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Chris the Driver
@christhedriver.bsky.social
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Hello, I am a driver for SWR. All views my own and don't necessarily reflect those of South Western Railway. DM always open.
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Chris the Driver @christhedriver.bsky.social · Nov 17
Welcome to my page, please do say hello. I’ll always try to reply but only when it is safe to do so. In order to make them easier to find, I will be placing links to my explanation threads as replies to this tweet. 😀

Have a lovely day.
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Chris the Driver @christhedriver.bsky.social · 14h
Down at Woking Bay (P3) now as we’re back off to Waterloo. 455863 & 455852 will know form the semi-fast 2F96.
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Chris the Driver @christhedriver.bsky.social · 15h
Turning back on P4 at Waterloo, 455852 now has the lead with 455963 behind as we prepare to run down to Woking as 2F09.
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Chris the Driver @christhedriver.bsky.social · 16h
NFF on the prep and the shunt has been completed into P2 at Guildford. I have two of the oldest of the grand dames on our network today: 455863 & 455852. First on my card is 2G10 to Waterloo via Cobham.
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Chris the Driver @christhedriver.bsky.social · 17h
Morning all! Day 2/2 starts at 04:53 today for job 8. Prep and shunt out of the Up Carriage Sidings with Cobham and Woking bay on the card today. Later on, it’s a route refresh on the Windsor Side.
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Chris the Driver @christhedriver.bsky.social · 1d
a man in a suit and hat is standing with his hands in his pockets in a black and white photo .
ALT: a man in a suit and hat is standing with his hands in his pockets in a black and white photo .
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Chris the Driver @christhedriver.bsky.social · 1d
The wild. Mrs D is at work.
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Chris the Driver @christhedriver.bsky.social · 1d
Nothing more to do so I have been released.
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Chris the Driver @christhedriver.bsky.social · 1d
Still peaceful so I’ll take someone else off 2J26 12:23 Guildford to Farnham and 2J29 13:04 Farnham to Guildford.

#TwoBirdsWithOneStone
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Chris the Driver @christhedriver.bsky.social · 1d
Picked up my train on P6 at Guildford. 450027 is ready for time and signal to work 2J20 to Farnham.
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Chris the Driver @christhedriver.bsky.social · 1d
Not much happening so I have volunteered to take a colleague off 2J20 10:53 Guildford to Farnham and 2J23 11:34 Farnham to Guildford.
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Chris the Driver @christhedriver.bsky.social · 1d
Congratulations to you both!
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Chris the Driver @christhedriver.bsky.social · 1d
Morning all! Day 1 of another short run of 2 starts at 06:08 and today I am a spare driver. Nothing doing right now so I’ll keep an eye on things and see if I can end a colleague’s day early later on.
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Chris the Driver @christhedriver.bsky.social · 3d
Hens often have red combs on their heads. Moorhens have a red frontal shields. Coots have white shields.
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Chris the Driver @christhedriver.bsky.social · 3d
Brightening up after my break and I am back with 450011 & 450085, this time on P1 at Guildford. Next on the card is 2G40 to Waterloo via Cobham.
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Chris the Driver @christhedriver.bsky.social · 3d
I didn’t. I assume it was down at Alresford when I was at Alton. They had 35005 Canadian Pacific on P3 when I was there.
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Chris the Driver @christhedriver.bsky.social · 3d
Of course I meant 2A36!
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Chris the Driver @christhedriver.bsky.social · 3d
A rare visit to P1 at Alton for me, where we are turning 450089 back to work 2A34 to Woking. Once there, I’m booked to attach to an 8-car and hand it all over to another driver. Then, it’s off to Guildford for my break.
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Chris the Driver @christhedriver.bsky.social · 3d
Thank you!
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Chris the Driver @christhedriver.bsky.social · 3d
It was me indeed! And yes, the PIS art is mine. Have a good trip.
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Chris the Driver @christhedriver.bsky.social · 3d
No split due to engineering works overrunning so we have 4 coaches on P2 at Woking. 450089 will work 2A21 to Alton this morning.
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Chris the Driver @christhedriver.bsky.social · 3d
You leave bits of pastry behind??? That’ll never do!!
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Chris the Driver @christhedriver.bsky.social · 3d
It was a full two days, that’s for sure. We have a Potter mad niece and promised her a Potterthon. Eight classics and junk food!
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Chris the Driver @christhedriver.bsky.social · 3d
Service starts from P3 at Guildford for me today. 450011 & 450085 are open and ready to work 2G16 to Waterloo via Cobham so I’d better get on with it!
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Chris the Driver @christhedriver.bsky.social · 3d
@thattallbloke.bsky.social welcome to the Civil Service!
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Chris the Driver @christhedriver.bsky.social · 3d
@barryh71.bsky.social welcome to the Civil Service!
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