Mike B 🚉

Train Driver. Carlisle based. Moving stuff from A to B, I also chase ambulances in my spare time🚑. Views my own and expressed with safety #1.

[Mike B 🚉 @TandCsMike]

Hi! Welcome to my twitter page, My name is Mike and I'm a Trainee Train Driver at Freightliner, it's great to have you here on this page. This is a thread covering the basics so please take a minute to check below 👉🧵 1/6

[Mike B 🚉 @TandCsMike]

@Flying_Vixen Thought it was you! Green > Red I think 🤔🤣

[Mike B 🚉 @TandCsMike]

Frosty mornings on the foot plate 🥶

[Mike B 🚉 @TandCsMike]

Humbled to be able to speak about my volunteering with Lynn, Head of Comms.

Thanks to @RailFreight for the commitment to donate £1000 to @NWAmbulance charity which will help fund life saving equipment for my local responders ❤️

[Mike B 🚉 @TandCsMike]

If we're serious about tackling climate change more boxes need to be on the back of trains, not on the back of trucks, it's simple economics 👇

[Freightliner @RailFreight]

We are delighted to be featuring on The Climate Show this weekend on Sky News.

The #Freightliner feature focuses on how growing rail freight volumes and driving a modal shift to rail will support the delivery of the UK's greenhouse gas obligations.

[Mike B 🚉 @TandCsMike]

Book off 🚂 - > Book on 🚑

[Mike B 🚉 @TandCsMike]

15 minute delay but safely delivered to Carlisle (she did arrive with the wagons they're just behind me, I promise!) 😂

Here's 66413 looking moody before being tucked in for the night. Back again tomorrow 🤞

[Mike B 🚉 @TandCsMike]

Interesting day bringing 6M47 back to Carlisle today, here she is before departure, the orange beast.

[Mike B 🚉 @TandCsMike]

The DB team at Tyne were fantastic and after isolating the slightly dismantled brake system on the wagon, paperwork was reissued and I went on my way!

[Mike B 🚉 @TandCsMike]

@Electra88007 @AnnBishopRowe DM Please if you wouldn't mind 🙏

[Mike B 🚉 @TandCsMike]

First drives completed today (a week later than planned due to admin)

Amazing experience, I loved every minute and I'm certainly looking forward to building on the experience 🚂

[Mike B 🚉 @TandCsMike]

@AnnBishopRowe Ah good show! Thanks for these 😁

[Mike B 🚉 @TandCsMike]

@CharlieRWalker And the same to you my man

[Mike B 🚉 @TandCsMike]

@Electra88007 Yeh was interesting, braking wasn't too bad but under power it was abit dicey 🍂🍂

[Mike B 🚉 @TandCsMike]

@CharlieRWalker Congratulation mate

[Mike B 🚉 @TandCsMike]

@becciroake Thanks Becci! ✊

[Mike B 🚉 @TandCsMike]

That marks the end of my training period, first solo drive on Monday. It's been a long year with many ups and downs (mostly ups). Time to experience life as a PQA Driver and continue learning how to safely operate freight trains. Massive thanks to everyone who supported me (1)

[Mike B 🚉 @TandCsMike]

@CharlieRWalker Good luck Charlie, you'll smash it.

[Mike B 🚉 @TandCsMike]

@groupstageexit Thanks! It's certainly going to be interesting!

[Mike B 🚉 @TandCsMike]

@kissthebubble Good luck, hope all goes well today 🤞🤞

[Mike B 🚉 @TandCsMike]

@gascoyne04 Cheers big lad