15th September 2023
A few days of Eastleighs this week for me.69004 photographed in various locations, and a cheeky screen recording sent to me by a friend as I trundled through Virginia Water…
A few days of Eastleighs this week for me.69004 photographed in various locations, and a cheeky screen recording sent to me by a friend as I trundled through Virginia Water…
Something a little different, and I can’t deny slightly exciting for me today. Today is the day I get to join the ranks alongside Scott, Virgil and Brains and get…
This proved to be an interesting month, for reasons I shan’t go too much into detail with.I had two weeks off on leave, and as such haven’t done much driving.Me…
This week we’ve got the AFM in carrying out some works - a quieter week in terms of workload but also an introduction for me to an on track machine…
Something that isn't trains for this diary entry.As some of you may know, I occasionally drive preserved buses (i used to own one too!). The past week, I've had the…
This week sees me back in my increasingly regular groove of surveying alongside one of the VolkerRail road-rail plain line tampers.The VolkerRail “Beaver” tamper fleet are possession tampers (they do…
It’s my first driving shift back today after a couple of weeks holiday. As much as I didn’t want to leave the joviality of cocktails and warm beaches, I am…
Not an engineering post today, but found this little guy on site while doing some survey work - you don’t see snakes very frequently in the UK but we do…
Hello! In order to not lose people's interest in my endeavours, I have decided to try and write something here every month. That should be a fine balance between me…
This week’s seen me back on site, after a week stuck in the office on paperwork duty.The bulk of the week has focused around re-laying sleepers and ballast on a…