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To the guard above- you know the answer to what I asked. Think implications of a GW loco hung on the front of your set. Anyone that’s been anywhere near a footplate on the SDR would also know that. From the vocabulary used, I immediately formed the impression that the OP hadn’t. Plenty of...

Are you sure you’ve not just been playing Train Simulator? How many “hg does a pannier tank operate at?

Followed the Manchester United feed on FB for a while. Fair play to them for salvaging a tender, but when they started buying headlamps and regulator handles, I switched off!

Enthusiasts always seem to have a fascination with something new, then their interest seems to fade. How many locos are sitting out of use on preserved railways, as there are not the funds to restore them? Locos that have already operated in preservation, ie those that are essentially complete...

Note the line about transferring to Hitachi in December. Hitachi aren’t a TOC, so what’s going to happen re travel to work, pension, etc? Certainly reads like a trainee advert.

Would suggest that the formula quoted is fanciful. The figures produced suggest steam locos having a similar power output to a Class 91. Common sense indicates that this is wide of the mark. You’re close to the reality with your later remarks though. The thing’s ability to boil water is the...

I fink they're shud be a new APT set built and run at 125 mph

Gentlemen - Surely the droppings of the Lesser Spotted Troll? Or more likely, a very spotty troll, who's never had a girlfriend!

Is this chap Alfred in disguise? ;-) Awaits thread about 45015......

Why not simply ring Carnforth, ask to speak to Farmer Smith, as address your repeated questioning to him directly?

I've had first hand experience of people turning up for steam cab rides at his age, complete with family who thought they were fit enough to be there, and a doctor's letter to "prove" it. You need to be able to climb an 8 foot vertical ladder unaided, from/ onto an uneaven surface, and quickly...

You either need an open access TOC to run your services, or you need to set one up. Ask the NYMR how much of a ballache that is, and how much it costs. What you are proposing, happens every day in the summer months between Grosmont and Whitby, but it needed an orgnisation with 40+ years of...

Suggest you read this, which may give you a little more insight into the costs of running a railway. Essential projects, which cannot be covered by the annual fare income: https://www.nymr.co.uk/appeal/yorkshires-magnificent-journey-appeal As for your personal observation, you're only...

Trainee recruitment curtailed last year, and newly trained drivers reportedly being allocated to "spare" links, due planned extra services not being operated. I think you may be safely out of PQ, before anything happens. As for the process, it's a new operator, so who knows? Just keep your...

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Your first port of call needs to be the Minor Railways section at the Office of Rail and Road. They will be able to advise you if your idea will be permitted, and what (many and expensive) regulatory hoops you will have to jump through, in order to bring it to fruition. Preservation is a small...

Your workbooks will tell you what your company particularly want you to get out of the exercise. As stated, it's an opportunity to get out and about, and meet your new colleagues. Much will depend on what goes on during your shifts, and what aspects of the job you are exposed to. If I had...

I absolutely commend you for wanting to give up drugs. However, if you're having to ask about the nature of the testing, then that is an aspiration, not where you are in practice. Come back to our world, when failing the medscreen doesn't even enter your mind. The advice above about being honest...