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Old July 13th 15, 04:37 PM
Robin9 Robin9 is offline
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Originally Posted by Paul Corfield[_2_] View Post
Obviously a freight or a loco hauled passenger train are different
beasts again and I've no experience of them.
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Paul C
I once met a freight train driver who previously had been a licenced taxi driver
(suburban) in London. He had changed jobs because he couldn't make a good
living as a suburban driver. He said it had not taken long to be trained up as a
driver and he was making far more money too.