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!!!!!! 1689219990 This comment has made my blood boil. No changes to conditions?? Are you kidding me. My life No has to completely change because of the selfish actions of 58% of drivers at TFW. I don’t want more money you absolute helmet. I want to carry on as I am. I’m happy to get Sundays...

Yes. And it’s been agreed. And it’s awful! I’ll be looking for a new job.

Sorry. My bad.

I do apologise. Genuinely thought that was the bidston units. Sorry

Not from platform 2 no. 1683951227 67’s don’t tend to do much on a Saturday/Sunday.

Looks like two 197’s (001 & 006) will be on the Wrexham bidston line tomorrow. I’m not 100% on it but when I left work they were on the sheets to work 5j80 in the morning which is always the units working to Wrexham to carry on to work the bidstons. Might be of interest to someone. If they end...

So, just left work and noticed on the shunt sheets for the morning, 197006 & 197001 are on 5j80. 5j80 is the train that makes up both units on the Wrexham bidston. Now, I’m not saying it’s definitely happening but it’s looking very likely. Don’t know if a 230 will be working too??

As a driver I couldnt care less about delays and how the signaller feels sorry. I simply care about preserving my driving record and keeping my job.

I’ve gone passed a green only to see it step down to single yellow (for the correct route) before. So it can be done, luckily I was stopping at a station before the junction anyway so the brakes were already in. The reason to stop at the signal is to compose yourself, call the signaller and get...

First run was on Monday night. There was a fair bit of confusion with traincrew trying to find out if it was route cleared before taking it.

Sitting in the front of a 197 along the route I’m glad it’s only 75! Any faster and I’d be out my seat! Before any line speed improvements are made, the route would benefit much more from more signal sections between Runcorn east and Chester. The route is getting quite busy and when the...

Can only say what I do, as I’m no longer an instructor but if it’s a random signal, I press it straight away as per my manager telling me not to wait a minute or two! If I see the section is blocked somehow, I don’t press it at all and if I’m going from red to red then I will use my common...

They can be as senior as they like, I drive them and 197’s are quicker. Drivers are being trained to come into stations stupidly slow, so maybe this is where time is being lost but I’ve actually been using them how they’ve been designed and timing between Manchester/Liverpool and Llandudno have...

197s are much, much quicker than 150’s. I don’t know where this nonsense that they’re slower to 40mph has come from. It seems a few drivers are having difficulty getting used to the brakes and making everyone seasick coming into stations at times, but once confidence is up then I see only one...

You’d never get the power down. Some of our 158’s struggle to pull away when it’s a bit moist now and that’s just 350hp

Training starts on them again on Sunday 5th Feb. (For drivers, the first day or two will be classroom based of course, so don’t expect them to be out then)

Borderlands line on the 230s.

I’ve stayed away from 230’s completely but have recently been given a date to start training on them. So it sounds like things will be moving forward. This is the first time in a few years that new driver training has happened that I know of. It’s mainly been refresh training. It’s obviously...

No, not at all, the coupler is in a lower position on 196s, 197s because, as you say, of the gangway doors.

Yes, it’s exactly the same on 197s………. When it’s working!! They can’t couple at all. But yeah, it would have been a set swap.