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It's a marmite job,you will either love it or hate it,mainly down to your view of the general public and how they treat you (and how you treat them!).Some Guards have been on an eternity, others go onto other grades within the railway as soon as they can.If you haven't worked on the railway...

Other side of the border:wink:,actually you are probably better staying put,I've not heard anything about the writing being on the wall for Halifax,but plenty of other boxes seem to be on the way out,especially on the Lancs/Mancs side....

There was a job at Milner royd didn't you fancy that?,you'd get more variation,not sure if it's the same grade as you though,Halifax is a 3 isn't it?

So you've finally decided to join us then Tom?:shock:,I told you to that years ago!:wink:,anyhow in answer to your post,no the simulators don't compensate for anything really,not from an AB signalling point of view anyway.The bad habits and other things you have accumilated in your time as a...

Please keep in mind that depending on your aptitude it can be quite difficult,especially if you have given up a job to take up the post of Signalman because this obviously ramps up the pressure.There are periodic tests and if you do not achieve the required pass mark you will be dismissed,it was...

More than well qualified I would have said,the fact is,as more and more signal boxes close,the man management side will diminish and the practical,quick response side will become more prevalent.In fact I can see a time in the not so distant future when MOM's will be attached to the engineering...

The fact is in Safety Critical communications you cannot use the words 'The line is not clear' for the reason it could be misheard or words lost on a bad line,so it follows that if a company uses Conductor whilst another uses Conductor Driver (an official title) for totally seperate...

Exactly!...This really annoys me...TOC's suddenly decide to change a job title that isn't in the rule book,yet if SCC protocols are not observed we get hauled over the coals...yet the only 'Conductor' that is mentioned in the rule book is that of 'Conductor Driver',no conection with the above...

Whatever his motives,foolish or not,if he wants to discuss his dirty laundry or whatever,providing he follows the rules of the forum,and Yorkie says he has,then he should be allowed to put his point across.As I've said,if he follows the forum rules ,that is his perogative,as it is yours ,and...

Does it cover Signalling in great detail at all?...The MOM's job isn't specific to Signalling,indeed some MOM's have never been Signallers (or done the Signaller's course) although they are expected to cover boxes if they have. I believe the course you are about to undertake covers such things...

I don't disagree,I just believe that if he wants to air this subject then he has every right to..its been said we are not armed with the facts,but let's be honest ,how many threads and posts on any forum are replied to by people armed with the facts?....Whilst I respect Driver9000 view,I don't...

Mine too for many years!,I've since moved but I still stray into the Queens (Top House) when I can.The station was manned until about 1975,when it had a wooden ticket office built at ground level next to the steps.If you walk to the end of the platform overlooking the pub,the remains of...

Yes'll it'll be just like that....and I'll have a pint of what he's having!:lol:

Midnight tonight:(

I disagree,you could say that a forum wasn't the place for loads of things if the issue between you and a company,we have complaints from passengers about travel,fares,how they were treated etc,grades of one company moaning about other grades of another and employees moaning about their...

Saw The Fall in 1978 supporting The Rezillos at Manchester Apollo,showing my age a bit there ain't I?:oops:

You'll have to forgive me here Nym..So you've left Leigh and we've gone through Tyldesley and onto Ellenbrook are you suggesting a cut off before Roe Green Junction?...I can see what you are getting at,but I can't just picture where you are doing it..

'Signal Failure' is often cited on media outlets as the cause for delays when it is in fact cable theft..which of course leads to signal failure.A couple of the previous posters have alluded to this,but I would say it was easily the major cause of such 'failures'...signal failures in the...

I think everyone in the areas concerned would have preferred the return of heavy rail and at the very least connection to the Metrolink system.The main problem of course was that the trackbed and many of the bridges have been removed and in the case of Monton Green, from where the railway went...

There has often been discussion over 'Parka time' as you put it:D.I was told by my then Mrs (who is a Signaller) not to mention the fact I was interested in railways 'because they will think you are an anorak and you won't get the job'. The irony was that this would probably have been the case...