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charlierwalker.bsky.social

Train Driver in the North East. 🚉 Photographer 📸 Boy Dad 👨‍🍼 Cat Dad 🐈‍⬛️ Views are my own and not those of my employer. Photography is my own unless otherwise stated. https://charliewalker.railmiles.me/journeys/

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So after some kind soul felt it would be wise to bash my car with theirs and drive off without leaving a note the other week. I'm now having the front bumper repaired. I'll post the after later today when the chap has finished.

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

railwaychildren.enthuse.com/pf/olivia-wa... Keeping this short and sweet. At the end of February my wife will be sleeping rough at Leeds Station as part of an organised event to raise money for The Railway Children charity. Anyone fancy sponsoring her?

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

Today @lner.co.uk has named a train to mark Railway 200. It’s called “Darlington” - the home of the modern railway and location of the S&DR200 Festival.

submitted 46 days ago • 3 comments

801207 '𝗗𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗼𝗻' - 𝗥𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟬. The latest LNER livery, completed to recognise the 200th Anniversary of the Stockton and Darlington Railway. The orange really works with the red and its nice to see my home town recognised.

submitted 45 days ago • 1 comment

Out and about specifically to get a photo of a specific unit. This is what railway photography looks like when it goes pete tong. This mainline now blocked about 2 miles south of where I am for the past 60 mins. Nothing is moving. Quietly hoping nothing gets cancelled and ruins my shots.

submitted 46 days ago • 2 comments

Not a bad start to 2025 so far. 47 services worked, on average only 1 minute delay per service. In reality those 47 minutes were split over 7 services with the other 40 being on time.

submitted 47 days ago • 1 comment

Fellow Drivers and Signallers, a conundrum for you. Can a signaller call you unexpectedly on the GSM-R, causing you to stop out of course, just so they can get permission from you class 2 to revert a signal ahead of you to let a late running class 1 ahead of you, causing you a delay?

submitted 52 days ago • 4 comments

Fun day today, having to use the dreaded 2-2 bell code, fortunately not due to any error of mine, but due to an ill timed unit fault occurring for the 4th time that day. It was in that moment that Charlie knew, the unit needed to be failed.

submitted 53 days ago • 0 comments

With the severe snow the Midlands and North of England has been suffering today i thought I would share this throwback to 10th Jan 2021. I had planned to go and do some photography today but given its the first winter where I've had a rear wheel drive car I thought it best to stay local.

submitted 54 days ago • 1 comment