Ed Fielden

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Former TV broadcast operator, now proudly part of the #RailwayFamily. Geek. Cotswolds raised. All views my own. He/him

Still image capture from the 1989 opening titles of the BBC TV show "Wogan" - a talk show hosted by Terry Wogan. The image consists of several alternating horizontal blue and green lines with a central stylised word "WOGAN" in bold, almost 1930s-style, pastel-shaded lettering.
Scale model of a Class 76 locomotive in front of the only preserved full-size example of the class at the National Railway Museum, York
A scale model of a Class 76 locomotive in the foreground, the three defunct portals of the Woodhead Tunnels in the background
Sheffield Supertram 106 in red, orange and blue colours arrives at Sheffield Station tram stop in lightly cloudy weather
66559 and Hawk wagons on 6F09 as ballast is unloaded in the T3 worksite. The sky is overcast with a tiny hole of blue above the train. The platforms of Filton station are overgrown with foliage 30 years after closure
A still frame from the film Clockwise (1986): John Cleese stands with a pained expression under the arched overall roof of Hull Paragon station as a train departs without him. The rear of a Mk1 Brake coach in BR Blue and Grey is the culprit. The side of the very front of a first-gen DMU is visible to the right of frame, and the side of what looks like another DMU is visible on a far platform to the left.
A small circular sign, about 3 inches in diameter, affixed to the side of a stone building. The sign looks worn but has a light blue background and white text reading “Waiting Prohibited on Even Dates”
A mass of ivy growth surrounds a partially uncovered square yellow sign with a black number ‘0’.
Ashley Down station - a wider view of the same photograph posted previously. Now as well as the platform and signal, also visible are parts of the footbridge structure either side of the two tracks
A station platform with tracks curving into the distance. Four people are waiting on the platform for their train. Beyond the end of the platform is a modern LED-type railway signal showing two yellow lights arranged vertically. It is Distant signal BL1594 on the Up Filton Relief at Ashley Down station
Railway tracks, paintwork and overhead line equipment stretch into the distance, the metals picked out by the giant nuclear reactor in the sky. The sky and light haze is tinted a deep shade of orange as the signal ahead remains resolutely at red and a GWR IET (802016, operating 1D05 06:00 Oxford to Paddington) breezes past up the Reading flyover to the right of frame, its tiny red tail lights shining dimly away
A side view of the front end of locomotive 66614 with Freightliner branding. Behind the locomotive is the station name board on Bristol Parkway platform 1 and overhead line structures
Class 59 locomotive 59005 in Aggregates Industries green, blue and silver livery sits in Day Aggregates Siding in Woking with a train of Mendip stone wagons being unloaded. The sky is distinctly grey and cloudy
Extract from Ordnance Survey 6 inch to 1 mile map showing a forested area named "Golden Cock" and a collection of buildings named "Splattenridden"
10 Class 66 locomotives in a siding. Bright sunshine and frost still on the tracks at almost 12pm, and a thin sheen of snow on the windscreens of the locomotive at the closer end of the train!
10 Class 66 locomotives - all coupled together - in the bright crisp morning sun with frost on the tracks of East Usk Yard in Newport
A shelf-mounted banner with a picture of a brown cocker spaniel. The text below the picture reads “How to enter Dogs at Dobbies”
Portion of National Rail Interactive Map showing the stations around London Paddington. A multitude of multi-coloured lines with inconsistent spacing and some smooth, some sharp curves on lines. Station labels also rather clumsily overlap other features in places
Interior of AC Cars Railbus no. W79978, showing refurbished red moquette bus-style seating
Cirencester Town station building, a three-storey narrow Cotswold stone building, behind some parked cars in what’s now known as the “Old Station Car Park”. Beside the station building, alongside the small stub of the original platform, sits a green AC Cars Railbus no. W79978 on loan from the Swindon & Cricklade Railway
25 Sep 18:16: Ed smiles as he walks down the platform alongside the Transport for Wales train that brought him to Manchester to complete the TOC Marathon
25 Sep 18:01: Transport for Wales black-liveried DVT 82201 leads the train into Stockport station. The sun is clearly getting low in the sky as long shadows are cast over the platform
25 Sep 16:36: TransPennine Express light blue, purple and white liveried 185116 leads the service in to Doncaster. Bright sunshine and fluffy clouds are in the sky
25 Sep 14:37: Northern's 158903 sports a special blue Railway 200 livery, "Celebrating 200 years of railways across the North" with images depicting infrastructure and trains through the past 200 years
25 Sep 12:39: Ed watches as the blue and white Northern train he had just stepped off departs Eaglescliffe. The new long grey footbridge being constructed at Eaglescliffe station hovers above
25 Sep 11:31: Ticket machines and information desk at Darlington station, adorned with red "Railway 200" flags
25 Sep 10:55: LNER's red and white liveried Azuma 801222 arrives at Newcastle platform 3 under the curved trainshed roof. Many passengers are waiting to board
25 Sep 09:01: Under the glass roof of Edinburgh Waverley, with sunlight reflecting off a glass wall of an interior building, Lumo's all-over light blue 803002 waits for departure
25 Sep 07:41: After a few hours sleep, Ed manages a half-smile as he walks through Glasgow Central station concourse, the departure boards and many waiting passengers in the background. A "Welcome to Glasgow" sign is displayed above the departure boards, declaring the city is "celebrating 850 years"
24 Sep 23:23: Locomotive 92028 in GBRf dark blue with orange highlights sits at the head of the Caledonian Sleeper train on platform 1 at Euston in the darkness
24 Sep 21:27: Avanti West Coast Pendolino 390107 in dark turquoise livery arrives at Birmingham International bound for London Euston, watched on by an Avanti member of staff and a few assembled passengers.
24 Sep 21:05: Ed about to board the maroon and silver CrossCountry train in the darkness of Birmingham New Street after a last-minute change of plan
24 Sep 20:40: Chiltern Railways 168001, the pioneer of the "Clubman" fleet in dark blue and white livery, arrives into Birmingham Moor Street in the darkness of the evening
24 Sep 20:18: West Midlands Railway's 172219 in orange and purple livery waits for departure time on platform 3 at Birmingham Snow Hill. It's going to Stratford-upon-Avon but I will only take it as far as Birmingham Moor Street.
24 Sep 18:24: London Northwestern Railway's 730212 in green and white livery arrives at Liverpool South Parkway.
24 Sep 17:58: One of Merseyrail's new Class 777 units waits at Liverpool Central with a service to Hunts Cross. The bright yellow livery and striking black front with wide "M"-shaped lights make these trains very distinctive indeed!
24 Sep 17:19: EMR's 158810 in the old red white and blue livery pulls in to Liverpool South Parkway, the sun beginning to get a little low in the sky. Behind, but not visible, is 158774 in the newer purple and white EMR livery at the rear of the train
24 Sep 16:57: Ed watches London Northwestern Railway 730235 in green and white livery arriving at Runcorn station
24 Sep 14:37: The rush at London Euston platform 6 as a large number of people board the 14:41 Avanti West Coast service to Liverpool Lime Street. It's a new Evero train, visible in blue colour behind the mass of people! The departure screen shows the train's calling points of Milton Keynes, Crewe, Runcorn and Liverpool Lime Street
24 Sep 14:06: Ed sits on West Ealing platform 4 as the Elizabeth line service to Abbey Wood pulls in. Bright sunshine is beating down and the purple roundel is prominent on the wall
24 Sep 13:41: GWR Turbo no. 165127 in dark green pulls into West Ealing bay platform ready to form the next Greenford service.
24 Sep 13:10: Departure board at Heathrow Central, showing next departures from the London-bound platform. First is a Heathrow Express to Paddington in 6 minutes, second is an Elizabeth line train in 10 minutes, to Abbey Wood calling at intermediate stations
24 Sep 12:32: View back on to the platform from northbound Bakerloo line train at Waterloo. The London Underground station roundel is prominent on the wall, and the "piano key" floor tiling points towards the "Mind the Gap" wording on the platform edge. Framing the image is the doorway of the underground train
24 Sep 12:13: South Western Railway unit 444008 arrives at Clapham Junction station platform 7, under the vintage footbridge to the Windsor line platforms. The dark blue train has only a yellow front and grey doors to make it stand out
24 Sep 11:59: Ed looks away from the camera to watch the Southern service to London Victoria arriving into platform 1 at East Croydon. It has a yellow front and green and white livery.
24 Sep 11:29: Ed stands in front of the Gatwick Airport station sign as behind him the train he has just stepped off waits to depart for Brighton. The rich red colour of the train makes it stand out, and makes Ed's red t-shirt look rather dull by comparison!
24 Sep 10:44: A Circle line train arrives into Embankment station heading westbound. The red front of the train is the most colourful thing in the photograph, with the grey platform and walls as the backdrop. Several people are waiting and the departure board hangs overhead with departures imminent, in 1 min to Ealing Broadway, and in 3 mins to Wimbledon
24 Sep 10:22: A Jubilee line train sweeps into Canada Water heading westbound. The waiting passengers are lining up beside the platform screen doors waiting to board. Above their heads is the departure screen showing the next two trains are heading to Stanmore - one imminent and one in 3 mins. The decor is brushed metal and glass and the lighting is rather harsh
24 Sep 10:07: DLR unit 37 in red and blue livery arrives into Limehouse heading towards Bank, as Ed smiles on from the edge of frame, happy to have arrived on the platform himself just that very second!
24 Sep 09:54: A POV from the GoPro attached to Ed's chest showing Jubilee line platform 14 at Stratford station. Top-left is the departure board showing the next departure to Wembley Park with no timing, indicating departure is imminent, and on the right is the train formed of 1996 stock which I am about to board
24 Sep 09:42: A Greater Anglia Class 720 with a "Stratford" destination display sweeps in to platform 2 at Tottenham Hale as this image shows my POV looking at the departure boards hoping for some luck!
24 Sep 09:21: The Greater Anglia liveried 745103 arrives into Liverpool Street station platform 6 on its inward working, to form the 1B38 Stansted Express service back out after a quick turnround. A crowd of people are already walking along the platform ready to board. In this part of the station daylight streams through the ornate trainshed roof
24 Sep 08:37: Ed holding up an Anytime Day Travelcard (Zones 1-6) dated for 24 Sep 2025, walking through the concourse of Kings Cross St Pancras Underground station
24th September 05:47 BST: Ed stands wearing a red shirt in front of blue, yellow and grey liveried Eurostar e300 number 373220 under the roof and dim lighting of Paris Gare du Nord platform 3.
The crowd assembled below watch as the replica of Locomotion No1 and its rake of coal wagons and passenger vehicle “Experiment” cross the Skerne Bridge
A teddy bear with a “Railway 200” jumper watches on as the replica of Locomotion No 1 passes by leaving Shildon past the old coal loading structures
Transport for Wales DVT and trainer in black livery arriving at Stockport
Two for the price of one! Two Hull Trains services going in opposite directions arriving at Selby in bright sunshine
Ed holding a phone with a timer reading 33 hours and 1 second, standing in a train vestibule by the doors
Ed holding up a phone showing a timer at 30 hours and 1 second, in front of Darlington station interior and a banner celebrating the 200th anniversary of the Stockton & Darlington Railway