Recent content by MK Tom

My May 2026 UK rail photos are here: https://mktom.smugmug.com/2026/May-2026/UK-Rail-May-2026 All pictures are clickable and go to the relevant portion of the gallery. The first highlight of the month was the 125 Group's pioneer railtour to Llandudno, which I photographed calling at Milton...

My April 2026 UK rail photos are here: https://mktom.smugmug.com/2026/April-2026/UK-Rail-April-2026 All pictures are clickable and go to the relevant portion of the gallery. After a few photos from passing visits to the Midland Railway Centre and Great Central Railway, the big trip of the...

My March 2026 rail photos are here: https://mktom.smugmug.com/2026/March-2026/UK-Rail-March-2026 All pictures are clickable and go to the relevant portion of the gallery. The month started with a very intense hour at Milton Keynes Central featuring a Class 50 on East-West Rail driver training...

My February 2026 UK rail photos are here: https://mktom.smugmug.com/2026/February-2026/UK-Rail-February-2026 The first sizable trip was for the East Lancs Railway Winter Warmer diesel gala: Some video from the gala is here: Later in the month, I finally caught up with the Rail200...

Between January and February I spent a long weekend in Angers, France, reaching there by flying to Nantes and taking a TGV service on the way out and OuiGo on the way back. My gallery of fully captioned photos from this trip is here. Some video of the trams in Nantes is here:

Perhaps I could get behind reducing that section of V7 if there were concurrent upgrades to Princes Way and Buckingham Road, both of which are overloaded at present and will take more of the traffic that currently runs via V7 onto Buckingham Road if that became less attractive as a through...

I'd really love to see a footbridge run from the EWR platforms right over Saxon Street to the bus station, but sadly the current MK Council administration is hell-bent on downgrading roads and forcing pedestrians onto them. 1772622898 Thanks for posting this. I knew the village of Bletchley...

My January 2026 UK rail photos are here: https://mktom.smugmug.com/2026/January-2026/UK-Rail-January-2026 My first big UK trip of January 2026 was to Shrewsbury via Crewe to ride the Transport for Wales Mark IV sets. Some video from the trip is here: After that, I visited Bletchley to...

Does anyone know when construction is expected to start on the street running section between Cardiff Bay and Central?

I started 2026 in Italy, where I visited Bologna, Ravenna, Rimini, Florence, Modena, and Riccione. My gallery of fully captioned photos from this trip is here. The trip included the tram system in Florence, as well as the tram system under construction in Bologna, and that city's Marconi...

My December 2025 UK rail photos are here: https://mktom.smugmug.com/2025/December-2025/UK-Rail-December-2025 This includes: Tuesday 2 December - An evening in London. Saturday 6 December - A trip around South London, visiting Wimbledon, Morden, Croydon, and Deptford and including my first...

My (belated) November 2025 UK rail photos are here: https://mktom.smugmug.com/2025/November-2025/UK-Rail-November-2025 This includes: Friday 7 November - A journey to Stansted Airport at the start of my Ukraine trip, going via Tottenham Hale. Tuesday 11 November - A trip into London with a stop...

My October 2025 rail photos are here: https://mktom.smugmug.com/2025/October-2025/UK-Rail-October-2025 This includes: Thursday 2 and 9 October - Evenings in London. Friday 10 October - LSL's repainted Class 90 and other trains passing Wolverton. Tuesday 14 October - A visit to Bicester North...

My September 2025 UK rail photos are here: https://mktom.smugmug.com/2025/September-2025/UK-Rail-September-2025/ This includes: Wednesday 10 September - GBRf Class 69 no. 69009 "Western Consort" hauling South Western Railway Class 701 Arterio no. 701001 through Fenny Stratford. Friday 12...

My August 2025 UK rail photos are here: https://mktom.smugmug.com/2025/August-2025/UK-Rail-August-2025 This includes: Saturday 2 August - A few photos from Stoke Mandeville and Aylesbury. Sunday 10 August - My first ride on the Robin Hood Line, going from Mansfield into Nottingham with a stop...