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    Class 08-e prototype

    The one at Whatley has been out of service almost as long as it’s been there.
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    CMA CGM purchase Freightliner UK intermodal unit.

    As long as we don’t get them at the Mendips I will be happy lol
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    66615, Newbury Racecourse yard

    Loco coming up from Westbury Cement Works.
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    What made you happy today?

    Finishing my 5th night shift this morning. Night time is for sleeping not working.
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    66615, Newbury Racecourse yard

    66615 is being moved Sunday evening @2210. Skated to Merehead.
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    66615, Newbury Racecourse yard

    Needs to be skated away. It has been at Newbury around 4 weeks I believe.
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    Anyone live beside the railway.

    I live right next to a freight only line. i suppose the nearest part of the house is around 20ft from the line.
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    Now Playing....

    Hans Zimmer, Interstellar.
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    What's your latest acquisition?

    Stood on that platform a few times, unfortunately not with real trains.
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    7A77 1222 Merehead Quarry to Theale Foster Yeoman 05/09/2023

    No they don’t. engine shut down at Savernake. tried coasting to Hungerford loop but enough air leaked off to then cause a emergency brake application.
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    Call for all real 377/387 drivers [TSW question]

    I don’t sign the route you are on about but have been a driver since 1991. The correct way to drive is how you describe in the second part using the gradient’s to control the speed of your train. I used to sign 400s also 375s but now drive 59s and 66s.
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    Moving TOC as a PQA or experienced driver

    I know, it’s ridiculous. I suppose it comes under a lapse of concentration, making it a safety of the line incident.
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    Freightliner - Trainee Driver Talent Pool 2023

    Correct.
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    Freightliner - Trainee Driver Talent Pool 2023

    Keep a eye out on Monday for more positions in 2023.
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    My Settle & Carlisle style viaduct - OO Gauge Layout

    I remember travelling on them when I was young when I lived near Margate. i just wish a refurbished unit would be produced as I used to drive them when I worked on Southeastern based at Faversham.
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    Different TOCs/FOCs driving experiences

    It really depends what you want. If you want shorter shifts, good facilities and be able to plan what you are doing for 6 months stay with a TOC If you actually want to Drive a train and don’t mind what you are doing week to week, long shifts, poor facilities etc then a FOC
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    Hungerford loop 'shut'

    The wagons got left in the loop due to a fractured metal air pipe. No idea why the loop is still shut.
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    Westbury Cement Works (Westbury Tarmac)

    In this instance the shunter is a person. He/She does not take over the train but relays instructions to you via radio. ie, drawing forward, setting back, ease coupling, attaching, detaching etc. Near enough every yard requires the presence of a shunter to access a yard. They are in charge of...
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    Was Train Driving always hard to get into ?

    Started on the YTS August 87. During a work placement i kept seeing young lads going into a office. I asked the person in charge of me at my work placement what they was doing, he informed me they was having interviews to be secondmen. I told him that’s what I wanted to do but the only way I...
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    Westbury Cement Works (Westbury Tarmac)

    Yes, which means Freightliner get charged to use it. 1645271971 You still require a shunter to access both the Up and Down yards at Westbury. Trains can arrive/depart from the Up/Down Reception Roads without a shunter.

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