Recent content by 91111

Unfortunately the 09.52 (1E15) from Aberdeen on a Friday is no longer a dry train. Last week was the last day of the trial. Rumours are it'll probably go back to being dry "around April time" which seems about silly. Today there were 3 groups in coach G with the drinks flowing and the music...

Feel quite lucky I was off work and managed to miss these delays but our lass who works on the catering was 2 hours late! Read on my work phone that the Edinburgh Tbird was due to be sent out but was cancelled and that a 57 was to be sent (apparently there were two 57s on a train going south...

As a guard for EC I agree that the disabled alarm is not taken seriously due to the amount of times it is pressed accidentally or by some scally (I've never had a real call on it and had to reset it hundreds of times). This has also led to some guards disabling the alarms in the carriage (the...

As for the question furthest north a 142 has gone http://www.flickr.com/photos/roddymacphee/9506778745/in/set-72157635063063773 How about Inverness?

Hello, quite interested in this position, I'm currently a guard with East Coast. Does anybody have any idea about the training process? Mainly where the training would be and how it would be broken up. Also what jobs do Aberdeen drivers cover? Inverness, Fife Circle, Glasgow, Edinburgh...

Thanks for the information. Not sure on the rules of posting links or pictures but here's a typical picture I'm working from: http://www.flickr.com/photos/roddymacphee/7631148182/in/set-72157630710859460 Photo credit: Roddy MacPhee From that it looks like the mk1 brake, x4 mk3's, a mk2...

Hello all, I'm interested in the Inverness area circa 1999. I've found out a good amount of information but can not seem to get an exact formation of the Inverness-Euston sleeper services. From pictures I can see the usual motive power is provided by a EWS 47/7 then usually a mk1 full brake...

I agree with what most people have said. Does your son just want to be specifically a train driver or does he just have a love for the industry and simply wishes to be part of it? Personally I became a gateline operator (unforunately through an agency) 2 weeks after leaving college at 18. I...