Tim Dunn
@MrTimDunn
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Historian, geographer, team #Railway200. Presenter @UKTV #TheArchitectureTheRailwaysBuilt & #SecretsOfTheLondonUnderground, Trainspotter &🏳️🌈. Own views, obv
London, UK
Joined February 2011
I have been asked an interesting question. Why does London’s Moorgate tube station have a mix of “traditional” bar-and-Circle roundels. and weird diamonds? Well. (1/6)
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Finally got my hands on the new edition of @JoeBrownLondon’s Rail Atlas today! Drawn & researched meticulously (just like the London version) it’s the whole Britain & Ireland, with general locs of all stations & lines. Essential for any journey🤓👌
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Bitcoin’s on fire at $112K! Time to flip the charts on BTCC!.Exploring Cryptocurrency with Jaren Jackson Jr.🏀.
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(The railway group is all volunteers, who work with the ace heritage & culture teams at @ELCouncil. Inc one of @LNER's finest Azuma drivers, @1701aStarship. They're working to restore this smashing line as a museum again with brakevan rides, even better than it used to be).
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A little industrial railway in East Lothian is coming back to life. My friends at Prestongrange Railway Society @PG_Museum are doing OPEN DOORS (static display) day showing off their ace vast new shed, loco restorations, and operating plans. Sat 27 Sept!
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What it was like aboard @GWRHelp's record-breaking battery train as we zipped around @networkrailwest at night last week? A 200 mile endurance feat and a lot of fun. Online & in next week's @RAIL magazine: (free to register & read)
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Thank you - all 400 of you - who gave us your time so generously tonight to experience the #Railway200 film night at @BFI Southbank. The sight & sound of a packed National Film Theatre 1 watching the Titfield Thunderbolt crescendo together will stay with me & @FoxOnFilms forever.
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RT @PaulClifton_: I had no idea this railway existed. How absolutely wonderful.
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The 'last agricultural railway in the UK', which turns 100 this year, has recently fallen out of use.
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RT @BobGwynne: My ‘Snow White to Stephenson - the pre history of railways’ gets an outing next week 9 Sept. 2.30 Tempest Anderson Hall, Yor….
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MAJOR ENDORSEMENT!.Barack Obama (My friend Reggie Brown) — the best Obama impersonator in America — just endorsed my campaign for U.S. Congress. If Reggie says “Yes We Can,” you'd better believe it! 🇺🇸 Donate below to make sure we flip this critical swing district in 2026!.
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The only steam locomotives to officially wear British Rail corporate blue and double arrow logo were on the Vale of Rheidol Railway until 1982: one is going back in blue from October 😍
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BR Blue is back: on Vale of Rheidol!.I'm now allowed to share news that No.9 will be at the railway's Oct gala in BR corporate livery, last seen 1982. As part of BR, its Class 98 tank locos had modern branding: this lined variant with cab double arrows is in Aberystwyth works rn
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RT @networkrail: An especially inspiring woman this #FreightFriday! 🎥 . @MrTimDunn met a trailblazer at this month's #TheGreatestGathering….
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Last chance to book on tomorrow night’s @BFI @railway200 film night hosted by me & @FoxOnFilms! It’s far more than BFI has online: we are screening some British Transport Films classics (Night Mail etc), movie clips, a 1980s BR promo digitised especially for the night, & more
It's film night at the BFI next week and an opportunity to discover how railways and cinema have evolved side by side. The BFI is screening rail films at the Southbank on 2 September showcase the British Film Institute's, variety of rail-related films available to watch. Which
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37703 v recently overhauled & outshopped in BR Railfreight Coal Sector - on the 10pm Kingswear to Paignton last night - looking & sounding fantastic. A credit to Seb, BD, Charles & all DSR staff involved in its refurb: (I had to attempt some 1980s Railfreight rebrand style shots)
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RT @railway200: It's film night at the BFI next week and an opportunity to discover how railways and cinema have evolved side by side. Th….
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RT @networkrail: 🎉 Happy 185th birthday to Bristol Temple Meads - Brunel's stunning terminus for his Great Western Railway!. The Tudor-styl….
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RT @TrainspottingGB: Here is @heather_waugh on her final turn with @RailFreight as Scotland’s only female freight driver!. Hopefully you’ve….
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RT @RWLDproject: THIS SATURDAY!. Join us at Didcot Railway Centre for a walking tour exploring the site's railway staff, through their acci….
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Yesterday, @TowerBridge lifted to let the @sagafarmann Viking longboat through, ending its epic voyage across Europe. So I went up to the glass-floor walkway to watch it…
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Neat book marketing idea from @BloomsburyBooks on Snowsfields/Bermondsey Street - A3 size tear-off recipe sheets for Matthew Ryle’s new #frenchclassics cook book
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It’s a bendy-bendy-bus*!.* ᵗ ᵉᶜʰⁿᶦᶜᵃˡ ᵗᵉʳᵐ
Solaris will supply 180 electric buses to Malmö by 2027 in one of its largest Swedish orders, supporting the city’s public transport electrification. The fleet includes buses from 12 to 24m and strengthens Solaris’ role in Scandinavia’s green transition.
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RT @MrTimDunn: @networkrail @GBRailfreight @greatestgather @Alstom To follow Bessie, she’s @bessbbe here and on insta!.
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