@driverpotter.bsky.social
Twitter refugee. Slightly involved with @Gordon_3417 - also available of Bluesky! Powered by tea & bad language. Fairly dull & surprised that people apparently listen to me. Usual disclaimers about work and suchlike.
She looked better second time around!
28.06.2025 14:13 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
4VEP electric multiple unit 3417 ‘Gordon Pettit’ in P3 at Eastleigh. The unit is in the original blue with aluminium window frames, half yellow ends, red blinds Class 73 73213 hauling to Swanage Gala, in GBRF livery
4VEP electric multiple unit 3417 ‘Gordon Pettit’ on the up fast at Eastleigh. The unit is in the original blue with aluminium window frames, half yellow ends, red blinds Class 50 50008 hauling back from the Swanage Gala, in Hanson & Hall livery
Red Blinds at Eastleigh. Outwards and Returns of the day, almost exactly 12 years apart.
@gordon3417.bsky.social on its way to the #SwanageRailway gala, May 2013 and on its way back, today, May 2025
#RailBlue #SETG #4VEP #EMU #Eastleigh
Talk about dream come true getting to run your models on the real thing. We took #Project3417 Jnr x3 to Strawberry Hill Depot to see the real @gordon3417.bsky.social & all became kids again playing trains on trains! Huge thx to Steve, Lynn & Darren for accommodating us
#VariousMultipleUnits #bsmrguk
One day to go…..
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After yesterday’s deeply sad shift, it was a relief to just do a nice little spin out to Alton and back.
Turn the page; tomorrow is always a new day.
06.06.2025 19:59 — 👍 15 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Express man again today: 10 down to Pompey and 8 back up.
Found myself on a pass train to Waterloo, looking around and grinning because I’m lucky enough to be a tiny cog in this great British Railway Machine.
Not a bad thought to carry into the start of a shift.
The fascism playbook hasn't changed—only the speed we're flipping through its chapters.
10.05.2025 09:45 — 👍 16870 🔁 5103 💬 245 📌 137
50008 with @Gordon_3417 5W50 Strawberry Hill CSD to Swanage potters (!) through Reading West.
@driverpotter.bsky.social
Today is the day….
06.05.2025 05:06 — 👍 32 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1A small browse through Twitter has reminded me how pleased I am to be on #Bluesky.
11.04.2025 22:28 — 👍 22 🔁 0 💬 3 📌 0
Meanwhile Lynn The Trim has seen the results of her labours fitted to the East Anglian Railway Museum’s Class 101 DMU - astonishing work!
09.04.2025 19:58 — 👍 41 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0Change of plan - I’m now mooching at Waterloo, cunningly disguised as Myself.
(Yes - it’s one of those evenings)
If anyone needs me, I’ll be sitting at Alton.
09.04.2025 17:59 — 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0We don’t do rushin’ about at Wimbledon Park. #EasyDoesIt
08.04.2025 17:01 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0If anyone needs me, I’m currently sat in the Up Bay at Weybridge.
08.04.2025 16:57 — 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0We’re trained to do it, although it’s like anything; when you do it for real there’s a lot of adrenaline involved…
06.04.2025 06:31 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I make no apology when I say I wept a little yesterday.
Just having a man like him say that I had done something well, challenging my opinion or giving me the benefit of his experience… Imagine the best teacher you ever met; that respected voice, the person who’s approval you valued and treasured…
I can. Yon big wooden jobbie is known as a Short Circuit Bar. It’s used to cut out the 3rd Rail traction current in an emergency.
750 DC & civilians don’t mix. When you need the juice off quick, this is how you do it.
He invited me to call him Gordon.
I couldn’t do it - he was always “Mr Pettitt.”
I was the third generation of my family to meet him; not a bad boast….
We’re deeply saddened to announce that Gordon Pettitt passed away on 31st March. He was charming, knowledgeable, supportive; a manager of the old school.
Our thoughts are with his family and his friends - we are honoured to have known him.
#GordonPettitt #RIP
Another two little jobs quietly boxed up today - Oppo D Door (right hand) seat bay refurbished and fitted. FMAs 0404 and 0446 closed.
#quietlypleased
Something for Swanage, we think….
17.03.2025 21:44 — 👍 19 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
Buy your buckets and spades; Gordon is off to the seaside!
We’re delighted to announce that 3417 will be joining the Swanage Railway for their Diesel Gala 9th to 11th May 2025.
Just passed a 400-series Driver’s assessment…
Blimey.
Well, a few hours volunteering followed by a spot of proper railway work.
A rather pleasant way to spend a day.
youtube.com/live/3ILJrgz...
20:00 tomorrow night.
We look forward to welcoming you to the depot!
#nottopgear
Welcome to Strawberry Hill, home to the Southern Electric Group. This Thursday at 20:00 we invite you to join us online as we launch “Full Series.”
#nottopgear
Tune in to our YouTube Channel at 20:00, Thursday 27th February to find out what all the fuss is about….
#FullSeries
A locomotive speeding through a marshalling yard, with a clear signal.
A Second World War style poster, for no reason...
10.02.2025 01:15 — 👍 279 🔁 122 💬 4 📌 1
