Just exploring my options really. I love Norwich since that's my home town, but I quite like it down here in the south. And the Class 377's are too gorgeous to leave unless needed. scott118
I want to really gain an understanding of the best company from people employed by them. Since there are quite a few to choose from!
377s are pretty good, but to be honest there are a lot of decent trains to work around the network. And what you see from a passenger perspective often doesn't match the reality as a guard/conductor. For example, a lot of passengers are rather indifferent to Southern Class 455s, but they can be fairly nice to work as a conductor (on the rare occasions that you would, and for Selhurst/Horsham train crew depots only). And remember that working 377s does have the negative that they are often in very long formations (eg. 10-12 coaches), so you spend a lot of time running up and down to the correct dispatch positions at stations without making much commission through selling tickets. The conductor role is very complex and basing it on a specific type of train can be a bit iffy, except for the really obvious (I mean, I can't imagine many people wanting to ride around on Pacers all day if they had the choice).
You've given Coulsdon as your location. IIRC, that means that getting onto the thameslink route should be easy. If so, then you can easily consider depots north of the Thames too. You'll find that most central London staff commute.
Coulsdon (Town or South) stations have easy access to trains to East Croydon for Thameslink during the day, and night buses to Purley for Southern services overnight. The easiest crew depots to access would be Selhurst, Victoria, Redhill, and maybe some of the intercity route London depots if they are within the specified travelling time.
You could also drive to Selhurst or Redhill depots quite easily, but others would be best accessed by train.