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Well you and everyone else had the opportunity to buy it and so with it whatever you wanted......

You can call that a lucky escape!

Speak for yourself. When im abroad however, I try my best to avoid Brits.

I wasnt particularly fussed about Smiths until I went on a trip without a charger adapter for my phone. £2.99 in most places, £19.99 in Smiths. Then theres Boots, flogging £1.99 shampoo in hospital outlets for £8.99. Utterly vile companies.

Pointless answer.

Are you from their PR department? Either that or you must travel on a different XC to everyone else!

Oh dear. A 'belittler' eh? Im off for a nice cooked breakfast.

What did DB think they wanted with them? To park them up in a siding having spent £10m on ten locos to sit about doing nothing? Im afraid your outlook and understanding of cold, hard business is naive in the extreme.

Sadly not, he was killed in the accident.

Just to correct you, FOCs do not "steal" work from other companies - they bid for the contracts. The winning bidder is usually the company that offers the best value for money and customer service, not necessarily the cheapest.

The manners shown here are sadly lacking.

The owner of the page and of course project isnt known for suffering imbeciles.

It depends how much you want it really. When I joined the railway I had to wait 8 years before even commencing my driver training. This on crap pay, with a mortgage and a wife. Yes, times were tough usually but in the end it was worth the aggravation.

He's suggesting that the choices are simple: either the 56s went for scrap or someone brave could invest and have them re-engineered. The latter is of course taking place, and im afraid for all the wibblers on here once done they'll neither sound like a 56 nor look like a 56 (new cabs are...

Its going to Europhonix, Colas have sold it on as not conforming to their fleet requirements.

As I stated, you're the expert. Im not arguing with you!

Well you are obviously the expert, I just used to drive them or cook my food in them.

It doesn't have to be on the skill set list - it wasnt when I got offered a job. Its got around by a special 'sponsored visa', after 2 years (as was) you can apply for permanent residency.

Aurizon in Geraldton WA were taking large amounts of drivers a few years ago, I nearly followed my mate over there. Apparently, all is not as rosy as its made out to be though.

Theres a few.