Fred Castor

A family man with a passion for life working for one of the UK’s leading biomass company’s as a service and breakdown engineer.

[Darren...JB @Rail_Photter]

The last delivery of coal into Ratcliffe Power station.

66781 arrives with with 6M61. A naming ceremony will take place at the temporary platform before unloading commences. Plenty of Hi Viz individuals waiting at the platform but I believe no press were present. 28/06/24

[Ben @ben1987]

Curtain Call for Ratcliffe.

This coming Friday sees the final scheduled coal train, operated by @GBRailfreight, to visit Ratcliffe Power Station in Nottinghamshire before the site undergoes complete closure at the end of September.

The cooling towers and associated buildings and structures will be decommissioned and then demolished, with the site due to be redeveloped as a zero-carbon technology and energy hub. A GB Railfreight Class 66/7 locomotive is due to be named after the site to mark the sad closure of this industrial giant.

In happier times and looming large on the horizon, the site is seen in full song last Winter as 66136 arrives at Gateway West Junction with the 4M34 container service from Felixstowe South to the nearby East Midlands Gateway terminal.

[@Shitty_Edits_Archives @shittyeditsarc]

Ever wondered what it’s like being on a train when a tornado hits?

Video belongs to Eric Carlisle
Engineer and conductor are alright.

[Ed Conway @EdConwaySky]

A big moment in Britain's industrial story happened today.
The coke ovens at the Port Talbot steelworks were closed.
This was where they baked the coal used to make millions of tonnes of steel.
What you're looking at here is the last coke ever made in the UK. Pix: @TataSteelUK

[Martin Etherton @martin_etherton]

First move into the day light

[2000 AD Comics @2000AD]

His movie is coming in 2025 – but who is the ROGUE TROOPER?

In 2025, @RogueTrooper is coming to screens in a movie adaptation written and directed by Duncan Jones (@ManMadeMoon) and starring Aneurin Barnard (@aneurinBarnard) as Rogue!

#RogueTrooperMovie

[Fred Castor @V4Castor]

@AntCoulls Looks like the Fowler BB1 that used to work the rally circuit back in the 1970’s reportedly fitted with a Zeppelin engine 🤔

[Fred Castor @V4Castor]

@N_Amberfield Class 120 and glad you like the picture 😉

[Helen Crossley @hcrossers]

Dirty Diesel… Deltic powering through Platform 2 Newark Northgate up fast to London Kings Cross #Deltic #Class55 #NewarkNorthgate #Toots

[Intrigue Archive @IntrigueArchive]

@Culture_Crit Among several theories on how these majestic structures were made, one is the use of Inset ramps. That is a spiral of interior ramps were used which allowed the stones to be moved upward as construction progressed.

[Fred Castor @V4Castor]

@TheTrainGuy55 Alas a image not taken by myself but found along with 200 or so other railway photographs bound tightly with a red Royal Mail elastic band in a box of random tat a few years ago, and I strongly suspected them being donated after the unknown photograph passed or gave up the hobby.

[Martin Etherton @martin_etherton]

Due to politics at the SVR Resin Replicas was unable to Attend this Diesel gala,so over the next week I will be listing a large amount of name plates that will be available for collection or can be posted👍search jags222 on eBay for the listings

[Fred Castor @V4Castor]

@Pirateofchance Tiger 🐯

[Fred Castor @V4Castor]

Fabulous day out @GcrGreat today with bonus look around the fantastic 1705 #class47 #TRAIN #railway #locomotive #trainspotting

[Keith Barrow @keithbarrow80]

Ex-Freightliner Class 86s heading down the Danube by barge to Bulgaria https://t.co/JSERPHlBnp

[Martin Etherton @martin_etherton]

Loud!very very loud and hot👍

[Martin Etherton @martin_etherton]

Ex York Deltic driver Harry Wilson!a hundred years old back in the cab of a Deltic at Scarborough today👍

[Scott Duncan @ScottDuncanWX]

Craziest thing you will see today...

Stunning upwards lightning above Acatenango Volcano in Guatemala 🇬🇹

[Philip Haigh @philatrail]

Network Rail is selling by tender 73138 which was part of its infrastructure monitoring fleet. NR is selling it ‘as seen and as standing’. Locomotive is currently stored at Peak Rail, Rowsley. Also for sale in separate tender are NR’s 73951 and 73952.