What job do you do?

[Claude Dreyfus]

Exciting times... A new challenge (I am joining the Global Operations team) as well as a promotion and pay rise! 

Well done, Claude. Congratulations and all best wishes in your new job

Thanks 

[Ollie3440]

Technically i'm a student (yes you can all hate me). Part time wise i worked in Shrewsbury Model Centre but i have just got myself a part time job in Rails Of Sheffield

Ollie

[Pete Mc]

When do you start?I'm going to take a ride to Rail's this week sometime.
Need some more SEEP point motors and see if they have anything new.

[Ollie3440]

Not 'till next week, thursday and saturday to be precise

Ollie

[upnick]

My  official tittle is customer liason officer   ...............   cashier 

[Lawrence]

Technically i'm a student (yes you can all hate me). Part time wise i worked in Shrewsbury Model Centre but i have just got myself a part time job in Rails Of Sheffield

Ollie

Do you get discount? 

[Ollie3440]

No comment

Ollie

[Kipper]

Hi,

I am a retired Trading Standards Officer, having worked from 1966 in London and surrounding counties, them moved to the East Midlands in 1999 and retired in 2010. Specialised in consumer product safety (pulling teddy bears apart and trying to electrocute myself), then moved on to food safety and animal health and welfare. As a retirement treat for myself, I decided to take up modelling an n-gauge layout, which has got as far as baseboard and track (can't rush these things), but my only loco has had to go for repair as has jammed connecting rods (SR Merchant Navy). Buy everything from toy fairs as it is a cheap way to buy stuff - provided they work!

Kipper.

[galway]

Welcome to the forum kipper 

Regards
Paul

[PhilW]

Well my job is driving one of these,kiwi rail DXC class loco just one of the class of locos we use in our area.

I have been with the railways in New Zealand since i was 18yr's old and now have 30yrs service.I started as a locomotive Assistant or fireman,i got my 2nd grade drivers ticket at 23yr's old that allowed me to drive Freight trains and at that time speed was only 55km/h due to restricted speed of our 4 wheeled wagons at that time.I passed my 1st Grade ticket when i was 24yr's old that allowed me to drive express Freight (80Km/h) and Passenger Trains (90km/h).In 1995 i obtained my Remote Control ticket that allowed me to drive Shunt loco's in remote control i did that for 11yrs and still obtaining my drivers ticket.I have been back on Mainline duties since 2006.There is just the driver on our trains so One Man operation (that came in to affect in 1991)with a TEM on rear of our trains (Tail End Monitors) or in usa they call them FRED.We run under CTC & Track warrant systems in our area.

[Newportnobby]

(pulling teddy bears apart and trying to electrocute myself), then moved on to food safety and animal health and welfare.

Kipper.

Dismembering teddy bears then moving into animal health and welfare. Were you arrested by the Teddy Police?

[Kipper]

If I can find them, I will upload some photos of me doing VERY unorthodox things to a teddy and a fluffy bunny. Perfectly innocent testing methods, which look well dodgy in the photos!

[Kipper]

Well my job is driving one of these,kiwi rail DXC class loco just one of the class of locos we use in our area.

I have been with the railways in New Zealand since i was 18yr's old and now have 30yrs service.I started as a locomotive Assistant or fireman,i got my 2nd grade drivers ticket at 23yr's old that allowed me to drive Freight trains and at that time speed was only 55km/h due to restricted speed of our 4 wheeled wagons at that time.I passed my 1st Grade ticket when i was 24yr's old that allowed me to drive express Freight (80Km/h) and Passenger Trains (90km/h).In 1995 i obtained my Remote Control ticket that allowed me to drive Shunt loco's in remote control i did that for 11yrs and still obtaining my drivers ticket.I have been back on Mainline duties since 2006.There is just the driver on our trains so One Man operation (that came in to affect in 1991)with a TEM on rear of our trains (Tail End Monitors) or in usa they call them FRED.We run under CTC & Track warrant systems in our area.

How lucky can you get - playing with trains all day, then going home and playing with trains again! Have you got room in your cab for a small layout, so you can have a play during rest breaks?

[PhilW]

Well my job is driving one of these,kiwi rail DXC class loco just one of the class of locos we use in our area.

I have been with the railways in New Zealand since i was 18yr's old and now have 30yrs service.I started as a locomotive Assistant or fireman,i got my 2nd grade drivers ticket at 23yr's old that allowed me to drive Freight trains and at that time speed was only 55km/h due to restricted speed of our 4 wheeled wagons at that time.I passed my 1st Grade ticket when i was 24yr's old that allowed me to drive express Freight (80Km/h) and Passenger Trains (90km/h).In 1995 i obtained my Remote Control ticket that allowed me to drive Shunt loco's in remote control i did that for 11yrs and still obtaining my drivers ticket.I have been back on Mainline duties since 2006.There is just the driver on our trains so One Man operation (that came in to affect in 1991)with a TEM on rear of our trains (Tail End Monitors) or in usa they call them FRED.We run under CTC & Track warrant systems in our area.

How lucky can you get - playing with trains all day, then going home and playing with trains again! Have you got room in your cab for a small layout, so you can have a play during rest breaks?

Hi Kipper,usually during breaks its put the feet up and close the eyes lol if we're lucky.

[RichardBattersby]

I'm a final year vet student, hence the lack of time I'm able to play trains and model  :'(