In a moment of obscure thought I wondered

ok so they move the train and control the speed and stop but

they do not –

Steer
change lanes ( tracks )
overtake
negotiate roundabouts

please someone educate me

I am train driver. I drive train.

Can’t underestimate the value of applying the brakes on a train.

It is a bit of a mystery profession though, I agree. It’s not something you really see on the TV or getting written about. Particularly freight train drivers. Who are these men of secrecy?

They have to know every inch of the line and are constantly reacting to signal/events/buzzers etc.

It’s one of those jobs that unions like to make us think no one can do (like london underground “drivers”) the reality is trained monkeys could do it

They have to deal with Fayt controllers.

And occasionally pull down a little cord thingy that makes it go ‘toot-toot!’.

I know two train drivers… they happily admit that they are laughing all the way to the bank.

the reality is trained monkeys could do it

Ah, so there’s hope of gainful employment for you yet! 😀

Pretty much the same as me as a lorry driver. Listen to talk sport and radio two all day. Oh and pick ones nose.

Try this…

http://www.realrailway.com/en/enoshima/simulator.html

Tricky to time the braking for the platform….well I overran

I thought lorry drivers murdered prostitutes? *

*obviously, not really – it’s a Jeremyism…

Rachel

Perhaps Cameron and co could replace them all with volunteers then ?

I think a train drivers job is slightly more complicated than a tube driver. Train drivers gradually speed up and gradually slow down. Tube drivers obviously have a button to go and a button to stop. These both work at ‘full’ only

They have to know every inch of the line and are constantly reacting to signal/events/buzzers etc.

You can train pigeons to do that.

Pretty much the same as me as a lorry driver. Listen to talk sport and radio two all day. Oh and pick ones nose.

That’s not fair, I was a lorry driver for eighteen years, you underestimate us,
While driving a 38 tonner i can eat a four course Chinese banquet while rolling a tab, tuning the radio, making a phone call AND murdering a prostitute, takes practise you know…….

I think they ****, text, eat Ginsters, do YouTube and the strike when there ability to ****, text, eat Ginsters, do YouTube is threatened.

That’s not fair, I was a lorry driver for eighteen years, you underestimate us,
I can eat a four course Chinese banquet while rolling a tab, tuning the radio, making a phone call AND murdering a prostitute, takes practise you know…….

I am a lorry driver and I can do all of that whilst sleeping at the wheel.

See SEE!! Train drivers, PAH!! I’ve shit em!!

still not sure what they do

Drive train.

http://www.traindrivertrainee.com/index.html

I think they drive the train so you IT bods can get to your office to drive your computers .

They have very restrictive D&A policies…..

what do those beeps you hear in the carriages mean?

train drivers are required to slow down, or even stop if there’s a bit of a breeze, if it might rain a bit later, or if there might be a leaf on the track within a 300 mile radius

Dont’t know but apparently it’s worth > £35K per annum, very stressful you know 🙄

I’m a freight train driver and apart from getting up at Dark O’clock , working almost every weekend , adhering to Drugs and Alcohol , shite shifts , Not to mention shunting In all kinds of weathers and keeping the nations Power , refuse , steel and infrastucture going . We dont do much . 😀

Stanfree; shh! This is a thread for people who know absolutely f-all about what being a train diver really entails, to pretend that they do. And to also insult and demean those that actually do the job, in order to feel a little bit better about themselves. Don’t spoil their fun!

what do those beeps you hear in the carriages mean?

A text message has been received by one of them there newfangled mobile telephone gadgets.

Sorry about that , Aye we dont even have to steer the bloody thing and get paid bucket loads… 🙄 😆

they drive trains TSY is on song tonight
My mate had to quit being a postie due to stress and then got a job as a train drfiver so it is less stressful than being a postie
D & A is severe though

D & A is severe though

Yup, the days of being able to drive a train whilst whacked off your t*ts has long since gone 👿

so, I gather from this thread that train driving involves:
– driving trains
– antisocial hours, sometimes
– not being drunk/ stoned
– driving trains

– driving trains.

stanfree – don’t you get to play Nintendo as you, allegedly, drive..? 😉

It’s like Liquid Poetry. 😀

We have an editer in our midst… 😯

Get with the programme Andy , It’s a Psp. 😀

😀

……less stressful than being a postie

Well that’s not surprising

And them trolleys don’t steer themselves. Here’s one what crashed into a lampost. Probably