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Vin Marsden Hendrick
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78% Nitrogen, 12% Doctor Who, 8% Railways, 2% Other gases.
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Porto has had a light rail system since 2002, the Metro, some of which runs underground in the centre. One line shares the upper deck of Eiffel’s Ponte Pia Maria with pedestrians, crossing the Douro. 2 new lines open soon. There are also vintage eléctrico lines and a fab tram museum. #TramTuesday
Flexity Swift light rail vehicle in the yellow and black livery of Porto Metro pulling into a station. A Socimi Eurotram in the yellow and black livery of Porto Metro crossing the Ponte Pia Maria, seen from the pedestrian walkway next to the track. The silhouette of two Socimi Eurotrams as they pass each other, crossing the Ponte Pia Maria in Porto, seen from a short distance away on the ground below. One of Porto’s heritage eléctricos, running along the turf covered track at the side of the river Douro.
December 16, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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I repost purely because it is one of my very favourite things from my time in comic books: Lottie and Claire on the @gurihiru.bsky.social variant cover for the 2020 series Wicked Things.
December 13, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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Re-posting with alt text because the post accompanying this is obviously wrong, it's clearly a picture of a woman on a Crosscountry train having found a place to sit on the floor and read, her coffee cup beside her, folks queuing for the loo behind her
Paddington The Magdalen Reading, c. 1435, oil on panel, fragment of altarpiece by Rogier van der Weyden, influential Flemish artist (c.1400-1464), pupil of Robert Campin, court painter to Duke of Burgundy. National Gallery London A woman in a glowing green dress and a white head dress is sitting on the floor leaning against a cabinet. She is delicately turning the page, beside her, on the floor is a small alabaster jar, presumably of ointment. In the background two figures are standing in blue and red robes, we can't see their heads, behind them a window looks out onto green fields.
December 12, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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In 2019 I travelled overnight by train from Lisbon to Bilbao. Since I had lots of time for my connection at Miranda de Ebro I took a 40 mile round trip to Vitoria-Gasteiz to check out the trams. Run by Euskotren Tranbia as in Bilbao, this system opened in 2008. #TramTuesday
A Euskotren Tranbia CAF Urbos 2 500 series tram in silver and green livery at a station in Vitoria-Gasteiz. A Euskotren Tranbia CAF Urbos 2 500 series tram in silver and green livery turning a corner on tracks overlaid with turf in Vitoria-Gasteiz. A Euskotren Tranbia CAF Urbos 2 500 series tram in silver and green livery passing by the Maria Immaculada cathedral in Vitoria-Gasteiz.
December 2, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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Reposting my Knives Out fanart since I enjoyed Wake Up Dead Man so much. ("A donut!")
Maria & Benoit Blanc from Knives Out
December 1, 2025 at 5:59 PM
vinmh.bsky.social
Bonn has a stadtbahn system that evolved from existing rail and train lines. This includes 2 lines from Cologne (16 and 18). There are also 2 (3 in peak) tram lines that survived from the original network. #TramTuesday
A Bombardier K5000 tram in grey livery with red trim in an underground station in Cologne forming the no 18 stadtbahn service to Bonn Hauptbahnhof. Duewag stadtbahn vehicle in silver livery with red cab ends at Bonn Hauptbahnhof U-bahn station Duewag tram in white and orange advertising livery with light green cab end at An Der Josefshöhe station in Bonn.
November 25, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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ON THIS DAY... 50 years ago, The Doctor Who Monster Book by Terrance Dicks was first published in large sized paperback by Target Books. Cover art by Chris Achilleos.

#DoctorWho
November 20, 2025 at 12:04 PM
vinmh.bsky.social
Crich Tramway Village is home to the National Tramway Museum. I’ve just posted pics of the trams that were operating on the day I visited here in 2019, but the depot and exhibition hall house dozens more. There’s a century’s worth of trams from all over the UK and abroad. It is ace. #TramTuesday
Glasgow Corporation tram no 22, from 1922, in orange and cream livery on the tracks in the autumn sunshine at Crich Tramway Village. It is a double-decked tramcar, with open air seating at the front and rear of the top deck. Blackpool tram no 762 on the tracks in the leaf-dappled shadow at Crich Tramway Village. This large double deck tram dates from 1982 and is in a purple livery featuring an advert for Blackpool’s Nickelodeon Land. A view of Blackpool tram no 236 from the top deck of Glasgow no 22 as they pass in the shade on the tracks at Crich Tramway Village. No 236 is a single deck open top tram in green and yellow liver
November 18, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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I've spent the last 3 years animating episode 1 of the Daleks' Master Plan for its 60th anniversary today! Yes, we had a slight technical hitch when I realised I'd uploaded the wrong version of the file, but we're good now!

And you might want to keep watching to the very end..

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Daleks' Master Plan - The Nightmare Begins Animation. Part 1
YouTube video by JanjyGiggins
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November 13, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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Just for laughs...
November 12, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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Today is the birthday of Don Newton (Nov. 12, 1934-Aug. 19, 1984), one of my favorite artists. He is pictured below in costume with Captain Marvel co-creator C.C. Beck.
Beck is holding Newton's right arm, and acting very impressed by his muscles. Four covers by Newton from The Phantom #69, The Comic Reader #186 featuring Captain Marvel, DC Comics Presents #54 featuring Superman & Green Arrow, and Avengers Annual #9.
November 12, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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The tramway in Valenciennes is a modern one, its first line opening in 2006 and its second in 2014. The line to Denain follows the former railway, and the line to Condé-sur-l’Escaut runs a single track in the centre of the road for most of its route, with passing loops at some stations. #TramTuesday
2 Alstom Citadis trams in silver grey livery passing each other at Valenciennes Gare tram stop. An Alstom Citadis tram in silver grey livery approaching Hotel de Ville stop in Valenciennes. An Alstom Citadis tram in silver grey livery departing from Hameau de Macou stop in Condé-sur-l’Escaut.
November 11, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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Charleroi’s big metro plans were never completed. Instead, a mix of tram & metro, the Métro Léger de Charleroi, opened its first section in 1976, building to a central loop in 2012 & a line to Gosselies in 2013. One line, built in the 80s but never opened, will finally arrive in 2027. #TramTuesday
A BN tram in white livery at Sud station (now Gare Centrale) in Charleroi. Two old trams of Tramways Electriques du Pays de Charleroi et Extensions - one of Charleroi’s former tram operators - on display at Beaux-Arts (now Palais) station. A mural depicting Les Tuniques Bleues - one of many depicting various Belgian comic strips - at Janson station. A BN tram in red and yellow livery waits at the station platform. The abandoned metro station at Chet. Even though part of the line it served was completed in the 80s, it was never opened. The line is now being renovated and is due to open in 2027 with this station renamed as Yernaux.
October 28, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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I bought a digital camera to take to Tokyo. Didn't fancy taking a load of film. At the last minute I also packed a compact film camera and two rolls. So far I've shot four rolls and have started leaving the digital at the hotel.
A Japanese launderette. The machines are either yellow or red, depending on the function. A bridge going over railway tracks. Lot of rusty metal. The bridge is a covered walkway. Underneath some Japanese characters, text in blue says 'Keisel Line'. A view of a tall tower in the Shinsekai area of Osaka. It looks above food shops. A fast food truck in the countryside on the outskirts of Kyoto.
October 22, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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Visited Berlin last week, the world’s 3rd biggest tram network. Mostly in the east, it kept running as services in the west, like most of Europe, ended. With the fall of the Wall and the 90s resurgence of light rail, the network was extended into the west, reaching Hauptbahnhof by 2014. #TramTuesday
A Flexity Berlin tram in yellow livery at the buffers beyond the terminus at S + U Warschauer Straße. Two Flexity Berlin trams in yellow livery at the stop next to Alexanderplatz station. A Flexity Berlin tram in yellow livery crossing Alexanderplatz with the Fernsehturm in the background.
October 14, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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good afternoon
October 12, 2025 at 3:07 PM
vinmh.bsky.social
I’m actually in Berlin atm, but today we popped to nearby Potsdam and checked out the trams there. Each vehicle is unidirectional, with doors only on the right-hand side and turning loops at each terminus. The system has run continuously since 1907. #TramTuesday
A Tatra KT4 tram and a Variotram, both in the green and white livery of the Potsdam tramway, waiting on the turning loop of the terminus at Rehbrücke. An orange liveried track maintenance vehicle, near the Alter Markt stop of the Potsdam Tramway. A green and white Variotram of the Potsdam tramway passing through the Nauener gate. Two green and white Tatta KT4 trams of the Potsdam Tramway passing each other near the Nauener gate.
October 7, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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Rani and the Master have tied the knot!
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Anjli Mohindra Wore A Custom Lehenga And Pre-Loved Jimmy Choos To Marry Fellow Actor Sacha Dhawan In Tuscany
The couple held a Hindu and a Western ceremony on the same day at their Tuscan wedding celebrations.
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October 7, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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Once, Belgium was criss-crossed with a tram network - the Vicinal - that connected its towns and cities. Eventually, only the lines within the cities themselves remained. The Musée du Tram Vicinal in Thuin commemorates its history with examples of steam, diesel and electric trams. #TramTuesday
Eugies type electric tram in cream livery at the Musée du Tram Vicinal in Thuin, Belgium. Nearby is a post from the old Thuin Ouest station, which previously stood on the location of the museum. Diesel tram ART 300 in cream livery, pulling a passenger trailer at the Musée du Tram Vicinal in Thuin, Belgium. Gorgeous PCC tram 10409 in cream and red livery at the Musée du Tram Vicinal in Thuin, Belgium. SE Type electric tram 9974 in cream livery at the Musée du Tram Vicinal in Thuin, Belgium.
September 30, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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Hey San Francisco! See you tonight at Golden Gate Theatre!
September 27, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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Kiki’s Delivery Service commission from a few years ago 🐈‍⬛ #ghibli #commission #miyazaki
September 14, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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The Summerlee Museum of Scottish Industrial Life in Coatbridge is based at the site of the Summerlee Victorian Iron Works, also formerly the Hydrocon Crane factory. Among displays of Lanarkshire’s industrial history there is a short working tram line and a selection of vintage vehicles. #TramTuesday
Düsseldorf tram 392 in cream livery at Summerlee Museum of Scottish Industrial Life in Coatbridge. Double decker open top Lanarkshire tram no 53 in green and cream livery in the shed at Summerlee Museum of Scottish Industrial Life in Coatbridge. Cream, yellow and maroon liveried Glasgow tram no 1017 outside the shed at Summerlee Museum of Scottish Industrial Life in Coatbridge.
September 9, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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Trams returned to the streets of Edinburgh in 2014, running from the city centre to the airport. In 2023, the line was extended in the opposite direction toward Leith. There are proposals for further lines, with a public consultation recently begun, but it’ll be a while yet. #TramTuesday
Two CAF Urbos trams in white and maroon livery passing each other at St Andrew Square station in Edinburgh. A CAF Urbos tram in white and maroon livery running on test at Haymarket station in Edinburgh. This pic was taken a few days before the trams came into service in 2014. The start date - 31 May - is advertised on one of the tram’s windows A section of a CAF Urbos Edinburgh tram in white and purple livery that has been converted into an information lounge outside Edinburgh Airport. A CAF Urbos tram in a purple and blue advertising livery at Edinburgh Gateway station.
September 2, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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Angers tramway opened in 2011. In 2019, we’d hoped to ride it to the Terra Botanica theme park, but engineering curtailed our trip to just a few stops. Since our visit, two more lines have opened. i like the ‘T’ logo atop the catenary pole. #TramTuesday
Citadis 302 tram in purple livery at Les Gares station in Angers. Citadis 302 tram in white livery with rainbow stripes at Foch Maison Bleue station in Angers.
August 26, 2025 at 8:39 PM