Route and traction knowledge

[matt-b]

Hello all

 

So I have a question regarding driver route and traction knowledge.

 

Living in Ludlow (Shropshire) a rather rare movement happened on Friday, class 37 Europhoenix from Scotland to Newport (South Wales) with a old scrap EMU.

 

Who is driving it? I have never seen that locomotive down this route before so how does it work? 

 

Can you have a driver with route knowledge sitting beside a driver with traction knowledge?

 

Thanks and I look forward to your replies.

 

Matt

[Rugd1022]

I don't know which firm the 37 driver will be from but yes, you can have a driver with the correct route knowledge conducting another driver over a route, or part of a route.

[a98087]

It’s perfectly possible to hire loco from one company, and driver from another, so long as the company whose has requested the move agree the costs,

 

You can even hire drivers for short bits of certain moves,

 

the move you saw saw would have been requested by the owner of the emu, to send it off to a suitably licensed railway scrapyard 

 

companies such as , ROG, euroPhoenix , WCRC, LSL DRS will be happy to help, for a suitable fee

[Covkid]

I think ROG do the majority of work on the Europhoenix 37s, but they may have hired in drivers / route conductors if necessary.  Some TOCs / FOCs will only allow a hired driver if they are competent on the traction.