Recent content by rochdalecowboy

yes 12hrs rest between shifts and the shifts are earlies one week lates the next ,although you are allowed to swap, shifts can be 6-10hrs long 35hr /4 day week most people would be very pleased with the working arrangments but after a few months on the job they seem to go into complaining mode...

hahahaha thanks ,it makes me sound like I'm a plant (not a gerainium though eh)

are you up for terrible shifts ,3am starts and 3am finishes (not the same shift obviously) ,incidents eg hitting a person ? how do you think you'd cope? or large animal ,having a brick thrown threw your window and ending up in hospital ,failures that go wrong ,and of course no matter what time...

so I take it your all railenthuiasts going for these northern driver jobs ? as applying for jobs all over the northwest seems pretty desperate you do know that northern still have about 60 142's they'll ruin your back and posion your lungs although theyre suppose to be withdrawn in 2019 I...

could a train driver have another job and earn money outside the rail industry if he was employed as a driver?

are northern rail drivers the lowest paid drivers on the network?