Recent content by Get-Pulled-Off

It's a great job. Shift work however, not so much. Unless I've been denied leave and my friends are having fun somewhere, I generally look forward to work. Sometimes its routine and monotonous but bigger boxes generally have some interest most days. Shift work however is a major drawback...

As Sunset says, rosters are on a fixed rotation - of anything up for 32 weeks+, so in theory you know what you're working ad infinitum, especially given the advent of shift apps on mobile phones. You simply teach it the pattern and a start date and it will repeat it forever. Even a 32 week...

As I explained, in complex station areas then complete T3s are not always taken. You may have a T3 on Platforms 1-4 but 5-8 are open. In certain circumstances, if a trolley operates a track circuit within the T3, the interlocking thinks there is a runaway, a places a signal to danger on the open...

Fair enough, BT Sport. But to schedule a game for 1245 with a team 320 miles away still shows contempt for away fans who are what make the atmosphere in games. Weeks is not a great deal of notice for those unable to use club transport and may need hotels or cheap train tickets.

Yes, that and the fact that Southampton were playing SUNDERLAND. However I think its one of those chances you take with an OA operator, as there is little commercial incentive for EC to assist. This is not the case when EC assist Virgin and vice versa because they are on different routes and its...

'Speeding Train' is a trick often used by newspapers to add more 'shock' to their nothing story. I'm not sure it works to be honest, though its a rather lazy phrase to use in my opinion. I do understand the point though that a few posters need perspective, after that poor lady died at...

You don't get much choice in the matter! If P-Way need the trolley in that place you'll need to find a way of getting it there. The normal way of achieving this is to negotiate a time to push the trolley into position on the T3 protected line between running trains on the open line. Once in...

Then aren't you agreeing with me? Ideally I do not want trolleys operating TCs as they cause said signal reversions. Some trolleys have plastic or fibre wheels to prevent this, the ones that don't can be placed on pads once on site.

Are they really though? A LB with dets (other protection is available but 90% of the time it is dets) is very similar to a T3, and indeed we occasionally have had LBs changed to T3s or vice versa. Off the top of my head the only thing you can't do in a LB that you can in a T3 is have tampers...

Does it? So you've examined all other possible causes and come to the conclusion that rail staff don't make women feel welcome? Thanks, I appreciate your damming criticism of us. Whilst there is always "banter" between rail staff, I've personally never seen misogynistic attitudes displayed...

If the guy had cause or reasonable cause to believe that the only way to save her life was to immediately go onto the track then he should be applauded. However like others I'm struggling to believe that if he had time to rescue someone stuck in an electric wheelchair then he had time to get...

Thanks guys! I'm not fishing for compliments but it does annoy me when virtually all rail staff have worked extra hard for people to complain about a relatively short delay (in the circumstances). There are always things we could have done better but the majority of shortcomings are...

Thanks mate! You do realise just how hard we have to work to keep stuff moving, right? I was up at 3.45am to dig my car out of snow for a 6am shift at a signalbox to then be faced with a limited infrastructure where maintenance guys had driven through appalling road conditions to dig out key...

I agree up to a point in that, as a responsible member of society (or so I think) I will show consideration for others as much as practically possible. However the moment we go down the road of "nobody must ever be offended ever", then it risks turning us into a very dull and grey society...

I agree with that. I put most of societies ills down to encouraging the belief in rights without responsibilities. If I was to indulge someone for a second and say yes you do have a right to travel by train. But if you are to have that right then you have a responsibility to do so in a civilised...