Earl of Berkeley

Of a Kingdom of Earls, Dukes, Kings, and Castles in copper crowns and brass bonnets. All content credited to their original owners. Sister blog to express-liner.tumblr.com

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80086 Ewood bridge por Nigel Por Flickr: April 2009 and the standard tank was renumbered as 80086 a once based Bury loco, with the blue and Greys with one maroon , late crest loco a late 60s recreation ?

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Flying Scotsman por John Blair Por Flickr: Crossing the Forth Bridge. Very poor light at about 9.30pm on Friday. www.johnblair.co.uk/

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6233 Duchess of Sutherland at Worcester Shrub Hill por f22photographie Por Flickr: 6233 Duchess of Sutherland on manoeuvres at Worcester Shrub Hill Railway Station before returning with Railway Touring Company’s charter train back to Norwich - running as ‘1Z 49’.

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The Torbay Express por Graham Hutton Por Flickr: Southern Railway Bulleid Light Pacific ‘Battle of Britain’ class No. 34067 'Tangmere’ storms along the Dawlish sea wall, at Marine Parade, just before entering Kennaway Tunnel with a 'Torbay Express’ special from the 2008 mainline steam season. 21st September 2008

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7029 Hatton North 21-02-2019 por Rob Hodgkins Por Flickr: Castle class 7029 Clun Castle Hatton North Junction 21-02-2019

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61994 “The Great Marquess” with the Great Britain VI railtour. por BRIAN PLAYFAIR Por Flickr: 61994 is seen south of The Horseshoe Curve heading for Crianlarich for the scheduled water stop.

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York 22nd April 1973 por loose_grip_99 Por Flickr: At York LNER A4 4-6-2 4498 Sir Nigel Gresley lays down a smokescreen as it departs the sharply curved platform for Scarborough with Train A of the City of York Steam Festival running directly via Malton. Train B behind 60019 Bittern ran via Hull. Track rationalisation was ongoing in 1973 & the former goods lines that ran around the back of the station to the west and their direct connection with the Scarborough line were being removed. The partially removed pointwork is seen in the foreground of this shot.

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National Train Day, 2026 por James Belmont Por Flickr: Happy “National Train Day” to all who celebrate.

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Middleton Railway Leeds 4th May 2026 por loose_grip_99 Por Flickr: Another shot from my first visit to the first ever railway to require an Act of Parliament to build it in 1758 and the first railway to successfully use steam locomotives in 1812. The Middleton Railway is the world’s oldest continuously working railway and has been worked by volunteers since 1960. It was originally a colliery railway carrying coal to staithes on the river Aire. Now it is a 1 mile heritage line and today Hunslet 0-6-0ST Brookes No 1 was in charge of the 3 coach train, seen here departing from the northern terminus.

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May Day, 2026 por James Belmont Por Flickr: With 10,689 ft. Loafer Mountain of the Wasatch Range as a backdrop, RMRX 8021 leads the Canyon Spirit luxury cruise train east through Rio, Utah on Union Pacific’s Provo Subdivision. The 8021 has an interesting history for common freight locomotive. It began life as a 3000 HP GP40, built by EMD in January 1967 for the Seaboard Air Line as SAL 638. After a series of railroad mergers, it would become Seaboard Coast Line 1553, Seaboard System 6708, and Chessie System 6708. It would enter a lease feet becoming Helm Leasing 4001, and sold to a short line operator as Indiana & Ohio Railway 4023. The humble rebuilt GP40-3 began its current assignment when acquired by the Rocky Mountaineer folks, becoming RMRX 8021. Credit to Schon Norris for 8021’s ancestry.

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Rumbling through the canyon por Mike Danneman Por Flickr: A Montana Rail Link ballast train rumbles through scenic Jefferson River Canyon between Sappington and Whitehall, Montana, on June 26, 2019. Led by SD45 No. 346, the train running on MRL’s Fifth Subdivision and is headed for loading at the pit west of Pipestone on the Spire Rock Industrial Track.

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Swanley Kent 15th May 2026 por loose_grip_99 Por Flickr: The Belmond Pullman regularly runs from London Victoria to London Victoria via Dover. Today we happened to be in the area so made a detour to Swanley station to grab a few shots of Bulleid Merchant Navy pacific 35028 Clan Line heading east. In full sunlight Clan Line is in Golden Arrow regalia with whistle blowing at 11.47 running 4 minutes down. Seen at the Greatest Gathering in Derby in August 2025 but the last time I actually saw her running on the main line was in 1977! Obviously mainline steam has become very commonplace these days because there was no-one else here taking photos of this fine sight.

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Brightening Things Up a Bit por Don Kalkman Por Flickr: GO Transit MPI MP54AC 674 was pushing its way out of the Appleby GO station on a rainy afternoon in Ontario.

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Surprise Standard por Andrew Harrison Por Flickr: 80097 BR Standard Class 4 2-6-4T @ Lumb, East Lancashire Railway on Sunday 12th May 2019. A welcome if unexpected appearance by the Riddles designed machine, as I had been anticipating a different locomotive to come round the bend on this train.

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North Yorkshire Moors Railway por David Spencer Por Flickr: Grosmont Station

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Weedsport Wednesday por Brian D Plant Por Flickr: The CSX office car train made a visit to New York State following this year’s Kentucky Derby. P001 is about to pass underneath Oakland Road on its way to Selkirk.

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The J at Webster por Billy Hager Por Flickr: Eastbound excursion from Roanoke to Lynchburg passes under the CPL signal at Webster on their way up the Blue Ridge