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
Northern and Eastern Railway, Hertford and Ware branch Notice to Treat 1843 courtesy railarchive.org.uk
November 6, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Northern and Eastern Railway, Hertford and Ware branch Notice to Treat 1843 courtesy railarchive.org.uk
and from my collection dated 1879...
November 6, 2025 at 7:55 AM
and from my collection dated 1879...
A Bridge too Far...
October 30, 2025 at 5:31 PM
A Bridge too Far...
A class 25 runs round the fuel tanks at Aberystwyth about 1984
October 30, 2025 at 9:20 AM
A class 25 runs round the fuel tanks at Aberystwyth about 1984
I'm 6' plus and getting in and out was a challenge
October 28, 2025 at 10:30 AM
I'm 6' plus and getting in and out was a challenge
an a contribution from the collection...
October 21, 2025 at 6:19 AM
an a contribution from the collection...
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
Made is Staffordshire?
October 18, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Made is Staffordshire?
Nice cafe there but rarely open. A quick nip up to Penyghent and back to find it open😃
October 18, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Nice cafe there but rarely open. A quick nip up to Penyghent and back to find it open😃
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
and something else from the collection...
September 21, 2025 at 5:22 PM
and something else from the collection...