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It'll be interesting to see but I've got a feeling there is a lot more to this than the rag are printing (surprise surprise)... But all the railway experts, feel free to criticize the disabled lady hating,evil traincrew scum... :)

Guard at the front of the train leaning out of the window? Sounds to me like that was the driver checking the side of the train as he was pulling out after getting the ready to start from the guard who maybe didn't see the disabled lady because Andover can be quite a busy station and the message...

Now that is a fantastic idea, would be good if all instructors did something like that, would really prove just how quiet trains can be!

As far as I'm concerned it's brilliant for the front set of doors to lock out. It prevents passengers going in there to make a mobile phone call which could be distracting to the driver. Also, it means there is not a build up of luggage blocking the drivers only escape route from the crumple zone.

I was told the reason is because of hedge trimming along there and it appears to be done by a Road Rail Vehicle under possession, the pink paint being there to mark out where any obstructions etc are. Theres a nice bit of pink spray coming round the curve towards Whitchurch that at first glance...

Do you actually have knowledge of railway infrastructure and rolling stock?

Drove diesel and electric locos on the Underground and now drive diesel units on the mainline. So in that case it was the Underground trains that were the proper ones all along... :wink:

So a London Underground train isn't a train? :s

I'm in my early 20s and have been in the driving grade since 18. It has definitely had negative effects on my social life ('nope can't go out on Saturday night,' 'no I'm not working tonight but I've got work tomorrow' etc). But it still allows me to have a social life, just with a few...

Maybe the workstation was shut down as a result of the signaller being taken off and interviewed/medscreened? Either way the important thing here is that it was nothing more than a brown trouser moment for everyone involved and I'm sure the RAIB report will be out in due course.

When I was out road learning on LU we had to ride over sections of track a set amount of times (eg, Harrow on the Hill to Wembley Park 'fast' 6 times). The shunt moves tended to be a choice of either theory or practical purely due to operational issues.

Eastleigh to Clapham?

There are quite a few trainees for SWT that have been taken off the street recently so don't let that hold you back. Salisbury is a difficult depot to get into but they seem to be taking a few trainees on for there lately. Just hang in and ring recruitment now and then to keep your name in the...

I'll try putting this link up again seeing as it got deleted for 'being off topic' even though the article is about a driver falling out of an open cab door... http://news.sky.com/story/214841/tube-snip-banter-sees-driver-faint

Hi. You have to wait 6 months before you can reapply and yes you will have to do the whole lot again as far as I remember. Also remember that the structured interview forms part of the assessments too. Which assessment in particular did you fail on? Theres lots of things you can do to 'train'...

Thankyou O L Leigh!! You have just saved me the time and effort of writing pretty much what you have. I don't see how it makes things any different that he played a bit of cricket and was publicised in the press. If there had been a fatality under these exact circumstances with a mere peasant...

With people saying about the general age of successful applicants for drivers jobs, I'm the other end of that scale. I started as a trainee driver on LUL at 18 years old. I then started on a trainee drivers course for a mainline TOC at 20 years old. It does still happen but as has been said, it...

Had some idiot pretend to throw his mate in front of my train a few times, nearly ended up in front of me once. Utterly hilarious... :roll:

I agree with you, accidents reports make interesting reading and there are generally always lessons for everyone to learn from them. My point with that comment is with the culture on the railway as it is now, mishaps and incidents that years ago turned out to be a funny story are now turned into...

Probably no tales from the present day, although a few to look at on the RAIB website though... :(