Who are you?!

[Colin]

As there are quite a few members on this forum now, I'm just wondering what sort of people post here. Obviously there are many more categories that I could have picked, but you'll have to make do with what I reckon are the most obvious ones. If you're not listed, just go with the nearest one. It's not for research or anything, just a bit of fun and curiosity!!

I'm just wondering what sort of people post here.
;D Well this one's a retired half-dead idiotic old fool living north of Watford.

I'm now "ex" all sorts of things railway and other. The railway bits include guard, motorman, (LT) shunter and signalman (BR) are the ones I've been paid for. But I've also done a bit of Signal maintenance (BR & WSR) and p-way (WSR) work. Also on the WSR I drove DMU's, shovelled some coal to boil water worked as Guard, shunted and helped in the shed.

[DistrictSOM]

well im a contractor now working for metronet ssl and what a wonderful life it is ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

I wear a white shirt, am considered a Duty Manager by grade, I work in Service Control but will always consider myself a signalman. Puts me in a bit of a split catergory.

Oh, Service Control as it sounds posh then.

[Admin Team]

I think most of you know what I do!

[Tom]

aetearlscourt said:

well im a contractor now working for metronet ssl and what a wonderful life it is ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Same here, except I work for BCV.

I've also been known to deliver informative talks to and take photographic commissions from SAC (see Igelkotten's post).

[solidbond]

District said:

I think most of you know what I do!

Go the wrong way? ;D ;D ;D

[Pete UXB]

solidbond said:

Go the wrong way? ;D ;D ;D

Oooo, that's a bit harsh Solidbond! Nobody's perfect, and our esteemed website owner has only taken a wrong 'un once.... well as far as we know anyway!! ;D

[AlanL]

I'm sure most of you know what I do too now!! I drive trains!
Curerently on the District line, previously on the Jubilee line, and previous to working for LUL, I drove trains on the mainline, working for Thames Trains at Reading.

I suppose my grade could be described as "Causer-Of-Problems" ;D


Nah, seriously, I am employed as a driver here in the Stockholm Metro. I have also become a sort of odd-job man, doing a bit of this or that as the need arises. I have, for example, done quite a bit of test train driving for the new stock and signalling systems, worked as a driver instructor, mainly for the new trains and signalling, done a bit of infrastructure work as a pilotman, worked as a shunter/depot driver and a few other things. Since I am qualified to operate on all our lines, I also do a bit of stock transfer work between the depots and workshops.

I like working like this -there's a bit of variety, and you generally won't have to bother about the travelling public when you are a pilotman on a tamping machine. In fact, they tend to run away from you, especially if you have a cracked exhaust pipe!

I am also active as a union representative, belonging to SAC, a small radical leftist union. We organise all grades in our local section -drivers, station attendants, depot staff and so on. The idea is that we, as workers on the tube, have our common interests, and splitting the workers up with different unions for each grade is something that only benefits the company. We are in a period of strong growth on the tube, which is very nice, but it also takes up a lot of our (mine and the other activists) time. Still, it's a chance to have some fun and do some good work!

The idea is that we, as workers on the tube, have our common interests, and splitting the workers up with different unions for each grade is something that only benefits the company.
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At last someone with my own thoughts! There should be ONE union on the tube. That will partially defeat managments "divide & rule" policy. As for the old chestnut about "signalman representing a driver" on a disciplinary board that won't wash either as you can either conduct your own defence or ask for the appropriate grade to speak for you.

[Jim]

I'm a Driver at Upminster (The posh end of the District )
In my 22 years on LU I've worked on every line except the Picc, Vic and East London, I've been around a bit, I'm a bit of a slapper

Q8 said:

I'm just wondering what sort of people post here.
;D Well this one's a retired half-dead idiotic old fool living north of Watford.

Surely Dave still lives around Uxbridge

[Christopher J]

I currently come under the Non-Railway section (although I did do Work Experience with LUL not too long ago) but I plan to join the LUL Apprenticeship in January next year.

[Tom]

Jim said:

I'm a Driver at Upminster (The posh end of the District )
In my 22 years on LU I've worked on every line except the Picc, Vic and East London, I've been around a bit, I'm a bit of a slapper

So your excursion to South Harrow won't count as your time on the picc then? ;D