Shel
@shellienic.bsky.social
Train Driver. Mum of 2. Cat Lover. Lego Builder. Growing Up is Overrated. Love to travel. My own opinions, not reflective of my employer. Photos taken safely.
Ooh love this! I’ve just started using my cab mate notebook!
January 4, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Ooh love this! I’ve just started using my cab mate notebook!
I am guilty of having a few reuseble bottles/cups. Love my Klean Kanteens 😳
January 3, 2026 at 10:19 PM
I am guilty of having a few reuseble bottles/cups. Love my Klean Kanteens 😳
Sometimes it’s best not to know! 🥶
I haven’t looked out the window here yet to see if we have the white stuff. It was trying to last night albeit a feeble attempt.
I haven’t looked out the window here yet to see if we have the white stuff. It was trying to last night albeit a feeble attempt.
January 3, 2026 at 10:18 AM
Sometimes it’s best not to know! 🥶
I haven’t looked out the window here yet to see if we have the white stuff. It was trying to last night albeit a feeble attempt.
I haven’t looked out the window here yet to see if we have the white stuff. It was trying to last night albeit a feeble attempt.
My first shift of 2026 - a healthy 9h 22! Beginning with a Rugeley, promptly followed by. Rugeley / B’ham Intl. A break then a Lichfield through to Longbridge. Change ends in the reversing sidings & ECS back to Birmingham - arriving 5 mins early - result!
#DayInTheLife #TrainDriver
#DayInTheLife #TrainDriver
January 3, 2026 at 10:11 AM
My first shift of 2026 - a healthy 9h 22! Beginning with a Rugeley, promptly followed by. Rugeley / B’ham Intl. A break then a Lichfield through to Longbridge. Change ends in the reversing sidings & ECS back to Birmingham - arriving 5 mins early - result!
#DayInTheLife #TrainDriver
#DayInTheLife #TrainDriver
Just a tad chilly then? Pretty though.
I was feeling it when I finished last night… blinking cold!
I was feeling it when I finished last night… blinking cold!
January 3, 2026 at 10:10 AM
Just a tad chilly then? Pretty though.
I was feeling it when I finished last night… blinking cold!
I was feeling it when I finished last night… blinking cold!
So, as we prepare to welcome in 2026, I wish you all the best for the year.
There are 365 opportunities coming, Follow your dreams and take care of yourself and each other. 🥂
There are 365 opportunities coming, Follow your dreams and take care of yourself and each other. 🥂
a fireworks display with the words happy new year written below it
ALT: a fireworks display with the words happy new year written below it
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December 31, 2025 at 8:52 PM
So, as we prepare to welcome in 2026, I wish you all the best for the year.
There are 365 opportunities coming, Follow your dreams and take care of yourself and each other. 🥂
There are 365 opportunities coming, Follow your dreams and take care of yourself and each other. 🥂
Good luck with your applications and hopefully you’ll be sharing some good news soon. ☺️
December 31, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Good luck with your applications and hopefully you’ll be sharing some good news soon. ☺️
Ah that’s a shame, what’s next for you?
December 31, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Ah that’s a shame, what’s next for you?
After 2hrs of sitting spare, my holler came to allocate work - covering a Wolverhampton depot job. Starting with Four Oaks, a break & then a B’ham Intl through to Walsall & empties back to Wolves taking the train into the Carriage Sidings & stabled it. Taxi back to B’ham. #DayInTheLife #TrainDriver
December 31, 2025 at 5:15 PM
After 2hrs of sitting spare, my holler came to allocate work - covering a Wolverhampton depot job. Starting with Four Oaks, a break & then a B’ham Intl through to Walsall & empties back to Wolves taking the train into the Carriage Sidings & stabled it. Taxi back to B’ham. #DayInTheLife #TrainDriver
They are. I remember working the ‘dogbox’ as a guard. Quite liked them!
December 31, 2025 at 12:55 AM
They are. I remember working the ‘dogbox’ as a guard. Quite liked them!
We have spares (where we sit in the mess room) like coiled springs ready for action Incase there is sickness or other absence, to cover PNBs and to help with service recovery in times of disruption - for example if a booked driver for a service is stuck out on a delayed train.
December 30, 2025 at 6:38 PM
We have spares (where we sit in the mess room) like coiled springs ready for action Incase there is sickness or other absence, to cover PNBs and to help with service recovery in times of disruption - for example if a booked driver for a service is stuck out on a delayed train.
153s are a rarity in Birmingham now!
December 30, 2025 at 6:37 PM
153s are a rarity in Birmingham now!
I’m split week this week and so this is my final shift of this year.
And it’s a Spare shift. I’m on duty until 01.15 and waiting for be hollered over the PA and given something to do.
It’s not my most favourite kind of shift!
#DayInTheLife #TrainDriver #FemaleTrainDriver #womeninrailmalaysia
And it’s a Spare shift. I’m on duty until 01.15 and waiting for be hollered over the PA and given something to do.
It’s not my most favourite kind of shift!
#DayInTheLife #TrainDriver #FemaleTrainDriver #womeninrailmalaysia
December 30, 2025 at 6:36 PM
I’m split week this week and so this is my final shift of this year.
And it’s a Spare shift. I’m on duty until 01.15 and waiting for be hollered over the PA and given something to do.
It’s not my most favourite kind of shift!
#DayInTheLife #TrainDriver #FemaleTrainDriver #womeninrailmalaysia
And it’s a Spare shift. I’m on duty until 01.15 and waiting for be hollered over the PA and given something to do.
It’s not my most favourite kind of shift!
#DayInTheLife #TrainDriver #FemaleTrainDriver #womeninrailmalaysia
My nice little Monday shift began with a Wolverhampton followed by a PNB, then a Redditch/Four Oaks/Redditch with empties back to Birmingham. Reasonably uneventful bar some intoxicated youths at Longbridge meaning we didn’t move until they were off the platform.
#DayInTheLife #TrainDriver #Class730
#DayInTheLife #TrainDriver #Class730
December 30, 2025 at 5:53 PM
My nice little Monday shift began with a Wolverhampton followed by a PNB, then a Redditch/Four Oaks/Redditch with empties back to Birmingham. Reasonably uneventful bar some intoxicated youths at Longbridge meaning we didn’t move until they were off the platform.
#DayInTheLife #TrainDriver #Class730
#DayInTheLife #TrainDriver #Class730
New St is always the crew change over point for drivers & guards from services on the Cross City line (Lichfield-Bromsgrove or Four Oaks - Redditch corridors).
It’s the main change point for nearly all our suburban services.
It’s the main change point for nearly all our suburban services.
December 30, 2025 at 12:03 PM
New St is always the crew change over point for drivers & guards from services on the Cross City line (Lichfield-Bromsgrove or Four Oaks - Redditch corridors).
It’s the main change point for nearly all our suburban services.
It’s the main change point for nearly all our suburban services.
It does. We have so many in the railway too.
Soho is a few mins outside of Birmingham New St - not in the nicest of areas… right by the prison!
Soho is a few mins outside of Birmingham New St - not in the nicest of areas… right by the prison!
December 30, 2025 at 12:40 AM
It does. We have so many in the railway too.
Soho is a few mins outside of Birmingham New St - not in the nicest of areas… right by the prison!
Soho is a few mins outside of Birmingham New St - not in the nicest of areas… right by the prison!
Soho is the TMD (Train Maintenance Depot) here in Birmingham.
December 29, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Soho is the TMD (Train Maintenance Depot) here in Birmingham.
I was back in the driving seat yesterday. I was booked to do a trio of Bromsgrove & a Soho. However, I did a swapsy with another driver for the last trip so I went to Redditch & he did my Broms/Soho. #DayInTheLife #TrainDriver
December 29, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I was back in the driving seat yesterday. I was booked to do a trio of Bromsgrove & a Soho. However, I did a swapsy with another driver for the last trip so I went to Redditch & he did my Broms/Soho. #DayInTheLife #TrainDriver
Merry Christmas Rachel! Hope you also va e a fab one with you & yours!
December 25, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Merry Christmas Rachel! Hope you also va e a fab one with you & yours!
Merry Christmas to you, your family and friends. Hope you have had a lovely day today, and that the festive season has treated you well!
Thank you for your follows, likes & interactions throughout the year!
I’ll be back in the driving seat on Sunday.
Thank you for your follows, likes & interactions throughout the year!
I’ll be back in the driving seat on Sunday.
December 25, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Merry Christmas to you, your family and friends. Hope you have had a lovely day today, and that the festive season has treated you well!
Thank you for your follows, likes & interactions throughout the year!
I’ll be back in the driving seat on Sunday.
Thank you for your follows, likes & interactions throughout the year!
I’ll be back in the driving seat on Sunday.
A bit of fun getting home after both our @greateranglia.bsky.social & @lnrailway.bsky.social trains were cancelled this morning! @avantiwestcoast.bsky.social to rescue with the 11.07 EUS-LIV service depositing us at LTV at 12.20 - the Avanti crew were just lovely! #TrainingHomeForChristmas
December 24, 2025 at 2:50 PM
A bit of fun getting home after both our @greateranglia.bsky.social & @lnrailway.bsky.social trains were cancelled this morning! @avantiwestcoast.bsky.social to rescue with the 11.07 EUS-LIV service depositing us at LTV at 12.20 - the Avanti crew were just lovely! #TrainingHomeForChristmas
