How did lodging work at intermodal? Did you get some time off between turns to enjoy yourself?I used to like lodging at Intermodal, had some great laughs in the clubs up North!!!!, but I dont think i could live out of a suitcase for weeks upon end, though if you don't like your wife, it's a good idea.
GB have effectively decided that they don’t want passenger guys on the basis that they require almost as much time and attention as a trainee off the street. So they’re going to go down the road of direct recruitment and freight poaching.
Which I am, but thanks for the obviousBut if you look at the advert they're running for Leeds Hunslet drivers it quite clearly states "freight or passenger competent"
I have never been involved with the rail industry, but reading this interesting thread it seems that the job can cover a large area. How does the potential driver acquire the relevant route knowledge to cover any given route.
Which I am, but thanks for the obvious
Thanks for that.A lot of the work will likely be sitting on locos in possessions, where movements are made on an “on sight” basis, under the authority of the person in charge. No route knowledge really necessary.
So you were…my apologiesI wasn't responding to you, but thanks for the obvious
Pending the lodge really with the down time. We had quite a few lodges at my depot, but I don't think any Intermodal drivers lodge now.How did lodging work at intermodal? Did you get some time off between turns to enjoy yourself?
Thanks for the infoPending the lodge really with the down time. We had quite a few lodges at my depot, but I don't think any Intermodal drivers lodge now.
Normally 2 lodges a week but it was pending the link structure. You may go a week with no lodges. Lodges would start on the Sunday..... Sundays were pass out and work back the next day. Saturdays you would either pass home or work back.
Your week could start, Sun - RD, Mon 14:00 lodge, Tues return lodge, Wednesday local, Thursday 14:00 Lodge, Fri return lodge, Saturday RD.
Pending the lodge, you could get to the hotel about 21:00 and your next workings wouldn't be until 1600. Some lodges got you to your hotels for 10am and you have all day and work back the next morning, some got your there at 2am ish and you work back the next afternoon.
You also had other drivers lodging with you, so you could have a laugh. Made plenty of friends.
We also got payments for lodges, again pending the time in the lodge, you would get 3hrs pay or 5 hours. Everything was paid for, breakfast, lunch, dinner and a pack up lunch if you couldn't get lunch at the hotel.
With some of the downtime, drivers used to head off out during the day, I've been to plenty of places, plus I used to do my Xmas shopping on the lodges and come back with hundreds of bags.
When Freightliner lost the coal traffic, we started to lose the lodges to keep the HH guys in work, by giving them our work, but unfortunately we never got them back.
A shame really, but have great memories and had plenty of laughs.
Quite!A DB Cargo driver in a similar Mobile Train Driver role will currently earn between £90/£98K for a 32hr week with much better conditions.
Thank you, it's paid my mortgage offQuite!
On their website current jobs show as just over £59k, dont think pension is as good as others though from what I’ve read.Sorry whats the current salary at GB?
On their website current jobs show as just over £59k, dont think pension is as good as others though from what I’ve read.