Ryan 😊

A wild cucumber at Gloucester station today, 802018 on 2E53 to Worcester Foregate Street

@DownOnTheStour I do sign Voyagers, although 170s aren’t too bad to drive really! I’ve just been spoiled in my handling with the amount of Voyager runs to Manchester I did 😂

@midlandsguard Locked to Turbostars. Pain 😅

Today's Photo from the Stour 📸 A pair of Yellowfaced Tractors pass through with 97304 & 97303 passing through headed for Bescot Yard 🙌 #DOTS #trainphotography #railwayphotography #class37 #class97 #yellowface #tractor #thrash

@DownOnTheStour You’ll be waiting a few years for that! To be found between Nottingham and Bristol (Cardiff too at some point) for the next year or so 😁

@midlandsguard Sods law mate 🤣 You'll have to toot when you bring a voyager through 🔊

@trainfanmatt @DownOnTheStour

@DownOnTheStour Getting excited at a Voyager. This is a new low for you, my friend 🙈😂

I'm finally riding one 🤣 It's time for a run on a refurbished XC voyager. 220025 does the honours with a run to Wolverhampton 🙌 #DOTS #trainphotography #railwayphotography #refurbishedvoyager #class220 #crosscountry

@Jayontherails @1701aStarship @bessbbe @heather_waugh Congratulations! Welcome to the footplate

Interviews ✅ Psychometric ✅ Medical ✅ Excited to say I’ll be starting my new role as an apprentice train driver at the end of the month 🚂 Just wanted to thank @1701aStarship @bessbbe and @heather_waugh for inspiring me to take this new career path.

@trainfanmatt I used to feel that when I was coming back from Bournemouth and my car was in Birmingham, instead of close to where I live 😂

Stafford P1 Northbound ✅️ And I am 50 yards from home and I can almost touch my bed but I'm about 50 miles away from my car so the journey continues 🤣

@S26PHY A lot more peaceful than a 66 that’s for sure! Hope you enjoy the rest of handling and good luck at Lumo!

@midlandsguard They seem pretty nice from a driver perspective so far! Looking forward to getting on with my handling time ☺️

What a week… Mentally, it’s been a lot! The kind of week where imposter syndrome creeps in loud, making you question everything you thought you knew about yourself. Going from being the person who knew anything worth knowing about a Class 66, to feeling like the one scrambling to keep up in a 222 was honestly humbling… and pretty overwhelming. @heather_waugh delivered the training perfectly. Having someone you admire by your side in those moments makes all the difference, and her being there as I moved my first ever 222 made that full-circle milestone even more poignant. Yes, I cried. Again 🥹😭 I’m still exhausted. Still processing. But also proud, because showing up when you feel like you’re not enough is no small thing, and I need to remember that. Imposter syndrome might have been loud this week… but it didn’t win 💙🩵

170618 on 1M01 at Gloucester this morning

Feels like I’m here all the time lately 😂

@MonsieurPiddly I’ll have to keep an eye out for you at ManPic now!

Great to be finally able to drive my route after a stop start week. Few more trips need to do before I can be on my own.

Whilst in Cardiff (not Central since I’m not at work), 231007 at Cardiff Queen Street on 2Y52 to Barry Island, tidy!

GORGIE RULES

@DownOnTheStour Should be through your neck of the woods a lot more in the next few months whilst handling! Will definitely keep an eye out 👍

@midlandsguard Did have a sneaky snap of you leaving though 📸💪

Trams dragging Trams 😂 43484 & 43468 drag Class 398 TFW Tram train through Northfield at an extremely slow speed due to X-City Disruption 📸 #DOTS #railwayphotography #trainphotography #class43 #HST #railadventure #class398 #tramtrain #shed #DRS

“ALL WE NEED IS! CLAUDIO BRAGA!” ❤️

Amazing result 🇱🇻

Del-ightful 🤌

13 games. 8 goals. Joint-top Premiership scorer. Claudio Braga 👏