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No surprise there, it stops literally everybloodywhere!!

The guys at my place that sign it use it only as a diversion. They either go direct or via Madeley apparently. I don't sign it though.

That's one of the diversionary routes into Crewe from the south, right?

Not if you're having to sashay through trying to check tickets without standing on feet/kicking bags/clouting people over the nut with your Avantix, snagging their clothes with your t-key/number one key.

Pendolinos = windows too small, there always appears to be something that rattles and makes your teeth itch once it's doing a ton plus. Voyagers - foul. The engine sounds like it's sat in the seat next to you and the bogs stink. Howeevr I once had the pleasure of one of EMT's Meridians - they...

I quite like the stretch I see out of the office window between Leighton Buzzard and Tring cutting. The farmland strides away towards the Chiltern Hills, and apart from a few houses and farms, is pretty much desterted. Rolled into Cheddington a couple of months ago, with a glorious sunset and...

Some of the /1's are looking very tired in the cabs and in the saloons - threadbare seats, black sticky carpets etc. They've certainly done a hard days' work, most of 'em. I suspect they'll start calling them for overhaul very shortly, bearing in mind that most of them are nudging on for ten...

AIUI, the /1's were intended to be used on things like the Crewes, Liverpools and fast Birminghams, and the /2's were meant to do things like Trings, Northamptons, cross city, stuff like that. In reality, that tends to be the way the units are diagrammed, although sometimes of course, /1's end...

Which only ever seems to be at anchor at Willesden TMD.

Indeed it has, my colleague was more than happy with her early day!! ;)

I wouldn't worry too much about your new stock. Chances are no-one will sign any of it in time, so it'll be buses and taxis plus ox and carts for those in Lidlington for a few weeks while the TOC procrastinates about who should sign what and when......

2x 153 would be no good for the route due to the fact that they are 23 metres each. The way the line is run now is not ideal, the units are maintained at Tyseley by LM, and are swapped over once a week - usually on sundays unless there are breakdowns on the woefully unreliable 150's. There is...

Everyone that comes on here will do 'whatever it takes' to become a driver. I had a timescale of 2 years to get a key. I've been on four years in February, still as a guard. Apply every time a driver job comes up, and every time, HR fabricate another excuse why they can't progress my...

Indeed it is, they can sift them how they please, but, when questioned, I was told it's an agreement they've allegedly made with ASLE&F and the RMT. --- old post above --- --- new post below --- It's a little different for me too - I'm not an external, so know the people that can ask the right...

And so, another thread with a serious title descends into mud slinging and people airing their views on another forum member. For gawd's sake girls, put a manpon in, suck it up, and get on with your lives.

It certainly does make a difference. I walked through ten carriages of a 12 car the other morning, and received two good mornings and three smiles.

You're a brave man, I'm pretty sure I wouldn't want to be walking in to a depot full of Guards as one of their new all singing all dancing On Board Supervisors.

Contingency guard = a polite way of saying strike breaking scab labour!!! --- old post above --- --- new post below --- Nope, never, not on my train. --- old post above --- --- new post below --- When GTR/DafT win, (let's face it, it's the DafT the RMT are fighting, if it was GTR only...

Plus, why would you want to buy more 66's?? Let's not forget that it was the frankly dirt cheap and crap 66's that spelt the death knell for many of the old ex-BR classes. They sound awful, they look awful, and listening to drivers that sign 'em, they're not all that and a bag of chips to...

Never did I say I don't enjoy my job!! I can assure you that very little relaxing gets done on the trains of the TOC I work for, due to the seats being like paving slabs. My comments were actually meant rather tongue in cheek, however alas, like usual, free speech always offends someone on...