"I originally planned to be a teacher, but one day I was sitting outside my grandmother's house, where the railway passes by, reading the newspaper. I saw an ad where it said they were looking for a train drive. Just then, a train passed by and I heard its whistle blow,” says Gudrun Folkedal.
"I thought: This is a sign from the railway Gods," says Gudrun.
Now, almost ten years later, she still doesn’t regret her choice. Gudrun found her dream job.
"All the happy people … and the nature, especially the nature in the western part of the country, is very beautiful. I love my job," says Gudrun.
The Bergen Railway is one of Gudrun’s regular routes. Today, she’s seated in one of the passenger seats, while Halldis Folkedal, her twin sister, drives the train from Oslo in Eastern Norway to Bergen on the west coast.
The journey takes between six and a half and seven and a half hours.