Haig paxton
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So I have travelled far and wide on trains for decades and I know quite a few railway staff from different TOCs. Speaking to those that were there in the days of BR and shortly afterwards you get the sense that no matter where you worked, in Aberdeen or Plymouth, they were all part of one big railway family.
It is my opinion that this has all but more or less been swept away in recent years with staff working in the same location not only being strangers to each other but often ignoring those who work for another TOC. I even see Scotrail ticket examiners selling tickets to Virgin staff in full uniform whilst they are on SR trains.
To me the railway family is dead, aided by a new breed of railway employee who are probably brainwashed by management and who themselves only view the railway to be where their own TOC serves. No camaraderie, no loyalty and no pride.
It is my opinion that this has all but more or less been swept away in recent years with staff working in the same location not only being strangers to each other but often ignoring those who work for another TOC. I even see Scotrail ticket examiners selling tickets to Virgin staff in full uniform whilst they are on SR trains.
To me the railway family is dead, aided by a new breed of railway employee who are probably brainwashed by management and who themselves only view the railway to be where their own TOC serves. No camaraderie, no loyalty and no pride.
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