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Folks, Big spread in yesterdays Sunday Mail(scotland)A Scotrail employee with 37 years experience,3rd longest serving in the company,who manned the station,did all ticket checks,cleaned and looked after the station was sacked due to a breach of saftey regulations. cut a long story...

Folks, l will be honest......the Lawman is skint! l am planning to go to London on sunday 2 october from Glasgow.l have checked the internet for best prices however was ready to phone emergency doctor when l saw prices. l would be grateful if anyone could provide me with the best...

Folks, just a wee question for my fellow forum friends.Does anyone have a fulltime job outwith the Railways and a second job with them,ie partime,weekends, causual.l hope l dont offend,however l dont mean people who are at college/studying ect. is the above possible? l am not looking...

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...

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...

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:

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...

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...

Folks, for your info if anyone interested,At Tesco right now,Rail express(£3.95) and The Railway Magazine(£4.90) both for £3.95 on special offer.....:)

Folks, Here is my Saturday morning rant:evil:.There are plenty of Railway magazines on the market covering a wide range of the spectrum.My issue is the lack of tv programes that are available. l have Sky TV.Anyone who has this service will know that there are about a trillion...

Folks, Story in Todays News Of The World......Service from London Victoria to Brighton was stopped early in its journey as the Driver "did not know the way". Passengers were informed of this much to their amusement. A wee delay occured until a new driver attended (who knew the way)...

Folks, l don't want to name the station in this incident just incase some wee train driver gets a row. My girlfriend is on the train heading home from work today. The train was supposed to stop at a certain station however the train flies past station. Train has went past station...

May sound weird,but are there any trains that have seatbelts fitted.I know that the chances of a head on crash are limited,but obstructions on the line,level crossing incidents and poor tracks can cause accidents. Could it ever happen,and has it ever been discussed by dft?

folks, When on route from Glasgow to London whilst heading through Carlisle l have observed on many occasions scotrail loco's at the station.l was wondering if Northan trains go from Carlisle to Glasgow,as l have not seen any at Glasgow Central.Have they ever in recent times worked this...