Scariest Thing You Do As A Driver

[TDK]

A 67 engine room door at the air end opening when under full load tends to suck everything loose into the engine room including jacket, HV vest and anything else not tied down, that can be a bit of a shock.

 

[bishdunster]

NOTHING is more frightening than hitting 3 detonators, especially in the dark hock: !!!!!!!!!

 

[scotraildriver]

A 67 engine room door at the air end opening when under full load tends to suck everything loose into the engine room including jacket, HV vest and anything else not tied down, that can be a bit of a shock.

LOL Been there done that.................... 67004 I hate u

 

[Minilad]

NOTHING is more frightening than hitting 3 detonators, especially in the dark hock: !!!!!!!!!

Hitting a cow at 110 ?!!

Hello signaller can you arrange for a line block and some new underwear please

 

[Clip]

Close calls with people on crossings (if people spent any amount of time in a driving cab they would be shocked at how frequantly this happens).

I know it happens a lot but I was in the cab just the other day and saw it first hand. I nearly sh*t myself. Driver just looked at me shrugged his shoulders and laughed. This is why Clip doesnt like going in the drivers cab.

 

[6Gman]

To lighten the tone from all the gore and to offer tedious/ uncomfortable experiences .....

My father used to mention:-

Booking on at 11pm, taking a Class 8 freight to Lostock Hall and then having to sit for 4 hours in a tiny messroom until the first bus into Preston.

A Class 40 failing halfway up Shap in a blizzard and having to walk to the signal box.

 

[scotraildriver]

A maintenance engineer is supposed to be in the engine room while the engine is running and when his/her duties require, a driver is not and most certainly not while using it as a corridor to save leaving by the cab door, either that or I've been fed an awful lot of BS in the past

We shunt the sleepers at Edinburgh and are required to change ends on the loco in a limited clearance tunnel several times. Therefore no option to go outside. I've never been comfortable doing it but it does seem to be the accepted practice.

 

[bronzeonion]

I know it's 'only in pres' but going in the engine room whilst engine is running is really not that bad and this includes a 47 which as some will know is very tight for room.

 

[barbarajohn]

i saw it comming! (the breezeblock i mean!) from the vandals throw, swoooooom BANG!,,showered with glass, blinded , shocked, shivering like an M P with his pants round his ankles, i rolled drunkedly out off the cab at liverpool lime st. The station inspector never even looked at me, "OH," he said , " this unit will have to come off!

 

[GB]

Are DB (or other freight company) drivers issued with ear protection by the company?

If not, then I imagine that is the difference. If an employee is required to work in a noisy enviroment, the company has a responsibility to limit the risks as far as is reasonably possible.

All GBRf traincrew are issued with ear plugs for when in the engine room. Like someone else said, spending 30 seconds in there to change ends is not an issue and often offers less risk then changing ends on the ground.

 

[scotraildriver]

All GBRf traincrew are issued with ear plugs for when in the engine room. Like someone else said, spending 30 seconds in there to change ends is not an issue and often offers less risk then changing ends on the ground.

Indeed. Its not even that noisy, I just don't like the atmosphere. Smells good mind u!!! Nice and oily.

 

[91104]

Having your windscreen smashed while going along at 125 was a bit unnerving to say the least.

 

[A-driver]

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Having your windscreen smashed while going along at 125 was a bit unnerving to say the least.

Now that isn't 'smashed', it's just 'shattered'. Or at least that is what my control told me when my 365 windscreen looked like that after a triple bird strike at 100 mph a few years back. I was told I could carry on as it wouldn't shatter in on me. Funnily enough I wasn't quite as confident as them and didn't really want to risk a glass shower.

Should add that I told them to stuff it, ran wrong road to the previous station, kicked everyone off and crossed over onto the right road and ran into the closest depot!

 

[No Fault Found]

I don't blame you at all A-driver. Not just for not wanting the glass cave in on you but what about the impaired vision? I'm sure control would have been the first ones to jump on you if you has SPAD'd because of it.

On a side note, a few years back, we had a broken windscreen changed out on a 180. I took a sledge hammer to the broken windscreen and even with about 30 blows i still couldn't penetrate the glass. The polycarbonate inner laminate really is amazingly strong.

But i certainly wouldn't want to keep a train in service with a screen damaged to that extent.

 

[dk1]

Killing someone. Well you did ask..........

Exactly what I was going to say.

 

[#1 driver]

Are DB (or other freight company) drivers issued with ear protection by the company?

we ( DBS ) get -

for use while driving , if you get a noisy loco .