Are there any train drivers on PH?

[Chris71]

Does anyone grow up wanting to be a train driver any more? Has anyone here done it?

The other week we had a power cut at our local station and the one of the regular trains turned up delivering electric lanterns to the platform! It was all surprisingly quaint for suburban London on a cold wet Thursday evening, and for a second I could see some of the old fashioned romance of working on the railways.

It brought to mind the old cliche of all boys growing up wanting to be a train drivers. That's probably half a century out of date now - I never really subscribed to it personally, the idea just came from my dad who grew up in the '40s and '50s - but has anyone here done it?

[elster]

Yes there is.

I shall find you his name in a minute, either sniff_petrol or diesel.

Anyway something to do with sniffing

[WorAl]

I wouldn't mind doing it, just couldn't afford to at the moment

[soad]

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[elster]

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/profile.asp?h=0...

Here we go.

[Norfolkinchance]

In Italy no one grows up wanting to be a train driver.

[lazyitus]

Norfolkinchance said:

In Italy no one grows up wanting to be a train driver.

Yeah but they never had Deltics, did they?

[wargriff]

I would love to do it, but to be honest I did choo choose another career path

[papabear]

I was once stoked at the idea of trains but now the idea has run out of steam.

[Simpo Two]

Is there a fast-track option?

[mcdjl]

Norfolkinchance said:

In Italy no one grows up wanting to be a train driver.

I still have a copy of that poster

[B16 NFW]

Train drivers are nuts !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzGwUhIXLDk&fea...

[Snoop Bagg]

B16 NFW said:

Train drivers are nuts !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzGwUhIXLDk&fea...

Not as nuts as the train spotters there, they seem to be a bit like Welsh rally spectators!

[Chris71]

Snoop Bagg said:

B16 NFW said:

Train drivers are nuts !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzGwUhIXLDk&fea...

Not as nuts as the train spotters there, they seem to be a bit like the Welsh.

Edited to introduce some vaguely amusing casual racism.

[The Black Duke]

Chris71 said:

Snoop Bagg said:

B16 NFW said:

Train drivers are nuts !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzGwUhIXLDk&fea...

Not as nuts as the train spotters there, they seem to be a bit like the Welsh.

Edited to introduce some vaguely amusing casual racism.

GRRR

[williamp]

The Black Duke said:

Chris71 said:

Snoop Bagg said:

B16 NFW said:

Train drivers are nuts !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzGwUhIXLDk&fea...

Not as nuts as the train spotters there, they seem to be a bit like the Welsh.

Edited to introduce some vaguely amusing casual racism.

GWR

Edited because its trains 'n shuff

[Bish]

Not my day job but have driven a few for a laugh.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGkP9bvHFU4

Edited by Bish on Thursday 25th February 19:58

[elster]

Oh I suppose I should add I can drive an MPV.

[kiteless]

Bish said:

Not my day job but have driven a few for a laugh.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGkP9bvHFU4

Edited by Bish on Thursday 25th February 19:58

Nice pics of the Ironbridge Gorge.

Not sure they're relevant, but nice nonetheless.

[The Black Duke]

I remember these from when I was a kid, they used to pick coal up from the Tower colliery. I can remember the monster like growl they used to make as the deep bass of the engine reverberated along the valley.