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Hi, probably a bit of a long shot but does anybody have a picture of 508 123 whilst it was on display at Southport around February 2002? I distinctly remember that it was sitting in one of the non-electrified platforms and that just one carriage had been refurbed (albeit it was very...

Hey guys. Just notices one of the semaphores in the Cruachan area was ON (I.e. red). I understand these are for rockslide protection? I presume there will be some disruption (ha!) tomorrow?? Cheers Rob P.s I've forgotten the official name for this system, I'd be grateful if anybody could...

Hi Guys, I'm looking at buying one of the flangeway Independent ploughs for my oo model but I'm a little stumped as to what livery to buy. Basically, I like the look of the rail blue one but its a western region vehicle, but my layout is a midland region one. Where there any other blue...

Hi Guys Just wondering how far up the st Helen's to Wigan line St. Helens central box control, obviously it now controls as far as Huyton westbound, but what about eastbound? Cheers Rob

Hi guys, Noted in Huyton engineers yard today are around 6 brand new signal posts waiting to be installed, they are of the square type. Also noted are several brand new black cables running from the SB towards the junction. I assume this is all to do with resignalling towards saints? If so...

Hi all, Some of you may remember that I took an assessment for TPE around January. Unfortunately I was unsuccessful, despite being in the last 4 people in the assessment. I'm unsure if I failed the assessment or whether there just wasn't enough jobs to go round etc, TPE were a little vague...

Hi Guys, I've just picked up 2 of bachmanns rather lovely nuke wagons with the intention of modelling a late 80's early 90's formation. My question is what was a typical formation, from what I have gathered so far (on the north wales coast at least) most trains were formed of pairs of wagons...

To all of you who have given me advice and guidance for my interview and assessments over the past couple of weeks, it really was appreciated! Had my assessment today and managed to get through everything AFAIK, just waiting on the results of my structured interview. I managed to get the...

Hi Guys. I'm pretty worried about my assessment on Wednesday as I've never been particularly good at mental maths (although give me something physical i.e. coins etc and i'm not too bad). FTPE sent me a practise booklet which i've been using as well as some of my own basic addition and...

Hi Guys, Just a couple of questions about the Group Bourdon test. Whats a good score on this? Is there a set pass/fail mark? How long do you normally get per sheet? How far down the page should I be getting? What does Row fluctuation mean? I have my assessments next week and I'm not sure...

Hi guys, Is the above still at Doncaster? Does anybody have any idea whats happening with it? Its been out of traffic for a hell of a long time. Cheers Rob

Hi Guys, I'm sorry for ploughing you all with questions every 5 minutes! I've just been informed that I've been successful at the interview stage for fTPE and that I'll recieve an invite to assessment shortly. Can anybody just give a rough idea of what to expect? I assume it will be...

Hi Guys, If the Woodhead route hadn't closed, how much longer do we think it would have lasted as 1500v DC with 76's? Would it not have been viable to build dual voltage capabilities into the 87s or the 90s in order to make the route more versatile? Or would it have been easier to re-energise...

Hi guys, can anybody give any info on what a typical shift pattern for a guard is? If anybody can give TPE's shift pattern in particular I would be most grateful! Thanks Rob

Hi Guys, I have my interview tomorrow and I know that a typical question is "what does the candidate know about the company?" Now I'm not saying I don't trust wikipedia :roll: but I'd like somebody to just give me a few facts about the company if possible. Basically I'd like to know...

Hi Guys, I have an interview with TPE for a conductors position at MIA next week and was wondering what to expect during my interview? What sort of questions should I expect? what sort of assessments? Thanks Rob!

Hi Guys, I realise there are a couple of threads relating to the recent FTPE jobs but none of them really relate to the interview stage. I applied a couple of weeks ago for both the MIA and Picc conductors jobs and have been invited for an interview for the MIA job. What I would like to...

Hi Guys, John Prescott has posted a link to the Hull and east riding newspaper website article which says there is major disruption to FHT services today due to damage sustained to the fleet. Anybody got any idea whats caused this damage? Ta Rob

Hi Guys, Can anybody tell me how much truth there is in this? (from the Auran N3V trainz Forum) I thought this was just a rumour? It will be great if it happens, but I'll believe it when I see it! Thanks, Rob It could explain the huge amount of foliage clearance thats just been...

I was looking through the archived POD's on the railway centre and noticed a picture of the Eurailscout, which, I had completely forgotten about. Whatever happened to it? I thought it was intended to replace the 950 with it?