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Tim Dunn

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Railways & buildings. Historian, geographer, presenter @UKTV #TheArchitectureTheRailwaysBuilt & #SecretsOfTheLondonUnderground. 🏳️‍🌈. Own views, obvs

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If you’re on London North Eastern Railway (like me), CrossCountry Trains TPE Customer Assist or Lumo right now and delayed near Durham - a tree has come down. Our northbound train has been re-routed around it now as the East Coast Mainline cunningly facilitates bi-directional running. Here’s the tree, btw…

If you’re on London North Eastern Railway (like me), CrossCountry Trains TPE Customer Assist or Lumo right now and delayed near Durham - a tree has come down. Our northbound train has been re-routed around it now as the East Coast Mainline cunningly facilitates bi-directional running. Here’s the tree, btw…

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Mum claims to have made some teddy bear biscuits. But all Nick Dunn and I can see are Vince and Rex from #rextherunt. #PlantYourBrassicasInMayAndCoverThemWithMulch #quiteanicheculturalreferencethat

Mum claims to have made some teddy bear biscuits. But all Nick Dunn and I can see are Vince and Rex from #rextherunt. #PlantYourBrassicasInMayAndCoverThemWithMulch #quiteanicheculturalreferencethat

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This Sunday! I’m giving a talk: “Secrets of #SecretsoftheLondonUnderground” At London Transport Museum Acton Depot Open Day at 11:45, 14:00, 15:45 in the Holden Room. See the stuff TV didn’t show: my videos & photos of abandoned stuff, weird things and forgotten places. Rating:🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓

This Sunday! I’m giving a talk: “Secrets of #SecretsoftheLondonUnderground” At London Transport Museum Acton Depot Open Day at 11:45, 14:00, 15:45 in the Holden Room. See the stuff TV didn’t show: my videos & photos of abandoned stuff, weird things and forgotten places. Rating:🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓

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“Full moon, half moon, total eclipse” I wonder how many British people’s heads this McVitie’s Jaffa Cakes ad has lived in since the last UK 1999 eclipse? 27 years on I still murmur it to myself every time* I hear “total eclipse”.

“Full moon, half moon, total eclipse” I wonder how many British people’s heads this McVitie’s Jaffa Cakes ad has lived in since the last UK 1999 eclipse? 27 years on I still murmur it to myself every time* I hear “total eclipse”.

197,078 views • 1 month ago

In 1978, a young Liam Neeson presented a BBC Northern Ireland film on Ulster’s railway history. But he didn’t just present it: he played every character on screen in this 20 minute documentary

In 1978, a young Liam Neeson presented a BBC Northern Ireland film on Ulster’s railway history. But he didn’t just present it: he played every character on screen in this 20 minute documentary

111,148 views • 1 month ago

Last night Tower Bridge bascules were raised to let the world’s last sea-going paddle steamer in to berth in London. The historic Paddle Steamer Waverley decks were packed with hundreds of passengers; there are sailings to/from here for the next week or so, and still a few tickets left.

Last night Tower Bridge bascules were raised to let the world’s last sea-going paddle steamer in to berth in London. The historic Paddle Steamer Waverley decks were packed with hundreds of passengers; there are sailings to/from here for the next week or so, and still a few tickets left.

332,711 views • 11 months ago

If you’re looking for a Father’s Day present (or for a rail/tube person any time) can I put UK Departure Boards Boards into your consciousness? Uses live data from UK rail, tube & bus stops. Both useful & mesmerising. 3 sizes, 20% sale now on. (Not an ad, I’m just a happy owner🤓)

If you’re looking for a Father’s Day present (or for a rail/tube person any time) can I put UK Departure Boards Boards into your consciousness? Uses live data from UK rail, tube & bus stops. Both useful & mesmerising. 3 sizes, 20% sale now on. (Not an ad, I’m just a happy owner🤓)

61,803 views • 3 months ago

Locomotion №1 doesn’t sound like other engines. It doesn’t go “chuff”. An ancient animal: an iron dinosaur of the Georgian age. In the early hours of Sunday it hauled itself on the East Coast Main Line at Darlington and, sighing, gently clunked off into history & into the night.

Locomotion №1 doesn’t sound like other engines. It doesn’t go “chuff”. An ancient animal: an iron dinosaur of the Georgian age. In the early hours of Sunday it hauled itself on the East Coast Main Line at Darlington and, sighing, gently clunked off into history & into the night.

123,098 views • 1 year ago

Waverley: the world’s last ocean-going paddle steamer. Our walk home tonight “er… just happened” to coincide with her glorious arrival through Tower Bridge once again. She’s doing a return trip to Southend tmrw, then home to the Clyde until next year. It’s the best ship, of all.

Waverley: the world’s last ocean-going paddle steamer. Our walk home tonight “er… just happened” to coincide with her glorious arrival through Tower Bridge once again. She’s doing a return trip to Southend tmrw, then home to the Clyde until next year. It’s the best ship, of all.

91,727 views • 11 months ago

Whilst most ppl will remember Roy Hattersley for his political life, he was also an expert (& advocate for) trams. He described double deckers on BBC Timeshift: “they had a galleon capacity: they almost floated along [with] a clanging noise, somehow detached from their movement, so you felt they had certain ethereal qualities as they came past”

Whilst most ppl will remember Roy Hattersley for his political life, he was also an expert (& advocate for) trams. He described double deckers on BBC Timeshift: “they had a galleon capacity: they almost floated along [with] a clanging noise, somehow detached from their movement, so you felt they had certain ethereal qualities as they came past”

29,451 views • 3 months ago

Just getting my proposal in early for the replacement of Euston station’s screens… (Obv this is part of my totally-flawless dream masterplan for Euston returning to “as opened” light & bright 1968 condition before shops & mezzanine were added: see end of video)

Just getting my proposal in early for the replacement of Euston station’s screens… (Obv this is part of my totally-flawless dream masterplan for Euston returning to “as opened” light & bright 1968 condition before shops & mezzanine were added: see end of video)

125,266 views • 2 years ago

I can now reveal… Britain: YOU have NAMED a TRAIN! The public has voted an extraordinary name for one of Network Rail's leaf-busting units. Britney Clears? No. Leaf-Fall Weapon? NO! It’s…

I can now reveal… Britain: YOU have NAMED a TRAIN! The public has voted an extraordinary name for one of Network Rail's leaf-busting units. Britney Clears? No. Leaf-Fall Weapon? NO! It’s…

55,094 views • 1 year ago

HAPPY FRIDAY! I am the only non-staff passenger aboard a special 65 mile run of GWR’s rebuilt ex-London Underground train, zipping along entirely on the innovative fast-charge BATTERY power… from the Cotswolds to Reading via Didcot & Oxford… updates to follow…⚡️🔋🚃

HAPPY FRIDAY! I am the only non-staff passenger aboard a special 65 mile run of GWR’s rebuilt ex-London Underground train, zipping along entirely on the innovative fast-charge BATTERY power… from the Cotswolds to Reading via Didcot & Oxford… updates to follow…⚡️🔋🚃

113,913 views • 2 years ago

Today, 2 Oct 1946 Paddle Steamer Waverley launched. Today, aged 79, she sailed under my feet at Tower Bridge. So, Happy Birthday to this incredible ship, the world’s last surviving ocean-going paddle steamer. Built for LNER to an old design, she’s still going strong. There she goes, again…

Today, 2 Oct 1946 Paddle Steamer Waverley launched. Today, aged 79, she sailed under my feet at Tower Bridge. So, Happy Birthday to this incredible ship, the world’s last surviving ocean-going paddle steamer. Built for LNER to an old design, she’s still going strong. There she goes, again…

47,314 views • 11 months ago

SIX DAYS. And I was doing so well: a family holiday in Portugal; it was MILES to the nearest railway line. But we stopped in an unfamiliar town – I saw a sign: “Estação” – I was up that estrada like a rat up a drainpipe. Six days, I managed. SIX DAYS

SIX DAYS. And I was doing so well: a family holiday in Portugal; it was MILES to the nearest railway line. But we stopped in an unfamiliar town – I saw a sign: “Estação” – I was up that estrada like a rat up a drainpipe. Six days, I managed. SIX DAYS

72,705 views • 2 years ago

Here’s a surreal (part-sped up to fit twitter) half an hour of the people from the services (I’m not clued up on regiments, not my forte) streaming through London Waterloo station just now. They struck up their instruments in the taxis’ porte cochère and marched off into town

Here’s a surreal (part-sped up to fit twitter) half an hour of the people from the services (I’m not clued up on regiments, not my forte) streaming through London Waterloo station just now. They struck up their instruments in the taxis’ porte cochère and marched off into town

99,942 views • 3 years ago

Surprising Monorail News: Alstom tells me that the first full-line trip on Cairo’s new 57km (ie world’s longest) driverless monorail was completed in a secret low-speed trial yesterday, using one of @alstomUK Derby-built sets. (Marge Simpson is said to be in a conciliatory mood)

Surprising Monorail News: Alstom tells me that the first full-line trip on Cairo’s new 57km (ie world’s longest) driverless monorail was completed in a secret low-speed trial yesterday, using one of @alstomUK Derby-built sets. (Marge Simpson is said to be in a conciliatory mood)

56,187 views • 1 year ago

I’ve just witnessed - after decades of work by volunteers, and recent collaboration with Network Rail folk - the first passenger train in to Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway’s Princes Risborough platform to meet Chiltern Railways using its own, just-completed Independent Line! Happy Friday!🥰🤩🥳

I’ve just witnessed - after decades of work by volunteers, and recent collaboration with Network Rail folk - the first passenger train in to Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway’s Princes Risborough platform to meet Chiltern Railways using its own, just-completed Independent Line! Happy Friday!🥰🤩🥳

38,764 views • 1 year ago

My friends who run the pristine & extensive 2ft gauge Richmond Light Railway in Kent are having two public open days this year, as charity fundraisers. There are now fewer than 100 tickets left so do book this weekend for August or September. Link in comments below. Cheers!

My friends who run the pristine & extensive 2ft gauge Richmond Light Railway in Kent are having two public open days this year, as charity fundraisers. There are now fewer than 100 tickets left so do book this weekend for August or September. Link in comments below. Cheers!

18,683 views • 5 months ago

#OTD 27th Sept 1825, LOCOMOTION № 1 ran along the Stockton & Darlington Railway. Now, Britain’s rail & heritage sectors have united to get this incredible replica train to do the same. So, hop aboard at 10x speed for your own ride… back in time! (PS. thx Kylie Minogue 🥰)

#OTD 27th Sept 1825, LOCOMOTION № 1 ran along the Stockton & Darlington Railway. Now, Britain’s rail & heritage sectors have united to get this incredible replica train to do the same. So, hop aboard at 10x speed for your own ride… back in time! (PS. thx Kylie Minogue 🥰)

29,655 views • 1 year ago

I am in Birmingham, and obv, I came by train. So: In 1962, British Transport Films created LET’S GO TO BIRMINGHAM using sped-up shots from aboard the new Blue Pullman diesel driven by Ernest Morris. It ran to 5½ mins, so I’ve sped up some bits even more so i can fit on Twitter:

I am in Birmingham, and obv, I came by train. So: In 1962, British Transport Films created LET’S GO TO BIRMINGHAM using sped-up shots from aboard the new Blue Pullman diesel driven by Ernest Morris. It ran to 5½ mins, so I’ve sped up some bits even more so i can fit on Twitter:

73,263 views • 3 years ago