Railroader Gifts

"No, this is first class."

"The little engine that could... after taking advantage of family connections, a trust fund, working two years for free as an intern, and finally getting hired as an independent contractor."

A trevor of trainspotters

'Have you been waiting long?'

The next fast train has gone.

Run from the hills!

"They call me the king of railroad salvage - 'they' being my wife, actually."

"We've been working all the live-long fiscal year to get these numbers up, but I'm afraid some of us are working just to pass the time away."

HS2 time bomb...

Coupler Counselling

"Please mind the gap between the train timetable and reality."

Personnel. You did high-tech work in this railroad job? It was a part-time position --- I was a semi-conductor.

'Sorry, but I had trouble with train story-problems in math, when I was a kid too.'

The light rail system is reaching the downtown business core too quickly!

'When I started this journey I was a curate.'

"Hi! It's me...I've gone off the rails"

"Let me go, honey. That eight-o'clock commuter express out of Yuma don't wait for no man."

"Where did this thing come from? It's a major trip hazard if you ask me!"

Train Arrivals

End Of The Line

'You knew what I was when you married me.'

Man standing at a railway station.

Men resting.

Men at Work

'That's what I call riding the barrel!'

"It's the wrong type of tracks on the snow."

The little infrastructure that couldn't

'The Railway Juggernaut of 1845'

"Beige Marks and Spencer anorak, elasticated cuffs, fully enclosable hood...I don't believe I've got that one"

'I understand you're looking for engineers.'

Trainspotter spotting: 'Gosh! A type 406 with original thermos.'

"Working from home was a great idea in theory, but it probably wasn't a great idea to let the drivers do it!"

'It's the acceptable face of the high-speed rail link.'

"Don't you love that new handcar smell?"

Clowns carry out railway line maintenance.