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Really?....I would have said that patronage almost doubling from 48,000 to 94,000 in only five years for a line with no late evening service would back his theory up.

Not really an item of clothing,but apparently there was a fashion for wearing glasses with plain glass them simply as a fashion accessory...all I can say is,it's a good job whoever came up with that idea didn't decide on an iron lung instead!:|

Are you sure it's twelve weeks?.It used to be nine including the one week TCB course and the week in your allocated box.You don't have a test at the end of every week but you certainly have a few.You are correct that if you don't attain the pass mark you are out,but you do get a second attempt...

1639 Leeds to Morcambe. There was one post when I put this on!!.....NWR computers don't you just love 'em!

Mick,you can't base your career decisions on someone else's view of what is boring,you have to follow your own path...incidentally are you at Blackpool Shed now?......

Certainly does,the loadings both ways from Chorley are always good and the town itself expanding year on year......

No, if you haven't applied for a particular box,it's two at least,possibly three.That said, as the poster above says if you are somewhere like London you could go straight into a seven etc. It's a great job,but make no mistake you will have to know your stuff,both during and after Signalling...

A Grade 1 in the Signalling grades is not a Signaller,they are a Crossing Keeper,there is a world of difference.In order to achieve Grade 2 and upwards you have to be assessed and attend Signalling school. Don't confuse salary with wages,a Grade 1 Crossing Keeper can earn more than a Grade 2...

And herein lies the true dogma of a Tory.'An emotional reaction'?,it's 'emotional reactions' that make us human beings,it is what gives us hope,it's what makes us happy or sad,they govern our entire lives,so to dismiss them is selfish in the extreme.Why would the BBC acknowledge something is not...

It is very unlikely there will ever be a third rail system built again.As you say there is the initial cost,but there is also the problems of maintenance,accessibility and compatibility with the rest of the network.The possibility of this scheme being considered for third rail are not even...

Again we have lots of generalisation but no substance,who are these lazy overpaid people,and I'm figuring there must be hundreds if it's worth quoting and the problem that bad,so who are they,or what do they do.The people I associate with waste and being overpayed are speculators and bankers who...

Greenback,I'm not exactly sure what you are talking about,in fact I'm not sure you know exactly what you are talking about!.I was replying to the 'government teet' quote,ergo, people employed by the government,you say 'most people',but how do you quantify that?,in fact you use the words 'most'...

And you are talking utter rubbish as well.Just because someone works for the public sector doesn't mean they are scroungers as you infer,'dependent on the government teet',the fact is that although many employees are govrenment funded,the alternative is mass unemployment and the problems that...

I understood your question perfectly,it's just that you'd already decided the answer when you posted it.It would have been similar to saying ' Which supermarket is the most expensive?....and why do Tesco charge so much'?

But you have to arrive by train I take it,you ain't just cycling about taking shots are you?...mind you,if you'd covered that lot by bike in a day I'd probably more impressed!:D...anyway where are we planning next?,have you done the Cumbrian Coast line?.

They might,but if you look at the rule book a Driver has to know and compare that with what a Bus Driver needs to know they'd be wrong.It's a completely different scenario,a train Driver's training lasts a year,he has to know signals,line speeds and have a thorough route knowledge of every route...

I like to think of it as firm rather than aggresive.....:wink:

Dolly for a Ground Disc shunting signal. Slack for a TSR.

CAPE,is Cancelled at point of entry I think,but views vary. Homeboard:Home signal,goes back to the days when the signal was actually a slotted board.

I cannot really understand why you would get such negative comment Paul.Beside Llangefni, you have Almwch which has great potential as a toursist destination and the line runs through another substantial village called Llanerchymedd as well as other smaller villages,and that coupled with the...