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greatkingrat
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If they are made out of cardboard, I don't think they will last very long!
Sun Chariot
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I commuted on DLR for 7 years and, on the instances when a Passenger Service Agent had the front panel open, I regularly wondered if they had the urge to manually "floor it" 
AverageJoe
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This is just part of the government plans to bring about cheaper driver training
randyrippley
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Don't encourage them.......otherwise they'll be fitted on the top desk of the double deckers next
STINT47
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If you use them regularly as part of your journey can you join ASLEF?
D6130
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I would have thought that this item belongs in the '....and in other news' thread!
CarrotPie
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The stickers should have been put there ages ago imo, because they're such a great addition. The steering wheels, on the other hand...
As others have said, they won't last long at all!
As others have said, they won't last long at all!
ExRes
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Cardboard Mayor, cardboard steering wheels, apt I would have thought
How many times have you won an election?
jon81uk
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I've got an inflatable one somewhere the DLR gave out as a promo about ten years ago.
CarrotPie
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Do you have a photo?
jon81uk
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I don't but there is one at the bottom of this IanVisits article
Look out for fake
There will be lots of smiles on the DLR, as the famously driverless DLR trains will come with steering wheels, so passengers can pretend to drive the train.
www.ianvisits.co.uk
Lewisham2221
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How dare they spend taxpayers money, peddling totally, technically inaccurate marketing nonsense 
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[removes tongue from cheek ]notverydeep
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A number of years ago, my daughter - then about 7 was delighted to be invited to press the actual Train Start button from the front driving panel by the Passenger Service Attendant on a DLR service (with the PSA controlling the door closure sequence of course)...
Turtle
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Well, you only had to wait until 08:05.
Taking Mrs T grandkids kids on DLR unnerves me as they want to sit up front.
Forget fake steering wheels, put a rail driver console or a keyboard there.
I dozed off once, woke up and could see we were slowing down going into a station, I tried to stop the train, but then realized I dont have a raildriver or a keyboard. In a split second of panic, I realized I was actually on the train and not in a simulator! A weird experience!
Forget fake steering wheels, put a rail driver console or a keyboard there.
I dozed off once, woke up and could see we were slowing down going into a station, I tried to stop the train, but then realized I dont have a raildriver or a keyboard. In a split second of panic, I realized I was actually on the train and not in a simulator! A weird experience!
What's one of those please ?
CarrotPie
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RailDriver - Wikipedia
It's a sort of desktop mini-cab designed for Train Simulator.
I paid about £50 for mine about 20 years ago for MS train simulator, they now retail for £275.00. It's still going strong - had to do some minor repairs, but apart from that it's built to last. Great thing to have for train sims, especially now as TSW4 fully supports it.RailDriver - Wikipedia
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It's a sort of desktop mini-cab designed for Train Simulator.
Sun Chariot
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Does it come with an overtime ban?RailDriver - Wikipedia
It's a sort of desktop mini-cab designed for Train Simulator.
CarrotPie
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Not that I'm aware of!Does it come with an overtime ban?
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Sun Chariot
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My very tongue-in-cheek post stems from in the press last year, where some TOCs were running fewer services due to lack of crew, because those same TOCs rely on overtime working patterns to cover the services
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What a waste of money I thought TfL was short of cash
It's a cardboard steering wheel...