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Valk. She/her. Freight Train Driver. Loves coffee, streams on Twitch. http://twitch.tv/valkyrievp
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Now that we're nice and comfy on the worksite it is time to read up on some history!
Photo shows a book "25 Years of thr Class 66". It is inside the cab of a class 66 locomotive. Also visible is a flask of coffee.
November 16, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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A little bit of Friday Night Riviera spotting. 👌

First person to tell me it's Saturday morning gets an angry emote!
Photo shows class 57 locomotive 57602 Restormel Castle. It is at platform 15 at Reading with 1C50, the sleeper service to Penzance.
November 15, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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My ride this evening. 60 years is a long old time, to be fair!

#Freightliner
The image shows class 66 locomotive 66601. It is in a special green and yellow striped livery celebrating 60 years of Freightliner operating intermodal trains in the UK.
November 2, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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619 has been on the morning quarry runs this week. A very nice loco, does as it's told and gets moving!
Image shows class 66 locomotive 66619, under a grey sky.
October 25, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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Charlton tunnel, on the Avonmouth line
Photo shows the down end portal of the Charlton tunnel.
August 12, 2025 at 4:40 AM
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More shots of Pendennis at the Greatest Gathering
Image shows class 57 locomotive 57604. Image shows the nameplate of class 57 locomotive 57604. It reads "Pendennis Castle". Also shown is the old GWR crest. Image shows the locomotive data panel of 57604. It shows the weight (117 tonnes), brake force (60 tonnes) Electric Train Heating index (100), Route Availability (6) and max speed (95mph).
August 4, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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57604, Pendennis Castle, looking fine at the Greatest Gathering. Featuring a small Highland moo
Image shows the front of class 57 locomotive 57604, named Pendennis Castle. The loco is painted in a livery representing the old Great Western Railway. In front of the loco is a small Highland cow plush.
August 2, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Some of my favourite signs from London Trans Pride

#TransRights
Photo shows a protest sign. It reads "Happy 56th Trans Women of Colour throwing bricks at cops anniversary". Photo shows a protest sign. It reads "Dykes for Trans Rights". Photo shows a protest sign. It reads "Every time you complain we add another gender". It also has a middle finger with the words "Define this" on it.
July 27, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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Though my freight trains would definitely be better with a catering trolley, it must be said.

Could get used to having someone make coffee for me on the move!
Photo shows a GWR-branded cup of coffee in front of a train window. The view out of the window is the Oxfordshire countryside, near Uffington.
July 25, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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Hello, Swindon.
Riding pass will never not feel strange to me.
Photo shows some of platform 4 at Swindon station. In the background is the tower building with the British Rail Double Arrow logo on it.
July 25, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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SB961, my beloved
Image shows a railway signal. It is SB961. It is at danger.
July 17, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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Tonight, I get the privilege of taking freshly painted, named, and liveried, 66501 into action!
Image shows class 66 locomotive 66501. It is named "Spirit of '65" in celebration of 60 years of Freightliner operation.
May 22, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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Welcome to Westbury. You either love it or hate it.
Guess which one I am?
Image shows a railway mile marker. It shows "109 and 3", meaning Westbury Station is 109 and 3 quarter miles from London Paddington.
May 22, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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66545 patiently waits to take 6A52 off into the night
Image show class 66 locomotive 66545 at the head of a loaded stone train. It is sat in a yard.
May 20, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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The other sunset. The one that comes up from the East.
Image shows the morning sun rising above a set of wagons. Locomotive 66551 is back-lit at the front of the image.
May 14, 2025 at 6:06 AM
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Do y'think I'm visible enough

#TransRightsAreHumanRights
Image shows a pair of black safety boots tied up with trans pride flag laces.
May 12, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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Pendennis is back! 57604 Pendennis Castle is back in service on the Night Riviera after what seemed like the longest ever G exam. Here's hoping 605 is not out for as long.

#trains
#gwr
May 5, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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We have another protest coming up this Saturday in Bristol. Hopefully see you there!
#TransRights
#Bristol
#TransRightsAreHumanRights
Image shows a flyer for a trans rights protest. It reads: We are human Trans tresistance Rally 12pm Saturday 26th April College Green Bring: Signs - Masks - People
April 21, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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Mirror image!

From the other night, at the depot.
Image shows two class 66 locomotives coupled together. They are 66517 and 66571.
April 21, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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Trainbow, on this day more than ever.

#trainbow
#TransRights
Image shows IET number 800008 "Trainbow", working in multiple with another IET.
April 19, 2025 at 6:28 AM
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What a horrible day. In some good news, I managed to finally get this shot. Been a while since I saw Restormel on the sleeper.
Image shows the nameplate of class 57 locomotive 57602 Restormel Castle in the background. In the foreground, I am holding up a pin badge of the same nameplate.
April 16, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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I'm on the first run of a new diagram tonight. Time to step up and do myself proud.

I'll be honest. I'm really not feeling it tonight. But I'll keep putting one foot in front of the other and get the job done.
Image shows a foot, wearing a safety boot with rainbow laces, stepping aboard an IET.
April 7, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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First quarter moon, caught up in the OLE at Newport station
Image shows the night sky, with the first quarter moon appearing from behind the overhead line electrification equipment.
April 2, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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On the engineering traffic today. That's means I get to drag this redneck-looking contraption round the network! It's a chute, part of the rail delivery train I am driving. It is the part that unloads the rail into the four foot as I drive.
Image shows a view of the chute part of a rail delivery train. It sort of looks like a crane, but as part of a train. Sort of.
April 1, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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Some ancient chairs still kicking about! Never looked too closely until today, when I spotted it.
Image shows a rail chair, branded with "GWR". It is very old. A rail chair is part of the system of load transfer that holds the rails to the sleepers.
March 31, 2025 at 5:14 PM