So I was rattling along last night happy as Larry when something went wrong with my train. Oh dear ( Read more... )

"Hello Signaller! Could you release my shunt signal so I can shunt from the platform to the siding and go home now ( Read more... )

As is perfectly normal I was paddling with a friend in the Diana Memorial in Hyde Park. Or rather, we were sitting on the edge dangling our feet in the water while hoardes of small children raced past in the stream. Look, it was a hot day, ok ( Read more... )

It has recently come to my attention that I may be completely and utterly retarded. No, please don't patronise me with cries of incredulity for I will not shift my position on this. The evidence is irrefutable ( Read more... )

As some horse racing was cancelled today an extra Christmas film was put on TV. I happened on it by chance as I was flicking channels and watched a bit to see if it was any good. I'm a bit of a sucker for a cheery Christmas film and while I don't normally do film reviews here I'm going to make an exception. This one was the most dreadful Christmas ( Read more... )

So I'm going on strike on Boxing Day. Well I'm not, actually. I'd booked annual leave on the grounds that it's going to be impossible for me to get to work. Network Rail have closed many of their lines on the 26th December so there's no way for me to get to work (ironically, I don't drive cars). But I most certainly voted to strike ( Read more... )

It was an interesting sort of day. With all sorts of peculiar things done with trains. The strangest of which began when I was happily zipping down the line without a care in the world. The radio chirruped and one of The Voices informed me that he was confiscating my train. Naturally I was distraught but was soon comforted by the knowledge that he ( Read more... )

I've recently completed refresher training on rules and defect handling. This is something we do annually and although I've never had a refresher training which I've enjoyed (which is strange given that I always like initial training on stock) I do find it useful. Less so this year as training has been cut along with everything else so we didn't ( Read more... )

Don't you just love that title? It's the sort of pompous title you get on certain message boards where xXx_cutegrl_xXx wants to tell The_Hunger351 that she's no longer going to flirt with him online because he typed a disparaging remark about whichever of those bloody vampires it is she favours. Of course, it's public because it's not really about ( Read more... )

It's taken me a few days to muster up the moxy to post this. Last week's Dear Diary entry was embarrassing enough but this one takes things that extra step. Or several extra steps. Oh well, here goes ( Read more... )