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Retired rail vehicle testing engineer, railway author & modeller, apprentice signwriter & volunteer at the GCR All pics and opinions my own #RailVehicleTesting

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Stanier Mogul 13268 departing Quorn 5 Oct 2025 @GcrGreat
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Bahamas 45596 at Loughborough 3 Oct 2025 @GcrGreat
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Hello and welcome to our #QuornWagonandWagon news from the Autumn Steam Gala weekend. https://t.co/wZ0kys3GbB
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A few pics from a superb (if a little damp) day at the @GcrGreat Steam Gala, 3 Oct 2025
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Hello and welcome to two-weeks' of news from the team at Quorn. The Palshoc body has been united with its chassis and we continue to progress the tanks, although the weather continues to scupper our plans to apply paint! Read the update blog here:- https://t.co/WHYsChMDY6
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Standard 4 - 75078 being prepared for service at Haworth KWVR - 6 September 2025 It was great to meet a few of the @WorthValley volunteers during a very enjoyable couple of days at the railway last weekend.
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D8031 at Damems, with a Railway Children special on the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway, 6 Sep 2025 #Class20
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Sapper at Haverthwaite, Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway. 9 Sep 25 #Austerity #J94 #Haverthwaite
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Standard 2, 78022 at Keighley, 6 September 2025
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My favourite pic from a cracking weekend in Somerset - D7018 approaching Blue Anchor with the 16:40 Bishops Lydeard to Minehead, 31 August 2025 #WSR #Hymek
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D7017 approaching Blue Anchor with the 10:00 Minehead to Bishops Lydeard, 30 August 2025 #Hymek #WSR
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D7018 approaching Blue Anchor with the 16:40 Bishops Lydeard to Minehead, 30 August 2025 #Hymek #WSR
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D7017 approaching Blue Anchor with the 08:25 Bishops Lydeard to Blue Anchor, 30 August 2025 #WSR #Hymek
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#Staggy engine bay looking much better after a good clean up. #triumph #stag #classic
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This week at #quornwagonandwagon 1919 is complete and ready for an FTR and the barrels of 3606 and 3621 are ready for another coat of paint. Read our update blog here:- https://t.co/BkgHaIw1n9
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Something a bit different from 32 years ago. L771NAU was a brand new Permaquip-Volkswagen Road/Rail Personnel Carrier that we took from the RTC Derby to the Midland Railway Centre for acceptance test running, seen at Swanwick on 25 Aug 1993 #railvehicletesting #OTD
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D5370 on arrival at Quorn @GCRGreat this afternoon 23 Aug 25 #Class27
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#OnThisDay 38 years ago in the early hours, 08613 and 86259 at Crewe, 23 August 1987. #Crewe #Class08 #Class86 #shuntersaturday
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Austerity 68067 at Quorn 17 August 2025 @GcrGreat
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Hi all, welcome to a Railways at Work weekend update from the team at #quornwagonandwagon. Whilst some of the team supported the event, the rest continued with work on two of the tank wagons. https://t.co/Ykv7VbsXdD
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