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  1. berwicksfinest

    Growing Rail Freight

    Any Liner service we do to Felixstowe, and empty Plasmor service. All 4 speeds But bear in mind although 4 speeds, most services are timed less than that
  2. berwicksfinest

    Growing Rail Freight

    Really, will you tell my 66 then, I can count on one hand the amount of time Ive even managed over 70 !!!!
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    Class 66 and Felixstowe Intermodals.

    I worked 4M79 out of the south terminal today load 1150 tonnes
  4. berwicksfinest

    Freightliner Driver Jobs

    Which would mean he's either a Yorkshire lad or a Tyne lad. Either way I wouldn't expect him to be fully conversent with Peterborough (sorry Cambridgeshire) diagrams
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    Freightliner Driver Jobs

    I'm at Peterborough and I really think this Driver is incorrect, Nothing to do with hours !!! Its for terminal time unfortunately DB don't get a choice when they can run in and out, we have to have our slots, and unfortunately the terminal time is too great for one driver to cover.
  6. berwicksfinest

    Wisbech to March line consultation.

    Personally it would be no use to me at all, As a Train Driver, I also personally like to see investment in other areas, ELECTRIFICATION.
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    Wisbech to March line consultation.

    Again to reiterate, living in Wisbech, Where are all the commuters for Cambridge coming from ?? I personally work in Peterborough, so do most people I know, Amazon provide a dedicated bus service to name but one. Most people here are of East European origin and mainly work in the agriculture...
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    Storm Babet and more rain before Ciaron flooding Heatherslaw Light Railway

    Absolutely stunning little railway, Wishing then well
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    Train crew should be required to drive between trains rather than have taxis provided

    Oh I agree, people using their car for business use is certainly not unheard of, However I begrudge allowing MY car to be used for company use. Thats not what I bought it for. My company has fuel cards for the van but, we are not allowed to book our own taxis so given a free reign with the fuel...
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    Train crew should be required to drive between trains rather than have taxis provided

    For the OP's comment , First I am on the freight operating side so possibly use taxis more than most. Question then. Who pays for the upkeep of MY car if I'm using it for Business use. Who pays for the insurance as all of a sudden its now not commuting to and from a place of work, its business...
  11. berwicksfinest

    Animals On Seats

    This about sums me up
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    Animals On Seats

    Surely again thats not the fault of the dog, its said owner thats "trained" the animal to be like that. As a Driver myself, I would have a train full of dogs and in 32 years, I have never had a train taken out of service because of dogs. Or looking like my train has endured a food fight...
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    Begging getting worse on trains?

    And also a word of caution, one of our Drivers at our Depot was accosted by a lady at a London terminus asking for charge, she was homeless, etc. He refused to give her any money, but offered her something to eat, she prompt went to the counter and ordered the most expensive item. and left him...
  14. berwicksfinest

    The ethics of train strikes

    What is it with pay rises ?? More over its the conditions, our colleagues fought for, the government think they can trample over, because they can.
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    Freight trains(excluding infrastructure) still using 4 wheeled wagons.

    Aren't the STVA car carriers on the Toton - Dollands effectively single axles ??
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    Lumo overspeed incident at Peterborough (17/04/2022)

    Agreed the 803 will have far quicker accelaration, HOWEVER the point I'm making is the Lumo is being pulled onto the "slow" so effectively the Driver must have the inkling something quicker is going by or something in Platform 3 is going before him (Green Banner in 3 is a give away) so why...
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    Lumo overspeed incident at Peterborough (17/04/2022)

    Not necessarily as coming through Platform 1 you can be dropped up to Fletton to allow something to pass on the Main, Grand Central do exactly that quite regularly. and ordinarily anything London bound from the North uses platform 3, Platform 1 generally used for the Horsham's and EMR Lincoln's...
  18. berwicksfinest

    Lumo overspeed incident at Peterborough (17/04/2022)

    As someone who does sit in the big boys chair and is based at Peterborough. I have never seen or hear of problems coming off the Up main into Platform 1. HOWEVER what I am seeing a lot more of is Train companies nudging Drivers more to complete route learning faster, remember route learning is...
  19. berwicksfinest

    Window destination stickers

    AIUI these were used on the boat trains out of Liverpool Street to coincide with the ferries to Holland There were 4 in this style; Admiral de Ruyter: Liverpool Street to Harwich Parkeston Quay Ref NT375 Harwich Parkeston Quay to Liverpool Street Ref NT376...

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