Recent content by baz962

Probably the fast Nottingham or Sheffield that miss those stops.

We haven't even heard down St Pancras. Probably only be Derby drivers will sign them.

P5 at Sheffield is officially a 9 car platform , but can take a 10 car 222

Didn't have a double yellow. Had a single yellow on the platform as you pretty much always do, unless staying on the up slow . Reacted to the red and then single yellow at the junction and navigated the junction perfectly.

Wasn't there a train waiting on the Down slow , which would make you lose sight of WH154 for a while.

We do indeed see it step up to green if WH154 and beyond are off .

It can’t be seen from WH154 , correct.

To be fair to them , the aws in an 810 sounds or did sound very different to any other traction I have driven , including 222's and 360's , plus others at previous TOCs. All the sounds in the cab were different and quite awful really. Although I personally don't note the unit numbers and...

Absolutely. No dispute here. On our second to last Sheffield to London St Pancras. 21.00 off Sheffield and an 810 , I consistently knock around 8 minutes off the journey time . It's one of the only journeys that I get no restrictive signals at all , except for the last two before St Pancras.

They do have a decent advantage under the electric , but the current timetable doesn't really take advantage of it.

The driver of 1B67 didn't pass a red signal.

Im pretty sure it is . Absolutely astonishing , considering there are nearer places to entrances and exits.

About 4k . Puts you on roughly £77200. Pay claim is January and obviously the 810's are the new units that the above poster was probably on about. No hefty raise anywhere. Got the rest day rate wrong too.

But if it’s staffing you can't do that. As a driver if im booked to drive back from up north at say 9pm on the second to last service and the train is sitting there then there are now two problems. You will have one set of staff , but two trains blocking the platforms and depending on what im...

Well first of all you didn't reply to @Haywain above re the Bedford crash. Not only were all lines closed for a week , but drivers weren't happy to drive straight after, having lost a colleague. I was driving the last Sheffield to London one night and it got cancelled at Derby, because some...