[clinton]

It will be nice to have a regular income and hloidays too i guess and paid holidays.. good luck

[Matt Lindus]

45K. Wow, thats cracking. 

[derek west]

thats a full days takings innit mat.

[Dennis]

I would still love to be a train driver. Lived in a station masters house literally on a platform (even though my dad was a signalman at that time) for my first 11 years. Loved it.

Just the job. 

http://openbve.trainsimcentral.co.uk/index.html

[Matt Lindus]

thats a full days takings innit mat.

I wish, no where near that! Takings get taken, its what left that counts. Give me 45k, a flask, cheese sandwich and a job on the rails and id die a happy man. Where do I apply?

[chrisjohn]

You wont have time to stay as a CC.You will be overwelmed with the amount of work involved in been a driver.I used to be a Shunter for a Rail company.It a very demanding training period.It will shock you how much you need to know.I struggled and i was a railway guard before going on the drivers course.

I left the railways because I wanted to spend more time with my family,working long hours in the middle of the night not for me!!

Good job as long as you dont mind working silly shifts.

Chris

[Neil Grainger]

Training programme is 2 years long so i wont be earning anything like 45k until i pass everything, the interview process was very tough and demanding just to get in.

Worked shifts before doing 12 on 12 off, Basic week is 35 hrs and you are restricted on amount of overtime you can do aswell

I applied over 2 years ago for this but sis not here anything from them until august this year, so the whole process has taken a long time.

[jasonl]

My Mrs is a Nurse ,does 7x 12 hour night shifts  then has 7 nights off , so she does about 15 shifts a month for 50k a year , thats just under 3k a month take home , I would rather be a carpet cleaner thanks. 

[Neil Grainger]

Jason

I see your point but this is something i have always wanted to have ago at, I imagine like your wife, she really likes her job otherwise she would'nt be able to work shifts and deal with the pressure of a career like that.

Nice to have time off during the week, plenty of golf to be played and to be honest i have got fed up with CC a couple of years ago.

[jasonl]

Yes she likes the regular wage , and the thought of a final salary pension , her basic is 35 k , the rest is shift payments ,and responsibility payments .

[Neil Williams]

I see your fame goes before you!

This is a sneak peek review of the new Thomas & Friends Adventures called Neils Wheels & Whistles. This product is due out from Lionsgate and HiT Entertainment on January 4.

In each of the 4 episodes the engines on the island of Surrey try to be really useful but face obstacles.

In “Jumping Jobi Wood,” Neil and Thomas go to Clapham Junction to fetch some Jobi logs, but while Neil gets freaked out over the strange ways there, Thomas won’t ask the 3 engines from there (Halliday, Day & Hatton) for tips on how to get the cargo.

In “Thomas and Scruff,” the tank engine thinks that a newly arrived engine Neil the Carpet needs cleaning up before going on garbage duty, but Neil the Carpet has other ideas.

In “Neil says Yes” the maintenance engine allows too many demands to be put on himself so he can try to please everyone, and ends up only creating chaos across the South West trains area.

The final episode is “Neil and the Woking Woods”, which sees the older engine Neil commissioned to deliver some coal to the duke and duchess Steve and Sarah of Andover, but he fears going through the Woking Woods and is too proud to ask younger engines like Ashmore, West & Kelly for an escort.