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Old 13-09-2007, 12:25 PM
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So how many of us use PF ??????

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Old 13-09-2007, 02:55 PM
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plenty, but it looks like they are all on strike
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plenty, but it looks like they are all on strike
Not been on strike for years

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They're not in today wrong leaves on the line !!
Old 13-09-2007, 03:12 PM
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Originally Posted by KSA-Cossie
They're not in today wrong leaves on the line !!
Fuck that


wrong kind of snow today
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Originally Posted by KSA-Cossie
They're not in today wrong leaves on the line !!
The only way i can describe this is like driving a car on ice

Its not funny not being able to stop, you are just along for the ride
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Old 13-09-2007, 03:15 PM
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Originally Posted by cossie4i
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They're not in today wrong leaves on the line !!
The only way i can describe this is like driving a car on ice

Its not funny not being able to stop, you are just along for the ride
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I speak from experience after putting 4" flats on a 142
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Honestly ? Fook that m8.
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Kev - some of our units have WSP - which is a bit like ABS on a car, and the WSP is equipped with sanders on some units - but no matter how hard the wsp works some units still slide like bitches come slippy season
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metal to metal, and leaves
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Originally Posted by Graceland
Originally Posted by cossie4i
Originally Posted by KSA-Cossie
They're not in today wrong leaves on the line !!
The only way i can describe this is like driving a car on ice

Its not funny not being able to stop, you are just along for the ride
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I speak from experience after putting 4" flats on a 142
We will have no problems this year as all the trees have been cut down

Just suffer from landslides instead

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Old 13-09-2007, 03:22 PM
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They did a load of tree felling up this way and for some reason not long after, loads of land slides - silly notwork rail
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Originally Posted by Graceland
Kev - some of our units have WSP - which is a bit like ABS on a car
But it stops working if all the wheels are locked so don't work at all.

It needs some wheels turning to get a speed reading to make it work.

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I know this Steve - I've had a 333 in a total lockup at 60mph before now after the wsp couldn't cope - and they have 32 axles - thats a lot of locked wheels
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WSPs was fitting a new harness to a unit at 4am thismorning
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Originally Posted by Fil
WSPs was fitting a new harness to a unit at 4am thismorning
We fuck em, you fix em

Out of interest, do you put new repair books on really fucked units?
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Originally Posted by Graceland
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WSPs was fitting a new harness to a unit at 4am thismorning
We fuck em, you fix em

Out of interest, do you put new repair books on really fucked units?
all drivers seem to think that, but nope, they do go missing alot tho, we allways blame the drivers, throwing them out the window etc, drivers blame us.

Tho fault noted is a good one

personally i think its kids, or midgets that remove them
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We don't have fault books on our units these days

Used to make good reading LOL

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Our fault books are always worthy of a read between stops

Some propper graffitied abuse in them about some people - hillarious to read, and the windy destination blinds are another good source of comedy - wind them round and see the comments written on them
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Bloody fitters could never find any faults

So many NFFs and same fault reported over and over again

Train Drivers don't report things for fun

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Originally Posted by cossie4i
Bloody fitters could never find any faults

So many NFFs and same fault reported over and over again

Train Drivers don't report things for fun

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NFF, have about 10 a day

seriously tho its a shit system, you get about 3 lines to report and describe fault, thats all we get to go on sometimes, + most of the time, the fault reported is several days old before it gets to the depot.

the worst is power faults, ie vcb tripping 50mph , losing power at 50mph. can only check everything and static power test it at 0mph then say fuck all found good to go, when you know its going to fail again
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Originally Posted by cossie4i

Train Drivers don't report things for fun

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im sure some some do! I would
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wtf are you all on about?

are you just talking bollocks and gibberish to pass the time
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Originally Posted by dojj
wtf are you all on about?

are you just talking bollocks and gibberish to pass the time
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Originally Posted by dojj
wtf are you all on about?

are you just talking bollocks and gibberish to pass the time
Do you feel left out

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just dont fall asleep at the controls!

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Originally Posted by Sooty
Originally Posted by dojj
wtf are you all on about?

are you just talking bollocks and gibberish to pass the time
there giving it some

leaves on the line, the wrong sorts of snow, pretty soon they'll be fantisising about calling their trains thomas and percy
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Originally Posted by Fil
just dont fall asleep at the controls!

If the rails are anything like some of our maintainence sheds im suprised it don't happen more often .

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how do you get in to train driving
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Originally Posted by djmillsy
how do you get in to train driving
Look up your local train company on the web.

Most sites will have a recruitment section.

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found it mate cheers
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found it mate cheers
You need to be 21 before becoming a train driver, but you can start your training when you are 20.

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im 24 mate
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Originally Posted by djmillsy
im 24 mate
Im 37 tomorrow

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Whos drove a steam one then? a proper train??????????
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Originally Posted by Lee Reynolds
Whos drove a steam one then? a proper train??????????
Me

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Originally Posted by cossie4i
Originally Posted by Lee Reynolds
Whos drove a steam one then? a proper train??????????
Me

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Nice one! What was it like compared? Do you wish it was like the old days or prefer diesel/electric?


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