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Yes I understand that but it's easier to say which links can/can't drive them at RG without getting into the fine details. My post only deals with RG/ZU, which I am a part of, not the HX drivers at Paddington.
Interestingly, my paper license counterpart lists 387/H NTC only as a seperate...
GWR Reading/Swindon (ZU) from 21/05/23
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Basingstoke
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Bedwyn
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Newbury
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Gatwick
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Henley
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Individual TOC websites are the best way to find out. Select your local or easily accessible ones (remember some depots require you to live or be able to move to within 30-60mins of booking on point), sign up and select email notifications of trainee vacancies.
Five new photos from the rail scene this weekend..
37685 at Lymington Pier
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jhunter1987/5946368002/
37685 at Henley-on-Thames (panoramic)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jhunter1987/5946368472/
37685 at Bourne End
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jhunter1987/5946369008/...
May 20th sees 50007 in action on a day's driver experience so if you're into Class 50s (like me) you'll be interested in this.
http://www.mrbevents.co.uk/
Price Per person is £225, includes membership to the Class 40 Appeal, discount on the following diesel gala at the MRB, and a full 3-course...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ryanstrainphotos/4958109325/in/set-72157624880153432/
Thats the Lancester not a Spitfire chap!
Otherwise not bad shots. Myself and a friend waited well over an hour and 45 minutes at Tallington for it. Shame for such a failure to happen to a great loco
I have now updated my fotopic site with some photographs from the 4th September.
http://50149.fotopic.net/c1893390.html
I have also started uploading photographs from this year and will make a start on last years.
August 2010: http://50149.fotopic.net/c1893388.html
July 2010...
I believe most station CIS boards run off the headcodes of trains, I know our HSS CIS at GW does for certain.
So if the train comes in as 5Z00 it'll announce that it's not stopping, because it's not a recognised train on the list of booked stopping headcodes. Once the train's headcode has been...
http://www.railsimroutes.co.uk/driversguide/images/psr_warn.jpg
That sign is a preliminary warning that the speed limit will be reducing. Keep an eye out for them ;)
As devon_metro says it's the Customer Assistance office.
I'm only really rostered to be in the P5 office once a month but can cover it if anyone is absent ;)
And we at SLO are a friendly bunch just don't mess about like some of the kiddies (and adults) I've seen on youtube.....
31459 was doing its rounds last night on 1Q12 OOC-Didcot Yard and back several times surveying the line.
There are several freight movements throughout the night and during the day you get quite a bit of freight mainly stone trains with any 59/66 on the front but also the car trains, MOD train...
The entire roof is still extant. There is only 3 turbo coach lengths worth of platform 1 left, there used to be 4 platforms plus a goods/parcels dock platform and a goods yard where the coach park is below right of the viaduct heading back to slough.
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