Friendly train drivers - Page 3

ungreat · 13th September 2009, 21:55

This is me responding with a toot or two...they are all me driving

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xn2Tia84-ns

Pumbaa · 18th September 2009, 20:01

Can you transfer to LM please

I want drivers like you!

poshbakerloo · 7th October 2009, 02:39

Train drivers in general are real nice...bus drivers on the other hand are so rude!

driver9000 · 20th October 2009, 18:59

I always give a blast of the horn to respond to a friendly wave - Im friendly but also quite shy!

25322 · 20th October 2009, 20:54

There has always been the fare share of friendly and unfriendly drivers around.

One particlular driver wouldnt drive his train if there were people walking near the railway lines at Leek Brook. Used to have to disappear over the fence for him to move the train. However, it was many years later when I met the driver in question as his second man did he tell me why he had been that way when people were around. He had not long had someone step out in front of him at Llanfairfechan and it had shaken him up quite badly. Recalling quite graphically the face of a young women staring back it him through the window of a class 40 for a brief second

Whereas some others would more than happy show you around, sit at the controls and give you a go. All for a photograph to add to the mess room wall. Sadly those days have gone forever.

mr_moo · 20th October 2009, 20:58

My two year old loves the railway and trains and we can spend an hour on Coventry station waving at trains. About 50-60% of pendolino drivers wave back, about 70& of LM drivers wave back, about 80% of voyager drivers wave back, and I've never yet had a Wrexham and Shropshire driver who didn't wave or toot!

To all of you: Thanks!

We also sometimes get toots of the horn, especially if my son waves at trains on the far platform where we can't see if they driver is waving back.

The only bad one we had was a W&S driver who gave us a lovely toot on the horn, except he was a bit close and it scared the daylights out of my son! He was fine again 2 mins later and was happily waving at the next trains though.

25322 · 20th October 2009, 21:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by JustinStacey.x

If you move your hand up and down in a 'pulling the chain' motion some drivers give you a toot, some just look at you blankly, and others laugh, as in one of my YT vids.

Toilet chain action is to create vacuum (int olden days) or test the brake pipe pressure ont airbrake stock. Not to blow you horn.

I have qusetion now. Are you the lad who uses a Sony PSP to shoot video? Well if you are can you stop pulling the toilet chain, I'm fed up of trying to explain it to you and it makes you look a bit odd. (no offence intended)

37401 · 20th October 2009, 21:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by mr_moo

The only bad one we had was a W&S driver who gave us a lovely toot on the horn, except he was a bit close and it scared the daylights out of my son! He was fine again 2 mins later and was happily waving at the next trains though.

drivers of 66's and 67's are knowen for doing that!, happend to my mate and he shot out of his skin!

HSTfan!!! · 21st October 2009, 11:53

66 driver s**t me up the other day - I don't recommend standing next to the cab of any train when the driver blows the horn - I was nearly deafened by a 150 the other week lol

Mintona · 21st October 2009, 13:28

So if a driver doesn't let you into his cab is he construed as "unfriendly"?

HaxbyFur · 21st October 2009, 13:32

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mintona

So if a driver doesn't let you into his cab is he construed as "unfriendly"?

Think it depends how he says no, like anything. There's the "I'm sorry pal but I'm really not allowed" or the "No, do you mind i'm trying to do something" way.

I'm guessing it's a little like piloting now where if someone other than the train driver so much as touches the (cockpit ?) door the companies gets their toilet roll ready.

33056 · 21st October 2009, 15:11

A driver acquaintance of mine used to like trunding quietly along a certain commuter line whilst driving class 56s; if he saw a platform load of people lost in thought the favourite trick was to yank the power handle wide open

If, due to speed / signal restrictions, that was not possible a toot on the loud tone of the horn was in order

Pumbaa · 21st October 2009, 18:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by 33056

A driver acquaintance of mine used to like trunding quietly along a certain commuter line whilst driving class 56s; if he saw a platform load of people lost in thought the favourite trick was to yank the power handle wide open

If, due to speed / signal restrictions, that was not possible a toot on the loud tone of the horn was in order

I was standing on a platform as a commuter on the WCML sometime early 2008, a 56 opened up right behind me, scared the sh*te out of me and everyone else!

25322 · 21st October 2009, 19:51

Preston got a taste of 37 roar on the Cumbrian Coaster (12/09/09)when the driver gave it hell for leather as we went through the station.

Unfriendly or Friendly?

Ask the persons on the platform who ran for cover as it blasted through.

A pure mastercard moment

The driver in question. An acquaintance of mine.

the sniper · 22nd October 2009, 15:36

Quote:

Originally Posted by 25322

Toilet chain action is to create vacuum (int olden days) or test the brake pipe pressure ont airbrake stock. Not to blow you horn.

I have qusetion now. Are you the lad who uses a Sony PSP to shoot video? Well if you are can you stop pulling the toilet chain, I'm fed up of trying to explain it to you and it makes you look a bit odd. (no offence intended)

I think everyone knows that this isn't the way the horns are operated, but the drivers know what it means if they see someone doing it. If someone was to replicate the true way of operating the horn, it would just look bizarre, and that's if any driver would notice an enthusiast moving their hands back and forth a couple of inches.

I wouldn't personally do the 'toilet chain action', I find just raising a hand is often enough to get a toot.

20th October 2009, 18:59	#34
driver9000 Mystery Excursion Established Member Join Date: 13 Jan 2008 Posts: 2,495	I always give a blast of the horn to respond to a friendly wave - Im friendly but also quite shy! __________________ clickety clack Gone for a long walk.

13th September 2009, 21:55	#31
ungreat GN FCC Driver Member Join Date: 11 Nov 2006 Posts: 505	This is me responding with a toot or two...they are all me driving http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xn2Tia84-ns

18th September 2009, 20:01	#32
Pumbaa Established Member Join Date: 19 Feb 2008 Location: North Posts: 4,297	Can you transfer to LM please I want drivers like you!

7th October 2009, 02:39	#33
poshbakerloo On Moderation Join Date: 20 Jun 2009 Location: Manchester, London, Sheffield & Moscow Posts: 665	Train drivers in general are real nice...bus drivers on the other hand are so rude!

20th October 2009, 20:54	#35
25322 Member Join Date: 25 Feb 2009 Location: Staffordshire Posts: 201	There has always been the fare share of friendly and unfriendly drivers around. One particlular driver wouldnt drive his train if there were people walking near the railway lines at Leek Brook. Used to have to disappear over the fence for him to move the train. However, it was many years later when I met the driver in question as his second man did he tell me why he had been that way when people were around. He had not long had someone step out in front of him at Llanfairfechan and it had shaken him up quite badly. Recalling quite graphically the face of a young women staring back it him through the window of a class 40 for a brief second Whereas some others would more than happy show you around, sit at the controls and give you a go. All for a photograph to add to the mess room wall. Sadly those days have gone forever.

20th October 2009, 20:58	#36
mr_moo Track Engineer Member Join Date: 7 Sep 2009 Location: Swindon Posts: 130	My two year old loves the railway and trains and we can spend an hour on Coventry station waving at trains. About 50-60% of pendolino drivers wave back, about 70& of LM drivers wave back, about 80% of voyager drivers wave back, and I've never yet had a Wrexham and Shropshire driver who didn't wave or toot! To all of you: Thanks! We also sometimes get toots of the horn, especially if my son waves at trains on the far platform where we can't see if they driver is waving back. The only bad one we had was a W&S driver who gave us a lovely toot on the horn, except he was a bit close and it scared the daylights out of my son! He was fine again 2 mins later and was happily waving at the next trains though.

21st October 2009, 11:53	#39
HSTfan!!! Established Member Join Date: 11 Jun 2005 Location: Wales Posts: 1,709	66 driver s**t me up the other day - I don't recommend standing next to the cab of any train when the driver blows the horn - I was nearly deafened by a 150 the other week lol

21st October 2009, 13:28	#40
Mintona Train Driver Established Member Join Date: 8 Jan 2006 Location: Gillingham, Kent Posts: 2,276	So if a driver doesn't let you into his cab is he construed as "unfriendly"?

21st October 2009, 15:11	#42
33056 Resident misanthrope Established Member Join Date: 12 Nov 2007 Location: On a train somewhere in Europe Posts: 1,488	A driver acquaintance of mine used to like trunding quietly along a certain commuter line whilst driving class 56s; if he saw a platform load of people lost in thought the favourite trick was to yank the power handle wide open If, due to speed / signal restrictions, that was not possible a toot on the loud tone of the horn was in order

21st October 2009, 19:51	#44
25322 Member Join Date: 25 Feb 2009 Location: Staffordshire Posts: 201	Preston got a taste of 37 roar on the Cumbrian Coaster (12/09/09)when the driver gave it hell for leather as we went through the station. Unfriendly or Friendly? Ask the persons on the platform who ran for cover as it blasted through. A pure mastercard moment The driver in question. An acquaintance of mine.