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Questions that I was asked were signaller orientated and as I'm not a signaller, I struggled. Scenarios as well, what would you do if certain things happened. Also asked a bit about the area covered by the box. Types of level crossings on a certain panel, what other panels bordered one of the...

Although it's affecting the whole company, it's probably more to do with the maintenance side of things. Used to best advantage, or UBA. Think NR will eventually be looking to make these staff redundant, when there's no longer a place for them.

My first knockback was for a depot operative post at application stage. Put it down to having been off 2 days (abcess, off nightshift, no sleep, it was a safety issue more than anything) and points on my licence(yep, it goes that far into the shortlisting). Second time was for a trainee...

Slower than a Mondeo Diesel..........

There are some with automatic licences that cant drive a manual car.

No is normally faster than a yes. No news is good news and all that.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ju6t-yyoU8s 70mph, cars can take it, human body is unlikely to.

I dont deny anything, I just dont think it's as cut and dry as was first thought.

http://www.globalwarminghysteria.com/ten-myths-of-global-warming http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-440049/Greenhouse-effect-myth-say-scientists.html http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article5430362.ece http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article15687.html Yes...

Climate change? Another myth.

Exit strategy. Braking is not always the best option.

Ok, back to cars, but were braking distances not based on a Ford Anglia? With the motorway 70 limit set to it's top speed? As you say, lorries (and all modes of transport) have improved since limits were set.

You cant compare a picture to what you would see on a 3 lane lit motorway at 120MPH.

I'd go with ballast plough too, due to the bits down the sides.

What happens if it's the "brake, we're heading for a bridge parapet at 69 MPH" computer thats out voted by the others.