driverbod

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Trains, trams, transport. #gadgetbahn fan. Can we rewind to 2015 and try again? 🏳️‍🌈🌈🇪🇺, cycle commuter, ❤️🇨🇭🇯🇵🇲🇨🇮🇲. He/his. LGBwiththeT.

A not very visually exciting video of a garden fence and a housing estate. The sound is more interesting, being part of the monthly test of the Severnside Sirens emergency system.
A RailMiles screenshot including several trips between West Ealing and Greenford
A screenshot of Railmiles train information data entry screen. Departure 01/02/2026 0955, arrival 01/01/1970 0100!
A vending machine selling a packet of Skittles from slot number 404
A video from a train window, crossing a long metal viaduct over flood plain and river; a similar but older viaduct runs alongside, with one span over the river missing.
A large red-brick castle and outbuildings seen from a passing train; the latter part of the video is obscured by a passing freight train.
A green and yellow Freightliner class 66 locomotive on a train of wagons, in Poland
Duolingo translation “My shirt is big”
A translation of a menu from Polish to English: “meringue cake witch whippet cream and cranberries”
“Zone B Europe” roaming is no longer free! It was in May… 😭
On the fold down table on the back of a train seat, a gWr-branded paper cup with a slice of Mr Pullin’s fruit cake on top of it.
A brightly-lit yellow train moves slowly and noisily along dark tracks; showers of sparks fly from underneath most of the intermediate vehicles.
A dark and rainy night, gloomy railway tracks are disturbed by the quiet passing of a yellow train; lights shine from underneath two of the carriages onto the track, recording the condition and geometry of the tracks.
A cyclist wearing fluorescent yellow, right arm outstretched, bright front light shining at the camera, background replaced with black, face obscured by an emoji
Close cropped image of a face; the eyes have bright white circles around the pupil
Railmiles screenshot cropped to show delays of 21 minutes, right time, 12 minutes, 19 minutes and 12 minutes
Railmiles delay column screenshot with delays of 14 minutes, 29 minutes and zero on consecutive trains
A screenshot of the ‘delays’ column of railmiles, the delays shown are 7 minutes, 4 minutes and 36 minutes
A bus stop with a shelter and some raised kerb
A screenshot of railmiles website showing a list of trains and in the delays column, many delays between 5 minutes and 45 minutes
A band plays in a railway station surrounded by people watching. At the end of the video the camera zooms out to show the impressive overall roof of the station.
Conveyor belt sushi passes the camera (albeit with no actual sushi, just advertising about other products 🤷🏼‍♂️), while Land Of Hope And Glory plays in the background 🇬🇧
Google Maps navigation on satellite view, offering two different routes, the time for one route is flickering from one side of the route to the other
A bright yellow class 57 locomotive stands at Paddington Station
A blue class 08 shunting locomotive with a yellow and black striped front end, stands at the head of a train of blue carriages with pink doors; another similarly-coloured train stands in the background.
Adjacent to a narrow roadway, a large yellow sign states that the road will be closed for three days.
A brass band, formed mostly of older people and not wearing a uniform, plays under the impressive arched roof of Paddington Station, with a small crowd of people watching.
A train leaving Swindon station passing the large name board on the platform; ex-CrossCountry HST power cars each end, ex-East Midlands Trains HST trailers and a grey Europhenix class 91 in the middle, with red logos.
A class 91 locomotive in the middle of a train formation, next to a large sign saying “Swindon”
View from a train window, our train is going faster than a train on an adjacent line; that train is formed of sleek, clean (mostly) light blue wagons, hauled by a bright red locomotive
The front end of a Northern class 156; yellow end, blue side, partly sunlit
Polling station sign on a fence
Polling station sign on a wall
Google maps screenshot showing the boundary along a railway line
Strava map screenshot showing a long walk to a red spot, despite three closer blue spots
Manchester Piccadilly station, with two Class 323 units coupled to form a six-car train
A yellow-fronted class 323 train arriving at Salford Crescent station with platform construction works in the background
An advertising banner mounted on a fence at the back of a platform, which says “Welcome to Todmorden Gateway”.
Interior view of a Northern class 158; the ceiling-mounted information display says “The next stop is Todmorden Mind”.
A calm sunny day, a canal runs straight ahead into the distance, crossed by a railway bridge. A Northern class 195 coloured white and blue is crossing the bridge; in the foreground is the red front of a canal boat with blue steps, tied to the bank using a rope.
A piece of A4 paper with the words ‘swaps 2025’ written at the top, numbers 21-30 and 1-20 down the left, and against nine of those numbers a ridiculously early time (0200-0400) and a rest day noted.
Hovertravel mug, Lemsip, Haribo Megaroulette
A screenshot of a day’s travelling on the Railmiles website; one train is shown with a delay of 4 weeks and 1 day, circled in red
Green and black Flixtrain carriage
A mural painted on a wall; a green train with a curious roof travels over a viaduct in the foreground, while a huge (by comparison!) girl sits between trees in the background
Four trains under the curving overall roof at Paddington Station - from left to right, a Heathrow Connect class 360, a class 16x turbo, a blue HST power car and a Heathrow Express class 332.
Selfie with Eurostar train at St Pancras
Blue yellow and grey Eurostar train at a narrow curving platform
A train carrying the number 404
Red and silver Eurostar train at an empty platform with two red signals visible
The nose of a dark red TGV train with silver Eurostar branding, arriving at a crowded platform
Köln cathedral with crowds in front
Folding doors at the adjacent ends of two railway carriages, both open
View from the back of a train travelling at speed on straight track, there are four lines each with overhead electrification
Flixtrain booking website screenshot, journey planner view, showing three alternatives for my journey
Platform display with the top line saying “LOK-1-2-3-4-5-100-6-7-8-9”
UIC folding doors, orange, seen from the inside, with curiously-shaped steep steps made of metal grating.
Bright green electric locomotive bearing the branding Flixtrain
A bright green train with a new locomotive and ancient carriages, all bearing the name “Flixtrain” in white lettering, sweeps into a station in bright sunshine and stops some way beyond the photographer. For unknown reason, a lonely disposable yellow paper cup sits abandoned near the platform edge
A yellow ex-DLR vehicle running on tram tracks through a road junction