Graeme Gleaves

Your average author, guitarist, songwriter, historian, train driver & good guy with a dark side. NUFC & Croydon FC supporter.

[Graeme Gleaves @MrLangelo]

Congratulations to @CinquePorts2010 for winning the 2026 Les & Sue Barleycorn Cup today, beating Deal Town Rangers 4-1. A harder fought game than the scoreline suggests, but the better team won.

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@CinquePorts2010 I landed at Heathrow at six this morning coming back from New Zealand via Singapore. But I’ve got just enough energy left to make it down for this game.

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This is the start of something very big and very exciting.

[225 Preservation @225Preservation]

We're delighted to announce that we have reached an agreement with Beacon Rail to purchase two Mark 4 coaches for preservation.

As Coach 'M's on the popular InterCity 225 electric trains they worked long-distance services out of London King’s Cross from 1989 until late 2025.

[Graeme Gleaves @MrLangelo]

@Clinnick1 This has been done by 225 Preservation Ltd, not connected to the 225 Group.

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‘Tis the season to be jolly - Wet!!

Santa by train driving today at the @EastKentRailway

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@KeithP_Williams @4SUB4732 No, not in the plan. That would cost about 6-7 million and would leave you with a unit that was a tribute act to its former self due to all the modifications necessary. This is a unique piece of history.

[Graeme Gleaves @MrLangelo]

I’ve been around the project for 27 years and fronted it for the last 7 so this is one hell of a day for me personally.

[4-SUB Unit 4732 @4SUB4732]

Car One was loaded last night at Margate and is now on the way to Ramparts at Barrow Hill where the cosmetic restoration can begin. A huge project that has been over six years in the making, a very proud day for the team.

[Graeme Gleaves @MrLangelo]

@Champs707007 Which section are they re-signalling this time?

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@realPeterSpokes Most people settle for a tote bag….

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Back to work yesterday after a full weekend of volunteering for #RAIL200 events and a nice way to round the day off was to be given this beauty to drive at the end of the shift.

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I’ll be on the Isle of Sheppey this Sunday as part of the Community Rail Partnership’s Rail 200 history event giving a short talk about my book ‘The Railways of the Isle of Sheppey’ and signing copies.

Full details here:
https://t.co/2uJzp41Y82

[Graeme Gleaves @MrLangelo]

I’m having a complete change of traction today at the Richmond Light Railway.

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40 years ago today I started my railway career as a British Rail YTS trainee at Maidstone West, never made it to the county town today but did get to Gravesend…..

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@SteveWhiteRail @Se_Railway Kent Rail 200 in 2030 anyone?

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Well done to all at @Se_Railway for putting on a fantastic event at Ashford Depot today. The displays were great, the staff were first class and even the weather was on message.

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@Timtrainspotter @SteveWhiteRail @railway200 It’s a beauty Tim, love the lighting capture.

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@SteveWhiteRail @railway200 You can drop people off at Shepherdswell for the East Kent Gala…

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@class_507 ‘Customers travelling to Everton FC should alight here, go home and seriously re-evaluate their life choices’

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@NSE_Latchmere Surely ‘Weathered’, not rusty…..

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In deepest Kent I was working in n a test patch to establish how much it will cost to strip the paint of a coach, to budget the whole project. This little bit cost £6.

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@NSE_Latchmere Preservation isn’t cheap - but then neither are models!!