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[handdrawnhistory]

The First Railwaywomen: Women Roles in WW1

In WW1, women played a crucial role in operating the railways. This video tells their empowering story of overcoming challenges and making history. Discover the roles of women in WW1 and watch the full video here:

[gripen-sys]

daily train! I LOVE THE CLASS 465 SM

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[happygiftideas]

(via Vintage British Rail Class Emu 313 Train - Train Spotters - Railway Geeks Long Sleeve T-Shirt by bestawesome)

[greateasternj69]

Here is the first in a series of concept art for the first episode of Tale from the Tarmingham Overhead of the one of the scenes that'll be featured in the episode.

 It is January of 1970 and having arrived yesterday from their home in Devon on a five year loan to the Overhead in the city of Tarmingham to help out with the motive power shortage on the railway. Danwood and Sanworth the Class 101 DMU's are soon to be recoupled together ready for a trial run along the Walaceton Line to Walaceton in Suffolk, to see if they would perform well on that service to allow Gareth to be moved on to another service and other duties on the railway.

 While they were being prepared the other engines left to start their work, while the last engine to leave the shed who was a regular guest to the engines of the Overhead, was a Class 37 called Andrew who usually worked the top expresses out of Tarmingham down to London Liverpool Street on the Great Eastern Mainline, along with stopping services between there and Norwich. He was heading out to take an express down to London, when he began brooding to himself about something. Danwood having noticed this asked Andrew if he was alright. Andrew told him rudely that it was none of his business and lied to him that he was fine, to which Danwood didn't take lightly to and told Andrew that he wasn't going to fall for a lie that he used to cover up what was on his mind.

 Knowing that he wasn't going to hide his thoughts with a lie to one of the engines who worked for the same operator as him. Andrew give in as soon as the turntable stopped moving. In a grouchy tone, he told him and Sanworth that after what the other engines told them about the current state of the Overhead and how they believed that the railway was probably in it's final day's of existence. He stated that life was not simple or an idealist utopia that their kind was led to believe in the first place, and believed that BR and the humans in charge, had failed to prevent the discrimination brought upon them by their steam breathing predecessors and that their modernisation plan had been nothing but a costly failure, that was only done for the sack of the government tax payers to continue running BR into the ground, and that Alistair was no different to BR's management. Seeing as he was once a CEO of an American road construction firm, which was so happened to be working with him and through manipulation sent the Overhead into the state it found itself in for fourteen years.

 Andrew started by expressing his distrust for steam engines, as he believed that they brought discrimination against him and other diesels because they feared them and let their belief that steam traction was still superior than diesel power blind them to the point of extremism and near oppression of their kind. Which was a huge shocker for Danwood and Sanworth having worked with a steam engine themselves on their branch line back home before he was withdrawn and scrapped, and wasn't like the ones Andrew had described. Andrew told them that he was one of the few who didn't side with his prejudice peers, seeing those who were like him as the only ones whoever seemed to got along with diesels. Despite this he believed it still didn't justify their peers actions that were brought against them and they did nothing to prevent their suffering.

 This hate was made even more so by the organisation who fought for steam to remain the dominate motive power on the railways, the British Steam Locomotive Liberation Front, who under the leadership a manipulative human being lead a futile campaign in an attempt to prevent diesel's and electrics from replacing steam locomotives in their entirety in favour of some unachievable aim to have steam turbine engines be the next phase of locomotive traction. Through strike action outside stations and small damaging accidents that disrupted the system, they committed to more discriminatory actions towards their successors to that of hate crimes committed towards people of colour.

 This treatment by steam engines eventually reached a boiling point where the Liberation abandoned their role of fighting for the rights of steam locomotives and the members including several engines turned into steam power extremists hell-bent on resorting to violent acts in an attempt to destroy their species to extinction and to force BR into ending the dieselisation program. Andrew then said that the steam locomotives and their terror group eventually got their comeuppance by the end of their time on the railways two years back, when those who were members were finally arrested for their crimes. But because of the abuse that he experienced during that period with some engines and because of what they did, Andrew treated all steam locomotives with deep distrust and suspicion, and was lead to cynicism that they only cared about themselves than the lives of other motive power round them, and that view would probably never change for him.

 He took this further in his next point, and that they were also responsible for the death of his favourite sister Olivia. Who was brutally murdered along with some other engines in a horrific shed explosion in 1965 at the hands of the liberation parking fuel tankers in the shed and setting them alight. He was of course there at the time outside the shed and he had to watch in horror and helplessness as he tearfully watched his sister burn to death right before his very eyes. Even to that day Andrew could still see that gruesome image flying around in his mind of his sisters death, and it was a scar he believed would never heal. Therefore he blamed the steam engines involved in the incident and the liberation for taking Olivia away from him, and he also stated that he also blamed BR for doing nothing to prevent her and the other diesels from being burned to death at the hands of them. Feeling his loss Danwood and Sanworth could only symphysis with him, but said nothing as Andrew continued. He also felt that other diesels who had lost siblings to the liberation had also been let down by BR and had to deal with years of loss a deep never-ending one.

 Finally Andrew brought up the leader of the Diesel and Electric locomotives and the assistant to BR's management himself, Lord Edward. Who Andrew saw as an ideological, capitalistic, patronising and deceitful liar who only cared about fulling their kinds minds with nothing but lies about how BR's modernisation was a success and that dieselisation was the way of the future. When he failed to see that BR was not this private company that run for the sack of improving services through profit, and was instead a government funded enterprise that rallied on tax payer money from the public in order to survive. Something that he believed the government had been downplaying for years, as Lord Edward was actually running the services and the modernisation program into the ground to where Andrew saw it as a massive failure, as the network was now in a trouble state outside the mainline and London routes as most of the rural lines had simply been left to rot with most of their services having been cut and the trains were running late, tracks deteriorated, and rolling stock being old and outdated. To where the public saw the system as being more of a joke now, than one that Lord Edward could show off in that stuck up brain of lies of his.

 Andrew then went onto what he considered the worse thing about Lord Edward, his constant lies towards diesels that they were the future of locomotive traction on the railways. Which he blamed for further incinerating the violence brought upon them by the steam engines and the liberation. As it was the enforcement of this belief that lead to his followers and other diesels to be aggressive towards steam locomotives that lead them to have massive resentment towards them. Andrew told the two DMU's that he saw it as propaganda to create unrest and ingrain supremacist views towards steam engines into their minds without considering the fact that maybe one day they too would be seen as obsolete as their predecessors, due to him having seen diesels of failed designs being scrapped, which helped him realise that in truth they weren't superior as Lord Edward had lead most to believe. Andrew also saw with his own eyes that as Edwards followers continued to believe his lies and show supremacy towards steam locomotives, their discontent with them continued to rise, to when the liberation would eventually turn to extremism and commit many of the acts that he mentioned earlier. Many who had come to fear them thought that Lord Edward and BR themselves would be their saviours who would protect them from the threats of the liberation.

 However even that was a lie that he could see, as what did Lord Edward do when the threat arise. Andrew told Danwood and Sanworth that Lord Edward and BR did absolutely nothing to prevent further suffering of those he was meant to represent, as he and the management spent most of that time focusing on their pointless modernisation plan and Edward focusing mostly on making BR profitable, increasing dieselisation and reducing services despite the safety of passengers, stuff and engines being at risk from the liberations threats being aimed at him and BR. Proving that Lord Edward was an engine who didn't care about the safety of others around him when it came to crimes being committed by the liberation, and was lying to make himself look good in front of his followers so that they wouldn't acknowledge what was happening behind their cabs. While BR eventually did realise the situation in the end and got the British Transport Police involved in the end to take the liberation down. The loss of innocent lives and the discrimination from steam engines though Lord Edwards incompetence of not being there for his fellow diesels including Olivia to Andrew was unforgivable and BR was no better as far as he was concerned. He told Danwood and Sanworth that since then he showed a strong resentment towards Lord Edward and the displeasure of working under a publicly run railway system who couldn't careless about modernising and improving standards, showing safety to their engines in times of crisis and were responsible for the downfall the entire British Railway network in not only his eyes, but also the publics eyes who saw them as being a no good unreliable service to the British people.

 After expressing his long discontent with the state of BR, the abuse he received from the steam engines, his loss and distrust of them and Lord Edward to Danwood and Sanworth in his harsh terms. Andrew told the two that even the Overhead wouldn't survive for much longer and that their time on it would probably be short lived, as Mr Ruleton himself was hopeless of the situation his railway was in with Alistair in charge as mayor, and that it would be Alistair's fault for why the railway fell. If even they somehow manage to vote him out, the railway would never be able to bounce back from it's financial crisis and would be forced into receivership, as the damage would've already have been done. Him finally saying "No publicly owned railway is ever the best." before heading off to take his train, little knowing the two DMU brothers would soon prove him wrong about the Overheads survival.

 Danwood, Sanworth, Andrew, Tarmingham Overhead and other characters © Great Eastern J69

[vox-anglosphere]

The Ribblehead Viaduct treats passengers to a quarter mile of beauty

[standarddesigns]

In my Royal Society Christmas Lecture I will argue that THIS is the real reason why ducks fly. #ducks #britishrail #transport #railway #railroad #wildfowl #rspb #sign #signage #vintagesigns #typography #deaign #graphicdesign #poster #posterdesign https://www.instagram.com/p/CVBekxfgHSB/?utm_medium=tumblr

[mrtrainporn]

One from yesterday sees #Freightliner #Class66 519 at #Basingstoke #TrainPorn #trainsofinstagram #britishrail #railway #instatrain #ukrailways #railwayphotography #train_nerds #trainsstagram #kings_alltags #eisenbahnfotografie #train_chasers #eisenbahnbilder #railways_de #trainphotographics #ukrailscene #tpeuk #splendid_transport #seruntulan #ukrenthusiasts #trains_gb #trainspottingpictures #britishrailphotography (at Basingstoke railway station) https://www.instagram.com/p/CRRUpFErLDQ/?utm_medium=tumblr

[forestpines]

I suspect this is an old British Rail sign, but it's been completely painted over #bristol #easton #britishrail #railway https://www.instagram.com/p/CKKkPcEH0Hn/?igshid=pjdeyhbfply0

[swallowequipments]

＊British Rail Foul Weather Parka with Removable Quilted Liner -------------------------- 各種お問い合わせは下記メールアドレスにお願いいたします。 ✉︎swallowequipments@gmail.com 返答にお時間を頂く場合がございます。 また、お取り置きはお断りしております。 予めご了承下さいませ。 . #swallow #swallowequipments #代々木上原#駒場東大前#東北沢#ヴィンテージ#古着#アンティーク#britishrail #イギリス国鉄 #foulweatherjacket (Swallow Equipments) https://www.instagram.com/p/CIcHMwzhP3c/?igshid=1k8qbjn95otbr

[bestbitterplease]

So long Leon Redbone, I liked you very much. I went to see you perform in the tiny Welsh town of Brecon in the early 90s, so brilliant and so incongruous; a jazz musician playing tin pan ally tunes born in Cyprus. I have your albums and I’ve found myself singing the tunes to myself often. Thank you, and you always wore the moustache better than Frank Zappa. #leonredbone #frankzappa #tinpanalley #ragtime #jazz #jazzguitar #panamahat #moustache #relax #britishrail #obituary #johnnycarson #nbc #saturdaynightlive #zooeydeschanel #babyitscoldoutside @zooeydeschanel #vaudeville #frostythesnowman #mrbelvedere #harryandthehendersons @budweiser #kenlration #onthetrack #champagnecharlie #flyinghome #warnerbros @warnerbrosentertainment #tinpanalley @visitbreconbeacons #breconjazzfestival #wales @visitwales #1990s https://www.instagram.com/p/ByGeeOUnIFu/?igshid=5g8lwlh6j20y

[handdrawnhistory]

Want to understand the nationalisation of British railways? This video clearly explains the history. Discover why the government took over the railways from private companies and created British Railways. Check out the full video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTrwr8Mzuig

[galleryantiques]

For sale #Vintage #Photographic Slide of Steam Engine Oliver Cromwell 70013 7cm British Railway Trains c.1970s #etsy #vintageslide #steamengine #britishrail #olivercromwell #Vintagetrain #locomotive https://etsy.me/3oq7Fcw (at Gallery Antiques) https://www.instagram.com/p/CgW2qavoDs_/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[happygiftideas]

(via British Rail Intercity Sleeper - Glory Days - British Railway Nostalgia Essential T-Shirt by bestawesome)

[mjalford98]

A bit late to the party, but better late than never... Saturday 14 May saw the last day of operations by Southern using the Class 455, an electric multiple unit built between 1982 & 1985 for inner suburban services south of London. To mark the occasion, Southern organised a farewell charity tour joined by over 500 enthusiasts, the tour raised £25,000 for mental health charity MIND, a fitting tribute to these classic trains. The Southern units are now awaiting their meeting with the scrap merchants, but this isn't entirely the end of the class, as several remain in operation with South Western Railway. What really attracted me to the Southern units was their slightly different cab design, an alteration carried out by Southern in removing the gangways offering access between coupled sets to install air conditioning for the driver's cab. Wanting to get some photos of the Southern units before they hit the chopping block, I headed to Clapham Junction to see units from both operators passing through, before transferring to Victoria to see the end of the tour. I'm not old enough to be particularly nostalgic about these 1980s units, neither do I particularly dislike a lot of the modern stock for what it is, but the enthusiast in me has a real soft spot for the classic, rugged utilitarianism of these trains, and I am sad to see them go. One of the difficulties of the preservation of this generation of trains is that it certainly doesn't have the same appeal as steam or early diesel/electric traction. That being said, the dwindling numbers of 80s era stock still have examples of many classes either in operation or at least some form of preservation. Long may that continue... #throwbackthursday #thursdaythoughts #uk_railfeatures #railways_of_our_world #trb_express #featurefriday #ukrailscene #class455 #metromarauder #railtour #emu #southern #southwesternrailway #classictrains #railenthusiast #fridayfacts #gb_rail_features #historyinthemaking #britishrail #wearerailfans (at London, Unιted Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/CeCheNXjP7y/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[transformgraphics]

The redeveloped #manchester #victoriastation #metrolink #unitedkingdom #britishrail (at Manchester, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cd-qJ4FB3DI/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[cdnzine]

As the twin towers of Cherry Orchard Rd grow closer to completion my anticipation of the full completion of 'bridge to nowhere' as some call it grows. . When complete this bridge will not only allow access to the platforms but a through route to Cherry Orchard Rd without having to tap in and out once the 2nd phase of the @redrowhomes development is complete. . #vista #skyline #tfl #southern #southernrail #eastcroydoncool #croydonist #timeoutlondon #maybeLDNer #LondonLive #londonist #boxpark #stormzy #yourcroydon #yourcroydonpics #croydonshared #eastcroydonstation #nationrail #britishrail #croydon #london #uk #aauk #ruskinsquare #skyscraper (at Platform, Ruskin Square) https://www.instagram.com/p/CZbApALo7yd/?utm_medium=tumblr