Jack On Track

🚂 Train Service Manager
🚂 Volunteer Guard at @bluebellrailway
📷 Photographer
⚜ Scout Leader

All opinions expressed are my own.

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@SussexTW @SylvMelB @BBCSussex @hawkinthebury @seahavenfm @hailshamfm @SussexIncidents @moresussex No work taking place, no staff on site, just needless disruption.
@esccroads @HighwaysSEAST what's going on here?

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#railwayfamily

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@trainlifegb I bought it from a website called transport badges. I don't think they do it anymore, so Ebay might be your best bet.

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Another badge added to my collection.

Class 455 in Southern colours!

#railwayfamily #railway #trains #class455 #badges

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@Coast_Conductor The peak specials to Peterborough go back in on Monday (03/03). I do love the interior on these units.

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@DriverLiam98 Had to get the 3 trains behind you to do the same, because of the possession overrun!

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My thoughts are with the train crew and passengers of 1S71 and 1J25.

Please avoid speculation and wait for the official investigation to be completed.

BBC News - Man dies, 15 injured, after two trains collide
https://t.co/yQUSjCt5An

#railwayfamily #railway #trains

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🚂 Britain's Newest Steam Locomotive 'Beachy Head' is running this weekend at @bluebellrailway!

🎟 Our train is full of the locomotive's supporters, without who, this project would never have been completed.

#railwayfamily #railway #trains

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@BMLBod Unfortunately so

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@ChelseaFinsF1 @catholiveuk @brightonsnapper The Signaller can authorise trains to cross level crossings with the barriers failed as long as the lights are flashing.

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@brightonsnapper Despite what people think. Trains can still cross level crossings when the barriers are up...
Every one of these drivers is risking being hit by a train.

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⚠️ DO NOT CROSS, WHEN THE LIGHTS FLASH!

🚂 Trains can still cross level crossings with the barriers up. Don't take the risk. Find another route.

#railwayfamily #railway #trains #levelcrossing #sussex

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Brighton Rd #crawley 🤦🏼

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@BMLBod Ticket acceptance requested

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🗺 Today's adventures took me to the eastern end of the network, to the medieval harbour town of Rye!

🚉 A great opportunity for me to find out more about the Marshlink and gain local knowledge from the staff that work there.

#railwayfamily #railway #trains

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🚢 Paddle Steamer Waverley departs Eastbourne Pier for a trip to Beachy Head this afternoon.

#Eastbourne #Sussex @PS_Waverley

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🚂 As well as our own trains, it's important to have a good knowledge of other operators' services...

#railwayfamily #railway #trains

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🌧 Back to Eastbourne on the same train I arrived on (which had gone to Ashford and back). Sadly the weather wasn't the same...

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🚉 Between the two platforms, there used to be two more lines, allowing fast trains to overtake stopping trains. These were removed as all trains now stop at Havant.

🚦Trains can still overtake here using the bidirectional signalling. You can run in both directions on each line.

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🚂 Today is a route refresher day!

👀 To gain a better understanding of the train services we manage, we head out of the office and go see them for ourselves.

#railwayfamily #railway #trains

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🗺 There used to be a 5th route. A branch line ran from Havant to Hayling Island.

🚂 The bridge across Langstone Harbour had a weight restriction, requiring the use of lightweight steam locomotives, known as Terriers. No.72 Fenchurch is still in use today on the Bluebell Railway