Shaks, I am off to Birmingham tomorrow. I will see how a proper guard on a proper train does the job. Might not have wifi so I might be quiet. You all play nice.
We work with what we're given as I always say to people but where did you learn that railway jargon, or did you google it?
Ffs. Even with a grade E when leaving school Shaks knows guards are monkeys and drivers are organ grinders. Stop bigging up your part princess!
I know lots of stuff about lots of things.... I could also work a tannoy , open and close doors and Put bang caps on rails behind a train set in an emergency....
As I said the other day, my trains are early or on time when it's in my hands. There's some things we can't control in this game.
Well you know about dets and assume you know about track circuit clips as well which is more rules in depth knowledge, so you must know someone who's worked or working in the industry? Announcements and door opening/closing is basic knowledge for a passenger.
Em.. Apart from blowing the fecking whistle and closing the doors you have feck all to do with punctuality.. Signalmen and drivers are the brains of the operation.. Not sure if you are trying to convince yourself or us when you posted the above?
I did some work for Seimens when they carried out some signalling improvement following Hatfield and Paddington. The best paid work I ever did. Six month fixed term and was on task and finish... Thirteen days and paid in full....
We're responsible for working the train safely which takes priority above everything else. Still takes time to get used to different units with door closing as some close quicker than others. Signaller sets the road of course but the driver can't go without the bells from the guard. Guards are responsible solely for SDO operating, assuming you know what means? Well, on DOO companies the driver takes the tip from platform staff.
God knows which dickhead put signal 109 facing right into the sun outside Paddington. With no back up alarm system There was no wonder there were 70+ instances of SPAD in twelve months.
