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Motherwell to Airbles Rd..............By the time you sit down you will need to get up again....less than a minute

Carter,from what the paper said the incident occurd onroute from larkhall and the train was met at Hamilton with BTP

Folks, This was in Todays Scottish Sun.A male was found guilty at Hamilton Sheriff Court on Friday for punching a Train Guard whilst he was working collecting/checking tickets. The male involved was within a group of other males who,on seeing the guard coming through to collect...

Good luck in leaving your cycle at Bridgeton.You could have the best padlock known to mankind,an electric fence round it,a guard dog present and lazer beams..........the would be bike thief would simply steal the actual rack that holds the cycle.................2 days later......in local...

Folks, Hope l dont offend any of the Hard working Network Rail Track Workers,l know they do exist,however l observed the following the other day. 8 Track workers working/repairing the WCML near motherwell. 1 guy Holding a shovel,1 guy watching him hold the shovel,1 guy digging...

Folks, l am aware that Direct Rail Services have purchased the large sheds at Motherwell.To date l have yet to see any movement or any signs of life/traction.l remember the good old days at this location it was choc-a-bloc with various locos.Anyone know what DRS's plans are?Will l soon...

Folks, l know that Train Drivers on service routes do a lot of swapping over there trains ie tea breaks ect within there working day.l was wondering what the procedure for freight drivers is.l am hoping that there are freight drivers on this forum that could possibly give me an insight...

Folks, Might be a daft question............but here goes.Is there anyway that you could find an exact time that the barriers would go down at a level crossing.l live near motherwell,and on many occasions travel over Logans rd level crossing(wcml).This can be a very busy crossing.There...

speeelin wass niver ma srong point:oops:

Folks, Looking for your opinions on British Rail services before the Virgin,GNER,National Express days etc.I keep hearing nightmare stories re services and general poor state of rolling stock Was it THAT bad?:roll:

LAP DANCERS..........:oops:

Folks, article in Todays News Of The World,its costing millions in revenue with regards to BR's free travel for retired employees,reduced rates for family and friends and reduced rates for staff,The Government are making noises to change this....................would they be allowed to...

Its a difficult call to make.........you stop serving them alcohol they get more aggrasive to employee's and other passengers.You continue to serve them they get more drunk.What makes it more difficult,you could be several miles from the next station for Police assistance.If l worked on trains l...

thanks for that GB,One other thing l hope you could answer,l would imagine a typical shift could last anything between 8 to 10/12 hours.For talkings sake,a driver booked run is a small route say 4 hours for example,that all the company have rostered,Can the driver get a 'job and...

Another wee quickie,are there times when you turn up to your depot to be told nothing booked to run,ie no Freight to transfer anywhere......can that happen and if so what happens then?

Folks, l know that during the night,there is a lot of maintance work that gets carried out on the network,thus keeping passenger service disruption to a minimum. My question is regarding Freight.Is it common for a Freight Driver to turn up at his depot in the wee small hours unable...

Folks, observed 2 Direct Rail Service units pulling what appeared to be a Nuclear Flak Tank the other morning around 0600 hours near Motherwell on the WCML,Anybody know were it was going?

Folks, l'm interested to know what type of working pattern the CSA/Onboard catering crew do. For example, l have travelled Glasgow to London with Virgin and observed a crew change somtimes at Preston. Other times its been the same crew throughout the whole journey again similar with...

Folks, over the past couple of weeks l have noticed a new fleet of First Scotrail Trains stabled in Motherwell,near to the Level crossing at Logans Road.I have also observed these trains go up and down the west coast main line empty several times a day. Today l saw them being hauled...

Shocking........not only was that dafty putting the cops life at risk,the other vehicles at the crossing and all onboard the train.......potential disaster!!