@bessbbe

Train Lady 🚂♥️ Freight Driver in the south. Award winning author, illustrator, columnist, fundraiser and lover of dogs.

 UK
Joined September 2017
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Callum Green@CallumGreenINVAug 4
Replying to @bessbbe
Better video of you leaving Banbury honestly superb!
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Callum Green@CallumGreenINVJul 30
Banbury! ✅️ by pot luck a change of plans for today brings us here and railway royalty!! @bessbbe delighted good to wave to you and thanks for the tones 😀
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ASLEF@ASLEFunionMay 19
ASLEF members have once again changed the job and the industry for the better. Conference recognised the fantastic achievements of Steve Pritchard and Andy Cook in securing a change in colour-vision standards for train drivers 👏 #AAD26
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Over the last few months, I've taken a step back from social media (and my phone in general!) I'm a crank through and through so I'm never out of love with the railway, despite how "q-word" I've been.
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l've always wanted my railway journey to be about the railway itself, because I love the people, the experiences, the learning and the job l've worked so hard to do every day. I'm still here. Just spending more time in the cab and a little less time on the timeline.
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That being said..! Here's me yesterday through Warminster on 6V41, in 69010 with 66553 DIT, and 20 wagons trailing behind It was my first time driving from Eastleigh to Westbury on my own since signing the route off and I think it might be the most beautiful route I sign so far.
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David Viles@DJVilesMay 14
Swanage poster no.1 ! Another fantastic deisel gala and beer festival, thanks to all involved @bessbbe @SwanRailway
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@S26PHYMay 14
Got the dynamic duo back together for the Women in Rail Awards last night! 💙 A truly wonderful and inspirational evening, and I can't thank @bessbbe enough for coming to support me in my first year as a judge!
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Wez@WezzRailMar 25
Came up with a new game which I'm affectionately calling "Bessie Bombing" A friend of mine is building a model railway, little does he knows that I've got some @bessbbe figures to sneak onto it without him knowing 🤣
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Train driver Mark@thebestmarkleeMar 18
Lovely to see @bessbbe at Southampton. Even if you did hold me up on the trip to Eastleigh, then have the cheek to get a lift home on my train! 🤣
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Steph
@S26PHY31 Dec 2025
🌟 A Note for New Year 🌟 As everyone starts to share their successes in 2025 and their goals for 2026... Remember, your success doesn't need to be defined by ticking off dreams. That a new year doesn't mean a new you. It's ok if you didn't achieve what you hoped for, for lots of us, simply surviving 2025 was an achievement! Surviving is more than enough, don't let the pressure of social media force you to compare yourself. January 1st isn't the only time we can set ourselves goals, we can choose to do this whenever we want. When life isn't too much. On our terms, or not at all. So please be gentle with yourself, Let go of the pressures, and welcome 2026 Happy New Year everyone, S x #NewYear
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It’s that time again 🤓 Welcome to ‘Work Wrapped’! 2025 has been my first full year as a mainline driver, and it’s been a fantastically busy one for both me and freight! 🤘
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66748 was the engine I drove the most at 17 times, and 4O46 was my most driven headcode at 44 times.🫸🫸 November was my busiest month with 24 shifts, travelling 3222 miles. July was my heaviest month at 48,825 tonnes. March saw me pulling 4206 SLU (around 17 miles of wagons!)
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So! To put it in to a more fun perspective, I’ve pulled the weight of 1.9 billion washing machines with wagons stretching the length of 2,260 football pitches around the globe and starting to come back again! 🌍🌍 It’s been a great year, and I can’t wait for what 2026 brings. ❤️
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Merry Christmas from one of this year’s hardest workers (and me!) I hope that whatever you get up to today is safe, happy, and warm ❤️
69009 is terribly decorated in tinsel at Eastleigh East Yard

ALT 69009 is terribly decorated in tinsel at Eastleigh East Yard

I’m wearing a Father Christmas hat and an awful bean Christmas jumper. I’m stood in the cab of 69008 which has been tinselled!

ALT I’m wearing a Father Christmas hat and an awful bean Christmas jumper. I’m stood in the cab of 69008 which has been tinselled!

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