Hugh Hillier

Nothing beats London 2012 on the 360 for me!

Wow, very interesting, always been one of my favourite colour schemes of all time!

A British Airways Concorde taking-off from Heathrow on it's first commercial flight on January 21st 1976

50 years ago today...

The Flying Scotsman at Derby

A Eurostar e320 at Brussels-Midi

A DB ICE 3neo at Brussels-Midi

A berlin U-Bahn G type train

A Class 195 Arriving at Wakefield Westgate

Mallard Steam engine in National Railway Museum York

A Crosscountry Voyager at Ashley Down

Me taking a selfie with a Class 91

Well its been quite a year for me especially in expanding horizons and putting jokes to bed! Went on some fantastic adventures to many different places with many great people, here's to more in 2026!

This way up, when maps go wrong (and why it matters) by Jay Foreman and Mark Cooper-Jones aka Map Men

Just finished this excellent novel by @jayforeman.bsky.social and @markcooperjones.bsky.social as someone who isn’t a big time reader I must say I enjoyed it massively and if you’re someone who likes maps I’m sure you’d like it too! (providing you haven’t read it already)

Congrats Simon!

I've seen leaked photos on Reddit, sad to see the Grey and silver go but honestly I don't mind it too much, shame about the lack of lighter blue tho

Well deserved, congrats my friend!

It’s A-Level results day! Congrats to everyone who got into their top choices. A reminder too that my grades that I got last year match with this engineering firm

Am I the only person that gets oddly fascinated in looking at Manhole covers for telephone lines working out the eras they come from? (yes this is how niche my interests can be)

Well this was a cool thing to see at Derby earlier

A truly excellent exhibit to say the least

I got it a bit wrong, I think there was a plan to have it shut down by 2024 as part of the wider regeneration of earls court but it got criticised by locals and it ain't happened yet (if ever)
(I got that info from wikipedia which cited this document)
content.tfl.gov.uk/lillie-bridg...

Shame west Ashfield won’t be around much longer as I think I heard that both Ashfield house and lily bridge depot are shutting down which is a shame, nice old photos tho Geoff!

Welp I’m 20 years old now, that’s kinda cool

Chris Spargo, he's sort of the replacement for Tom Scott and he does some pretty awesome stuff about rather mudane topics!

Best 20th birthday present ever!

Also nice to bump into @simontrains.bsky.social and @mikewillsee.bsky.social along the way!

Went for a ride on the inaugural class 730/2 service, a truly excellent train to say the least, highly impressed

New keyring alert! courtesy of @225group.org.uk

I can’t seem to escape England

Tottenham Court Road

Sad that I couldn’t enjoy any of the festivities today organised by @225group.org.uk due to saving up for future trips but happy #225Day everyone! Rode these fabulous trains with East Coast and VTEC as a child but my appreciation for them only really started recently and I’ve grown to love them.

Defo not behind the camera either

Bit of a selection of some of my favourite snaps of these glorious trains

Saw it in Leeds last month absolutely beautiful loco

Happy Ed Balls day!

Hugh Hillier