ohgoditsjames
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I imagine it is, the name is just comical, nothing funny about the idea of it though.
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How do drivers take toilet breaks?
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I imagine it is, the name is just comical, nothing funny about the idea of it though.
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wolfman
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Always carried a couple of carrier bags when on freight ,when the need arose stopped and dived into engine room.Yes carried hand wipes as well.
That must be the only justifiable reason for buying the Sun.
Silver Cobra
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I remember, about 3 years or so ago, travelling on a GN southbound semi-fast Peterborough service (non-stop Stevenage to Finsbury Park) which had to make an unscheduled stop at Potters Bar, with the driver announcing that he needed to take a quick emergency visit to the toilet.
SteveP29
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Beat me to it, by, ohh, 4 and a half hours
Space and lack of
Hull Trains has a female driver !
PHILIPE
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In the old days on steam engines over the side
Evolution
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Could the driver stop the train at a station and use the W/C in the carriages?
I can imagine an upset stomach would be quite a dilemma!
I can imagine an upset stomach would be quite a dilemma!
Esker-pades
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Yes. It has happened to me* and I think I may have mentioned it on the forum when it happened.
*As a passenger. The driver explained over the PA that the train would be delayed by 10 minutes because he needed the toilet. He then used the on-train facilities.
That’s why there’s a two hand coordination test as part of the psychometric assessments
philthetube
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It's actually even worse for coach drivers, awkward to use a bottle with 53 passengers sat behind
Many of my freight jobs involve stopping in the same places time and time again waiting for a class 1 to pass so you find yourself peeing in the same bushes repeatedly like some kind of alley cat. I often have a chuckle at the poor bush, usually a buddleia, thinking what has it done to deserve living 20ft from a signal freight drivers stop at.
Presumably they don't have a curry and a few pints the night before their sniping. Strictly tea and boiled eggs !
Ashley Hill
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K2s (WONs) made excellent toilet paper whilst out on PW jobs,especially when made of the poorer quality paper. The current ones are like Izal! Just don't let the PW lads see your head sticking out of the bushes or you'll be pelted with ballast (in a friendly way).
You make that sound as if it's some unique and special circumstance.
Bletchleyite
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Presumably if a driver got an upset stomach they would declare themselves unfit to continue? It would surely provide too much of a distraction.
Ashley Hill
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I was quite surprised one day to see a female head above the bushes. Even lady drivers get caught short. And no,she didn't get ballast thrown at her!
StephenHunter
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Eurotunnel has or had a driver known as 'Two Stop Tash' and that was a comment on her stopping the train, not her toilet habits.
I didn’t see anywhere to wash your hands.....
Eccles1983
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I've stopped at a signal in the middle of nowhere and informed the signaller that I needed 5 mins.
Then walked though the train, used said facility and cracked on.
I'm not soiling/wetting myself for no one. And I'm not trying to aim into bottles, I'm not a savage.
Then walked though the train, used said facility and cracked on.
I'm not soiling/wetting myself for no one. And I'm not trying to aim into bottles, I'm not a savage.
Slightly off topic
Travelled on 1819 Blackpool North to York today - Class 195. Guard stopped additional 5 mins at Hebden Bridge for toilet stop - all train toilets not working. Incoming service also showed loss of 5 mins at same location so assume similar stop made!
Travelled on 1819 Blackpool North to York today - Class 195. Guard stopped additional 5 mins at Hebden Bridge for toilet stop - all train toilets not working. Incoming service also showed loss of 5 mins at same location so assume similar stop made!
I hope the toilet break was announced so that passengers could also take advantage of the facilities !
A lot of modernisation scheme diesels - I believe - had toilets installed.
whoosh
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Women passenger train drivers have much better access to toilet and associated hand washing facilities than their freight train counterparts. This is particularly a big difference when it comes to changing sanitary towels or tampons at regular intervals.
There are proportionally fewer women freight drivers than passenger drivers.
There are proportionally fewer women freight drivers than passenger drivers.
Johncleesefan
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I simply buzz the guard up and say I’m using the bog at the next station and not to dispatch til I give thumbs up. Pretty easy
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