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@photosontheroad.bsky.social Oct 16, 2026, 5:24 AM

Keeping History on Track

Behind every historic steam journey lies hard physical work. Here, the dedicated crew of the Mocănița narrow-gauge railway is manually maintaining and aligning the wooden tracks.

#SteamTrain #NarrowGauge #HeritageRailway #Trainspotting #RailHistory #photography
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A vertical photograph of a historic black steam locomotive—a Mocănița forest train—releasing a plume of white steam into a dense green forest. In the foreground, a crew of five men are actively maintaining the narrow-gauge railway tracks, using pickaxes, shovels, and metal bars to adjust the wooden sleepers and gravel ballast. A vintage passenger carriage sits on the left, and a white draisine is parked on the right.

@networkrail.bsky.social Oct 14, 2026, 4:02 PM

🎉 Happy birthday London King's Cross!

#OnThisDay in 1852 the Great Northern Railway’s permanent King’s Cross station opened to passengers. The temporary station had been at Maiden Lane (now York Way):

👉 https://bit.ly/4dxOrf9

#RailHistory #RailHeritage

@ltmuseumfriends.bsky.social Sep 29, 2026, 9:01 AM

Join Dick Fearn as he shares stories from his 50+ years in the railway industry, from British Rail and Network Rail to leading Irish Rail as CEO.

📅 Tue 6 Oct, 14:00, Parker Morris Hall, Abbey Centre.

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#Railways #RailHistory #Transport

@quartzmedia.bsky.social Sep 23, 2026, 9:25 AM

The 10 best U.S. destinations where train history is still alive #TrainTravel #RailHistory

@networkrail.bsky.social Sep 17, 2026, 3:18 PM

🎥 🍿Last year we shared how the UK’s last remaining cinema carriage had been lovingly restored.

It would host its first screening in 37 years for a special #Railway200 celebration.

Read how volunteers saved the mobile cinema:

👉 https://bit.ly/4h0918E

#Cinema #RailHistory #ThrowbackThursday

The interior of the old cinema carriage.

Attendees sitting in the seats of the cinema carriage at its launch in 1975. Alan Willmott is third row back on the right.

The cinema carriage in Stranraer Scotland in the 1970s.

Steve Foxon and father Rob Foxon in the cinema coach.

@lahistory.bsky.social Sep 6, 2026, 4:11 PM

“'Chinese workers made 80% of the Central Pacific Railroad, the western leg of the #TranscontinentalRailroad, along with many others. Chinese were not the exclusive workers,' [Eugene Moy] said, and mentioned the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act..." #railhistory #railroads signalscv.com/2026/09/scv-...