User:Celineno1

Celine Roberts FEMALE TRAIN DRIVER Celine was one of the first female train drivers to pass her mp12 course on British rail .Narrowly beaten by Anne winters to be the first Female train driver. In 1979 Celine started her career at ripple lane depot in Dagenham Essex where she would Secondman class classes 59, 47, 56, 37, 08,  08, 58.Locos   as far as  Southampton or Langley and far and wide.. The ripple lane depot was nicknamed the pathfinders as they went to so many different locations pulling mostly fuel tankers from the nearby Dagenham fuel distillery Celine transferred to Victoria MT depot and Streatham hill which was mostly driving  passenger trains Victoria had the first Gatwick express trains which she drove up to speeds of 90mph Celine had a slight mishap on the post train one night at Redhill where the wrong dummy signal was pulled at there was a small collision with a bridge stopping the job for a few hours Celine transferred to Marylebone depot as there were 2 other female drivers there and later had a career break to have a family Celine went on to feature in a video Chiltern take 2 where she was videoed on a cab ride from Marylebone to Banbury and back