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    A career as a signaller

    Questions that I was asked were signaller orientated and as I'm not a signaller, I struggled. Scenarios as well, what would you do if certain things happened. Also asked a bit about the area covered by the box. Types of level crossings on a certain panel, what other panels bordered one of the...
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    A career as a signaller

    Although it's affecting the whole company, it's probably more to do with the maintenance side of things. Used to best advantage, or UBA. Think NR will eventually be looking to make these staff redundant, when there's no longer a place for them.
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    Driver Application - help!

    My first knockback was for a depot operative post at application stage. Put it down to having been off 2 days (abcess, off nightshift, no sleep, it was a safety issue more than anything) and points on my licence(yep, it goes that far into the shortlisting). Second time was for a trainee...
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    How fast do you drive on the motorway?

    Slower than a Mondeo Diesel..........
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    How fast do you drive on the motorway?

    There are some with automatic licences that cant drive a manual car.
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    Rail Interview

    No is normally faster than a yes. No news is good news and all that.
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    How fast do you drive on the motorway?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ju6t-yyoU8s 70mph, cars can take it, human body is unlikely to.
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    How fast do you drive on the motorway?

    I dont deny anything, I just dont think it's as cut and dry as was first thought.
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    How fast do you drive on the motorway?

    http://www.globalwarminghysteria.com/ten-myths-of-global-warming http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-440049/Greenhouse-effect-myth-say-scientists.html http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article5430362.ece http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article15687.html Yes...
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    How fast do you drive on the motorway?

    Climate change? Another myth.
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    How fast do you drive on the motorway?

    Exit strategy. Braking is not always the best option.
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    How fast do you drive on the motorway?

    Ok, back to cars, but were braking distances not based on a Ford Anglia? With the motorway 70 limit set to it's top speed? As you say, lorries (and all modes of transport) have improved since limits were set.
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    How fast do you drive on the motorway?

    You cant compare a picture to what you would see on a 3 lane lit motorway at 120MPH.
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    Snowplogh Or Ballast Plough

    I'd go with ballast plough too, due to the bits down the sides.
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    How fast do you drive on the motorway?

    What happens if it's the "brake, we're heading for a bridge parapet at 69 MPH" computer thats out voted by the others.
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    How fast do you drive on the motorway?

    It's probably on the same level as driverless cars. What happens when it goes wrong (which it would).
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    How fast do you drive on the motorway?

    Think he's meaning driverless trains.
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    Interview Incomming

    The websites quite helpful, have a really good look round it and click on some of the links within the pages. Dont know how deep they'll go, hopefully not too far. Good luck.
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    Assessment Day for First Scotrail.

    Nope, thought we would today. You heard? Rab
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    Most 'cranky' department

    Training Schools.

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