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Big moment! ‪@SouthWestCrossingsUK‬ ‪@BillsPhoneTeignmouth‬ ‪@MervynPartin‬

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(Tap/scroll as necessary) On the 9/6/25, I rode @londonnorthwesternrailway5002 ‪@londonnorthwesternrailway5164‬ Class 730/2 730213(+730233) from London Euston Platform 4 to Milton Keynes Central on the first ever "normal" passenger service, 1W51 1619 London Euston to Northampton! Was nice talking a little bit with Hugh from ‪@thetflthree‬ and ‪@Sim0nTrains‬ - I also acknowledge that ‪@matt_thetrainguy‬ ‪@MikeWillSee‬ ‪@SamsVlogstrainsmore‬ and others were on board 😊

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(Tap / scroll as necessary) 2019 vs. 2025 at Treherbert Platform 2! On the 19/6/19, we have ~1986 'Pacer' DMU 142075, after having worked the 1036 Cardiff Central to Treherbert. And on the 12/5/25, we have 2020s-built Stadler Citylink tram-train 398027 on afternoon testing/training from/to Taffs Well depot.

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(Tap / scroll as necessary) (16/4/25) spot: 398027 at Abercynon on 3Q03 1102 Aberdare to Stormstown Loop 👁️👁️ rides: 756114 at Aberdare on 1M34 (Aberdare-Cardiff Central), 231001 'Sultan' at Abercynon on 1M20 (Cardiff Central-Abercynon) and 197042 at Cardiff Central (0!) on 2B69 (Cardiff Central-Carmarthen)

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(Tap as necessary) 60163 'Tornado', the first steam locomotive on the Cambrian railway since 2010. ETCS testing during a possession in the early hours of the 8/4/25. Running round at Welshpool (Potters Recycling to the right) due to not going on to Newtown.

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(Tap as necessary) TfW Rail Class 197 no. 197124 at Birmingham New Street on 1I10 0722 Holyhead to Birmingham International on Monday the 17/2/25 - this was the first passenger use between Shrewsbury and Birmingham of #tfwrail #class197 ahead of them entering service on the Cambrian, later in 2025.

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‪@MrMaguiresTrains‬ this is below what I showed you last time - I recently saw a man in a lift do the gold-coloured painting!

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Photo 1: 756107 at Cardiff Central on the 15/11/24, while working 1A44 1538 Merthyr Tydfil to Aberdare (spot)

Photo 2: 756117 at Aberdare on the 19/11/24, in-between working 1A26 1108 Merthyr Tydfil to Aberdare and 1M36 1322 Aberdare to Merthyr Tydfil (rides Cardiff Central-Aberdare-Cardiff Central)

Photo 3: 756117 at Cardiff Central on the 19/11/24, while working 1M36 1322 Aberdare to Merthyr Tydfil (after the rides)

Photo 4: 197033 at Carmarthen on the 19/11/24, while working 1B67 1601 Cardiff Central to Fishguard Harbour (ride Llanelli-Carmarthen on the first "nicked" ETCS-fitted 197)

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(Tap as necessary) On the 12/9/24, 97302 'Rheilffyrdd Ffestiniog ac Eryri / Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railways' and 97304 'Rheilffordd Talyllyn Railway' with the 10-coach Cambrian Coast Express railtour (1Z67 0557 SWI-PWL) crossing Barmouth Bridge, before passing over its restored metallic spans.

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