The thought that every 7 car I work could well and truly be my last lingers about Opened the galley up for business on 004 this morning, seen here waiting to form the 1152 from Sheffield to St Pancras One word to describe today: Busy! 😆

This week summed up in a single photo 😦 Ahh well, maybe next week? 🥺

It'd be cool if the "increasing the cost of motoring hurts poor people" people cared anything like as much about cost to people who rely on public transport - who are disproportionately likely to be poor and disabled, and who consistently face far greater increases in cost.

This is how birthdays are meant to be spent. Going across Scotland on I7Cs with the wonderful @pacerclara.insanity.tube Hello Chapter 22 I suppose!

Absolutely brilliant news!

Day 7/7 finished with the now lesser spotted 7 car Meridian There's just two of these left with EMR now with 001 and 002 in the process of being prepared to be shipped off the Lumo Fun trains, though it feels like they never end when you do 7 coaches of rubbish collection 😂 Now for 5 days off 😊

It's Transgender Day of Remembrance today Every year, hundreds of trans people pass away through anti trans violence, suicide lack of available healthcare to name just a few of the most common causes This is far, far more than any other LGBTQIA+ group and that's just the ones we know we've lost

Day 6/7 today, can think of worse places to have a PNB 😉 Need I say anything else? Well, other than my goodness its cold out there now!

Engineering blockades make for some interesting turns Sheffield - Derby - Sheffield - East Mids Parkway - Sheffield - Derby - Sheffield was my turn yesterday. Still playing about with these trains for now with all 5 engines running on 009 😎

Aurora Nearlyinservice-alis! ✨ With introduction into service due in next month, today was a chance for staff to experience the 810 as a passenger, as well as giving the Aurora Team feedback on design and service elements I got to trial it in First going to London returning in Standard 1/2

After 8 shifts in a row on Meridians, today was a training day 👀 With introduction now just weeks away, it was my turn to learn the new 810s. From pass comms, to fire extinguishers, from galley systems to emergency equipment cupboards, everything is now revised and set 😁 810 Competent ✅

The art of Rostering strikes again Rosters: hi can you come in on your day off Me: no Rosters: if we made Saturday a rest day for you? Me: yes 10hrs 40mins of Cross Depot Cover anyone?

Booking on today felt... different. The atmosphere amongst fellow traincrew was one of sorrow At the end of the day though, trains are still extraordinarily safe, 222004 successfully got us into London and back The best thing we can do as traincrew? Book on and do what we do best 💜

Stabbing on train RMT general secretary Eddie Dempsey said: “I am deeply concerned to hear reports of multiple people stabbed onboard an LNER train tonight. “The thoughts of everyone at RMT are with the victims, train crew and all the emergency services dealing with this unfolding incident.”

Absolutely terrible news coming out from our friends on the East Coast this evening. Hoping everyone is okay 😢

The things you get during work office clear outs 👀

A fun week of trotting about on the Iron Road, both for work and leisure Myself and @pacerclara.insanity.tube went to seethe Railway 200 Inspiration Train whilst it had a stint at Edinburgh (yes me in Scotland again) Bonus marks for the Careers Fair next to it on Platform 2 🫡 1/4

Random Thoughts: I wished Quiet Carriages in the UK were properly enforced. I prefer them when travelling alone but the amount of people who go on phone calls or talk far too loudly is just silly, yet everyone's too awkward to self enforce I've counted 3 loud phone calls so far on this Azuma

Today, I felt some huge relief at long last as I've been diagnosed with ADHD I always thought my dyslexia and dyspraxia didn't fully explain me and who I am as a character, but I finally have something to explain myself to me I was very lucky to have waited just 6 months for... 1/2

6 shifts complete - From short trips to London and back to an 11hr shift with a taxi back from Derby, these past few days certainly have had some variety (at least by today's standards) Couple of days off now before working Friday and Saturday evening 🫡

TIL: The GNER burger now seems to have one of the grandest displays in the NRM... as it should 😉

RMT marks 25th anniversary of Hatfield rail disaster Rail union RMT has today marked the 25th anniversary of the Hatfield rail disaster, which claimed four lives and left more than 70 people injured on 17 October 2000. rmtunion.org/4nSqimp

Myself and @pacerclara.insanity.tube made it back from Germany yesterday, though I was shattered so not had the chance to post until now! After staying in Dortmund, we took a definitely not RE stock disguised as IC stock to Köln to ride K4000s. Look familiar? They're basically Croydon trams! 1/3

So, my first ever visit to Germany... I just *had* to do the Wuppertal Schwebebahn didn't I? 😉 @pacerclara.insanity.tube and I absolutely loved it! For us, it was incredibly fascinating, yet for many that's just how you get around normally Oh, it's signalled with ETCS too, because lol 1/3

For the first time ever, I've crossed into Germany! .....only to immediately be met with a points failure that added 20 minutes onto the journey 😭 I've not even experienced DB yet!

So you know how nothing ever gets disrupted in Europe? Well, I had a cancelled train on the first night and now I'm going to miss the loco hauled train from Venlo because NS had issues and many trains were delayed or cancelled resulting in a replanned itinerary where I missed a connection Whoops 😭

Yesterday was a more rolling stock oriented adventure and we had excellent fun travelling the length and breath of The Netherlands! Me and @pacerclara.insanity.tube went to Zwolle and Kampen before heading to Utrecht to meet up with others. We did the line via Soest which is rather pretty 1/3

A few photos from yesterday's trotting around the Netherlands with @pacerclara.insanity.tube

Righto, let's go to The Netherlands shall we? 👀

Last weekend was great fun at Newton Aycliffe! The open day that Hitachi organised was absolutely brilliant! It was great fun looking round the factory and the real highlight included a ride behind the replica Locomotion 1 Plenty of purple around, can't wait to work them soon 👀

18 months of working the Iron Road today! Feels simultaneously like I'm part of the furniture but equally like I've only just begun In any case, I'm now done for an entire week, 222003 was my office for 5 hours today, the next train I get out of London will be very exciting though 👀⭐

This will probably shock many of you, especially after our success at the Greatest Gathering, but after 3 years on the Management Team as a Marketing and Comms assistant, I've made the decision to leave the 225Group To see my reasons for this, please read the thread 🧵

New DLR train! New DLR train! New DLR train! New DLR train!

Had a day off yesterday so popped round to Birmingham to see a friend I hadn't seen in 2 years! Once that was wrapped up, I decided to go the adventurous way via Liverpool on a 730/2 then back to Sheffield on a Turbostar pair A very fun day all in all 😁

Good afternoon internet, happy Railway 200 🎉 To celebrate 200 years of the modern railway, I shall be... at work on a 10hr shift 😂 222011 was my first train from Sheffield to London, spot on time! Now for a Notts and back before heading back to Sheffield

Just got email confirmations for... *checks notes* ...Deutsche Bahn 👀

Just done another week in Purple 🟣 Didn't manage to work 005 this week which has now been stopped for transfer to Lumo. I did see 810009 on driver training though, my training should come around November time 👀 Exciting hey, have some trains, including a 37 and a nice pair 😁

Had a lovely Long Weekend in... drum roll please... Scotland! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Oh right, that's nothing unusual at this point 😂 Had a lovely time with @pacerclara.insanity.tube as we went to Inverurie on I7Cs Should they be in frontline service in 2025? Well, no. But am I taking advantage of this? Heck yes!

6 days of working the Iron Road come to an end What also comes to an end is the "Tent Menu" era as the offer gets subtly adapted on Monday with detailed place mats replacing the menus It was slightly weird taking the old menus off the tables for one last time 😅

Ayup, been quietly working away on the Iron Road recently. Nothing too interesting to write home about though the nights are definitely drawing in sooner for sure Have a 700, 360 and my 2200 St Pancras to Sheffield from yesterday. Thameslink were using St Pancras high level due to engineering work

Had 3 days of grafting on the Iron Road again, one day off now before a long set of shifts (favours you see) Have 222006 at Derby yesterday having been my unit from St Pancras as the 1402 to Sheffield. @hipa125.bsky.social is up front ready to take Line C out of the station

It appears we have two friends for training now 👀

Spent much of the week in London with @pacerclara.insanity.tube Can confirm: 730/2s are brilliant EMUs! I've finally done the Greenford branch and I also sampled my last BBC Prom of the season with Saint-Saëns Organ Symphony

Last night, myself and @pacerclara.insanity.tube had the pleasure of The Cally Sleeper to London! It's the best I've slept on a sleeper in a long time, dropped off around Dalmuir and woke up around Rugby after some quality sleep! Utterly brilliant, sleepers really are just amazing trains 😁

Hello internet I've been up West Highland Way recently! @pacerclara.insanity.tube and I went to Corpach and Banavie where the Caledonian Canal decsends Neptune's Staircase and out out into the Loch Eil Such a lovely part of the world indeed 🥰

Worked over the weekend, Sunday was especially fun! I picked up Sheffield's only turn where a host passed on an ECS! This meant I got to score the staff only Platform 7 at Derby which forms the Etches Park "Pilot Line" Now I have 6 days off to enjoy! Have some HT 802s in St Pancras on diversion 😁

Nick and Natt have a very cool second channel now that you should absolutely subscribe to Go do it, go subscribe

Hello internet! It's been a busy but fun week! Wednesday saw me go to the Royal Albert Hall for my first BBC Prom of the year. Bolero sounds absolutely incredible in there! I needed to time waste beforehand so I did a quick St Pancras to Stratford and back to sample the Javelin refurbishment 😁

A worthwhile thread from the Captain!

Today, I got to play about with a new bit of kit 👀 These new carts started appearing on units today and my train received it at St Pancras this afternoon! You'll notice them on 5 car Meridians to replace the older trolleys The best feature? The pot divider! No more rattling pots! 😍