a pair of Slippers passing St Peter's Tawstock on the Tarka Line in October 1990
Torrington station with a charter train back in 1981 showing the milk loading gantry and the UK fertiliser warehouse on the left.- image courtesy and © of railarchive.org.uk
October 6, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Torrington station with a charter train back in 1981 showing the milk loading gantry and the UK fertiliser warehouse on the left.- image courtesy and © of railarchive.org.uk
Class 40 on Freightliner leaving Manchester Exchange, about 1981 iirc.
October 6, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Class 40 on Freightliner leaving Manchester Exchange, about 1981 iirc.
A Northern class 158 from above Batty Moss Viaduct- one for #SettleCarlisleLine
September 29, 2025 at 3:23 PM
A Northern class 158 from above Batty Moss Viaduct- one for #SettleCarlisleLine
A work stained J72 Joem at Dunnington on the Derwent Valley Light Railway 1977
September 26, 2025 at 9:38 AM
A work stained J72 Joem at Dunnington on the Derwent Valley Light Railway 1977
#ThrowbackThursday 'Light work' with signalman Eric Prouse making an entry in the register in Barnstaple signal box November 1983
September 25, 2025 at 8:05 AM
#ThrowbackThursday 'Light work' with signalman Eric Prouse making an entry in the register in Barnstaple signal box November 1983
#ThrowbackThursday with the generations game at Your - choose your contraption of choice but you'll end up at the same destination!
September 25, 2025 at 8:01 AM
#ThrowbackThursday with the generations game at Your - choose your contraption of choice but you'll end up at the same destination!
67 001 amid the spoils of Blaenau Ffestiniog on 13 Aug 2013
September 22, 2025 at 7:32 AM
67 001 amid the spoils of Blaenau Ffestiniog on 13 Aug 2013
Class 47 096 carrying the unofficial name of 'Rook' as named by staff at Tinsley in November 1989. Seen approaching Barnstaple with just two BSK's June 1990 -
September 21, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Class 47 096 carrying the unofficial name of 'Rook' as named by staff at Tinsley in November 1989. Seen approaching Barnstaple with just two BSK's June 1990 -
A class 142 Skipper about to call at Lapford on route to Barnstaple in 1987
September 20, 2025 at 5:40 AM
A class 142 Skipper about to call at Lapford on route to Barnstaple in 1987
Lovely evening out for a stroll down to the village pub for a pint of cider and a pork pie
September 19, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Lovely evening out for a stroll down to the village pub for a pint of cider and a pork pie
A Scud passing Postwick Fields near Norwich on 19 June 2004
September 19, 2025 at 10:53 AM
A Scud passing Postwick Fields near Norwich on 19 June 2004
#ThrowbackThursday As Laira's P468 DMU departs from Barnstaple in 1983- note the GUV in the siding which carried the parcels and Newspapers down with the first train that morning
September 18, 2025 at 7:15 AM
#ThrowbackThursday As Laira's P468 DMU departs from Barnstaple in 1983- note the GUV in the siding which carried the parcels and Newspapers down with the first train that morning
A class 379 forms the 17.19 GN service from King's Cross to Peterborough is not to be moved while a grubby GN 313 departs for (according to the front and rear blinds) Moorgate and a DB 67 sits in the Thunderbird siding 02 Feb 2019
September 16, 2025 at 7:59 AM
A class 379 forms the 17.19 GN service from King's Cross to Peterborough is not to be moved while a grubby GN 313 departs for (according to the front and rear blinds) Moorgate and a DB 67 sits in the Thunderbird siding 02 Feb 2019
A walk down the Pier - Walton on Naze
September 16, 2025 at 7:01 AM
A walk down the Pier - Walton on Naze