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(Trivia) Lookalikes working on the railway!

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Yesterday, leaving my station, I could have sworn the driver was Billy Connolly. Same beard, hair a bit longer....he might even be well known amongst staff for it!

NB No names if you know him!

Made me think are there any other celeb look-alikes we should be looking out for on the railways, and if they are, do they try to fix their hair etc to go along with it - or try their very best not to :lol:

Name the celebs they look like and we'll see if anyone's seen them en route!
 
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There is the Pavarotti lookalike Mr Colin Miller from my hometown of Burton on Trent (I've met him :D), not sure if he still works for Virgin though

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METRO said:
The Virgin Trains worker will sing impromptu choruses of Nessun Dorma to soothe commuters held up by regular delays.

Some queue up to have their picture taken with the station guard – and others hop off to take a snap before their train leaves.

The 61-year-old said: ‘I can’t sing like Pavarotti – but I give it a good go.‘All the punters love it, they know the railways don’t always run on time but people know I will be out there to keep them smiling.’
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Howardh said:
Yesterday, leaving my station, I could have sworn the driver was Billy Connolly. Same beard, hair a bit longer....he might even be well known amongst staff for it!

NB No names if you know him!
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Which TOC, at least? :p
 
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Rob, a FTPE guard (you'll know if you've had him!) seems to have a near clone - thought I was going mad when they both jumped out of the cab at Malton working a Scarborough service!
 
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the sniper said:
Which TOC, at least? :p
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The one with the clapped out trains beginning with N and ending with cancelled!

Crossover said:
Rob, a FTPE guard (you'll know if you've had him!) seems to have a near clone - thought I was going mad when they both jumped out of the cab at Malton working a Scarborough service!
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I beg your pardon?! :lol:
 
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There's a guard based at Exeter West depot who's the spitting image of me, right down to the weird hair and similar glasses!

PS: I'm not saying that I'm a celebrity ( :P ), this example jumped into my head immediately!
 
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Not celebrity, but there are identical twins down here, technically very good lookalikes... ;)
 
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Temple Meads said:
There's a guard based at Exeter West depot who's the spitting image of me, right down to the weird hair and similar glasses!

PS: I'm not saying that I'm a celebrity ( :P ), this example jumped into my head immediately!
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Could be a missing long lost relative - seriously! When I look at very old photos of my greats, cousins etc we all kind of look the same down the male line.

(Railways - male line....no pun intended!)
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Not celebrity, but there are identical twins down here, technically very good lookalikes... ;)
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Doesn't....count.....;)
 
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Not sure if this one counts but there is a conductor on the Sheffield supertram who is spitting image of Ricky Tomlinson (Jim Royle).

Also about 20 oddish years ago I did some school leavers work experience at Stockport station and one of the guys working in the Signal box (South direction) was a dead ringer for terry wogan. Think his name was Laurence.
 
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There is a guy at Vauxhall station (or at least there used to be) who could be likened to a character from Thomas The Tank Engine
 
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pennine said:
Northern Rail Guard on the Teesvalley line who looks like Elvis!
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Was that a Kirsty MacColl B-side?

There's an LUL employee who I see heading off from Finsbury Park who is the spit of Vic Reeves. Regrettably, he doesn't carry a stick.
 
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There used to be (forty years ago!) a District Inspector on the Piccadilly Line who was spitting image of Fulton Mackay, Mr Mackay of 'Porridge' fame. He was the nicest man I ever encountered when working for LT, which also was the actor's reputation, I believe
 
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Although not the railway, there is a bus driver for one of the local independents around here that looks a carbon copy to Rio Ferdinand.
 
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In his D.I. uniform, complete with peaked cap, he might have given a bit of a fright to any ex-cons from Pentonville joining the tube at Caledonian Road!
 
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He's retired now but we used to have a driver at our depot who was the spitting image of Fred West. Nice bloke though.

Another retired driver is the exact double of Parker from Thunderbirds.
 
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Rugd1022 said:
He's retired now but we used to have a driver at our depot who was the spitting image of Fred West. Nice bloke though.

Another retired driver is the exact double of Parker from Thunderbirds.
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If there's a Penelope double knocking around....mobile number, please! :lol:
 
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Saw a chap in the London area a while back who was the spitting image of Dr. Bunsen Honeydew, except not a puppet and he wasn't lacking eyes. I think not having eyes disqualifies one from safety critical positions anyway.
 
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My mother's hospital bed looks just like a Class 28 Metro Vick Co-Bo!

Does that count?
 
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It only came to me after I left my TPE train this morning, but our guard bore some resemblance to Sarah Millican - the accent most certainly said it wasn't, though!
 
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A picture of the Roy Hodgson lookalike at Cheltenham Spa seems to have gone viral in the last day or two.
 
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6Gman said:
My mother's hospital bed looks just like a Class 28 Metro Vick Co-Bo!

Does that count?
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Next time you visit her you should put 2 beds in tandem and stick a "Condor" headboard on the front.
 
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