I have been asked an interesting question. Why does London’s Moorgate tube station have a mix of “traditional” bar-and-Circle roundels... and weird diamonds? Well... (1/6)

If you lived in Metro-land in the 90s or 2000s, these Metropolitan line moquettes will be familiar. You might recall the bouncy seats, the whirring of air compressors at each stop, or the proud little Metropolitan Railway crests which persisted until 2012 by the driver’s cabs too

This rage is misinformed. Calling it “woke” and weirdly focusing on the word “diversity” here fundamentally misses the point. But I suspect you’re well aware of that. The site is being renamed Bristol Dockyards because it is already much more than the SSGB which sits within it. There’ll be new, extra exhibits about the heritage of Bristol’s massive docks - and the incredible diversity of that heritage. It increases the remit of the site, widens its appeal and safeguards the future of its major exhibit, the SSGB, and the Brunel exhibition which features a giant version of the small man himself, smoking a cigar. It’s a new name which better reflects what paying tourists will get. But I guess the boring, sensible reality isn’t as good as manufactured fury for social engagement statistics, right?

Kernow Model Rail Centre continue our support of The Southern Electric Traction Group @Gordon_3417 and will donate £20 from each sale of the @hornby R30469 Hornby Class 423 4 VEP Train Pack 3417 Gordon Pettitt to the Group Pre-order your 3417 here kernowmodelrailcentre.com/p/…

🎉 Happy birthday to George Stephenson, born #onthisday in 1781. 📜 He planned the Stockton and Darlington Railway - considered the world’s first passenger railway to use steam locos - which celebrated 200 years last year: ➡️ networkrail.co.uk/who-we-are… #InternationalArchivesWeek

🧮Could the CODEbreaker’s train have something to share with us? ⭐We're giving an incredible prize to five lucky code breakers! If you can find the hidden message in the code on the side of our Alan Turing train (see pics) you could win: 🏅A limited edition Alan Turing coin; one of only 25 specially minted after the train naming! 🚅2 First Class tickets for a return journey on any GWR service. When you've cracked the code, enter it at gwr.com/turing and let us know you've done it in the comments (but ssshhh, don't share the code) Follow us and look out for helpful clues over the next couple of weeks. This competition will self destruct on Alan Turing's birthday, the 23rd June... Good luck #AlanTuring #PrideMonth #Codebreaking

Tomorrow! £1 train rides on one of London’s oldest miniature railways, at Ickenham. Train rides 12-5pm, around both 5 inch gauge circuits & through the tunnels. You’ll find Ickenham Miniature Railway behind the Coach & Horses pub & the village pump. ⦵Met/Picc, 5 min walk.

Antony Littler was killed in a horrific “queer bashing” attack in East Finchley in 1984, just because he was gay. Today, two brothers have finally been found guilty of his murder. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8r8…

My history of the St Ives Branch Line is currently HALF PRICE in the @penswordbooks summer sale - just £15 instead of £30! #StIvesBranchLine #StIves #StivesCornwall

For the first time in over a century, passengers coming through Sheffield train station will be able to hear and see the River Sheaf, which runs underneath the busy platforms. The Lightwell on Platform 5, right in the centre, now opens up to nature, to the river that gives Sheffield its name and its industrial history. Visits like these are a joy.

A bar is opening in two of the ex-Jubilee line tube train cars on a Shoreditch rooftop & viaduct. The Village Underground bar below is extending up into them: since 2006 four cars have sat here as workspaces. Whilst the whole enterprise did begin as “affordable studios for creative people struggling to get a foothold in London” - it’s all change now, two decades on. Two of the cars have “been disposed of” and whilst the remaining pair will be “flexible artist workspaces during the day before switching over to support the evening venue”, I guess it is just another chapter in an ever-transitional fringeland of town. More details via the ever-ace @ianvisits: ianvisits.co.uk/articles/sho…

Paddle steamer Waverley returns to the Thames with trips to WWII sea forts ianvisits.co.uk/articles/pad… The world’s last seagoing paddle steamer is heading back to London this autumn, including sailings past the eerie Thames Forts in the e… ianvisits.co.uk/articles/pad…

Alexandra Palace branch walking tour Sat 13 June. Join us as we explore former stations at Alexandra Palace, Highgate, Crouch End & Stroud Green. Tickets just £18 available branchline.uk @MrTimDunn

Britain’s @RoyalMail Postbus fleet eventually ran to more than 220 across the mainland & many islands; but they’re all gone now. @thepostalmuseum has one of the beepy-beepy little buses on display, but I’ll have to make do with this model. More #postbus joy in thread below…

I don’t think Stoke on Trent stn is depressing at all: at its entrance is an incredible moving piece of architecture which few people actually realise exists at all. The stone arch – through which all passengers pass - is a memorial to the 152 North Staffordshire Railway employees who died in the 1914-18 War. The company & employees paid for it, and its installation - honouring those who stood and fell - was one of the final acts of the independent company before it was consumed by the LMS Railway in 1923. Six further men, identified since the end of WW1, have also now had their names added to the roll of honour.

We're open this Bank Holiday Weekend Saturday, Sunday & Monday from 11am until 4pm! Come and see what rural life was like in the 1920s/1930s in exquisite miniature form with trains running on the Vale, Dartmoor and Sea Wall scenes.

Canute Road Quay is all set and ready at the Salisbury & South Wilts Railway Society, Railex 2026 show this weekend at The Thruxton Centre, Thruxton circuit, Andover, Hampshire SP11 8PN. Details here southern-railway.com/2026/05…

On this day in 1951, we became the World's First Preserved Railway. 75 years ago a group of amateurs ran a train, it wasn't a very long train and it only went as far as Rhydyronen - but it became the starting line for the global heritage railway movement, kicking off the idea...

Join @MrTimDunn for a night of all things Titfield - 8pm 15/05/26, Wharf Café, £1pp on the door. We've some excellent prizes, including the BRAND NEW 4K Blu-Ray of the film - thanks to StudioCANAL! Test your knowledge & then be one of the first to see the new 4K restoration!