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After dropping the bag, time to check out the recently (partially) reactivated Northumberland-line from Newcastle to Ashington with services every 30 minutes operated by Northen. Only 4 stations are served right now, the rest is still under construction and at Ashington a new town entrance is still under construction, too.
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Passing the river Northern DMU to Ashington at stump track in Newcastle The future station at Northumberland Park. Currently still construction site Poster showing all the stations when everything is finished
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A short look at surprisingly busy Ashington town centre. An old coal mining town, that's clear. Looks nice! The tracks further north are still in place and the station is seemingly build in a way such that further reactivation might still be possible in the future. #MostlyHorsealess

Unused tracks north of Ashington station Station road: Brick buildings with shops and large graffiti showing coal mining Busy street, trees, street shops Ashington Station
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Newcastle - more like: Steelbridge-city 🥰🥰
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A swing bridge below, and a high up one arch steel bridge behind over the Rover Thyne Four bridges over the river. In the distance a blue steel bridge, then a high double Land steel bridge, a swing bridge on the lower level and another steel bridge The millennium one bridge: an arched pathway for pedestrians & cyclists, tied with steel rope to a concrete arch above
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And before another journey with LNER towards Scottland starts it's time for some blobcatcamera 🚄🚄 #MostlyHorsealess

LNER Azuma passing by Lumo at Newcastle Azuma arriving at Newcastle
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After another comfortable LNER journey with nice views (and a bursting full stomach) arriving at Aberdeen, where I had to escape the hotel room for a while because someone turned the heating to maximum. 🥵🥵
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Crosscountry and Scotrail at Dundee Sea and beach View back onto the railbridge over the Tay Three Scotrail Inter7City HST and one LNER Azuma in the depot at night
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From granite city you could continue to Orkney or Shettland islands, but that's for another time. Always good to have a reason to come back. 🥰🥰🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #MostlyHorsealess

Large granite building with lots of small decorative towers Union Street with typical granite buildings Union terrace gardens in Aberdeen, modern buildings on the right with bridge over railway tracks before that and old buildings on the left Northlink ferry docked in harbour
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Finally: Highlands! 😁😁
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Scotrail Inter7City Sheeps on green fields Fields, and mountains in the distance River Ness with suspended footbridge and chruch on the right
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Highland-Highlight Nr. 1: Cairngorms 🏔🏔️🥰🥰 After some years the mountain railway (highest railway in UK & Scotlands only funicular) is running again, after the integrity issues have been solved. Most people going up today are there for bird-watching. Not much else to do up there - you can't leave the top station due to strict conservation rules. Well you could hike up and go down. There's a regular bus from/to Aviemore to the lower station, which drives through thick forest. #MostlyHorsealess

LNER Azuma at Aviemore with steel footbridge Hills, forest and a lake View from the top station, with fat letters stating Cairngorm The funiculae coming down
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These are some locos, huh 🚆🚆
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Blue-yellow Britsh Rail Class 66 loco - Direct Rail Services 66422 The same loco from the footbridge above with Tesco containers behind it, mountains in the background
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After an exciting day time to pick up my luggage (which starts falling apart 🥲🥲) and finally head in the direction of home, that is south along the Highland mainline. Why didn't anybody tell me earlier how nice UK and especially Scotland is? 🥺🥺 #MostlyHorsealess

Mountains near Drumochter pass Inverness station Scotrail InterCity at Glasgow Queen Street at night Sunset over fields with a few clouds
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And to (almost) end my vaccation a nice chilled day in Glasgow with great weather! 😌😌
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Caledonian railwaybridge over the river Clyde, with large signal installation and large office buildings behind Entrance to the busy street with tree amd blue police box Kelvimgrove, a large red sandstone building with towers in each corners
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Cute Subway they have, just high enough for me not to bump my head. My overnight train just departed from the massive central station .
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Glasgow Subway Station Klevinbridge with one at the platform and one just arriving Front of the very round carriage Outside Central Station - over a Street, wit- decorativ glass panneling Caledonian Sleeper at platform
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Good morning from London 🎡🎡 Because WestCoast Mainline was closed the Caledonian Sleeper had to be diverted via Edinburgh and EastCoast Mainline. Seemingly there's no way from this direction to Euston, so the train first goes through the city to Wembley to reverse there (that'll be fun to map 😅😅). Arrival still on time. Overall quiet and comfortable but I'm either getting to old for these overnight seat journeys or it's just the exhaustion after all these days. Who knows ... #MostlyHorsealess

Class 66 Diesel loco in red (some yellow) with DB logo Somewhere in the outskirts of London Caledonian Sleeper with Loco after arrival London Underground Russel Square
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I didn't find the king but Elt ..uhmm ... Alton. Sry for bad jokes.
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South Western Railways train at Woking Green metall sign: British Railways Alton Station
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Alton is the end of the line for SWR, but Mid-Hants-Railways operates the Watercress-line from here to Alresford. 🚂🚂 The line has, as per name, been built to bring the local growing green to London. At Ropley you can have look at the shed etc. - and yes, this is the original Kings Cross bridge!
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Steam loco is refilling water, behind the shed with a blue steam loco Black steam loco pulling under a green steel footbridge with signals left and right Arriving at Aldersford, yellow decorated station with green benches Stairs upwards onto a large green footbridge with decorative siderailings