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  1. Southernman46

    delighted my new company has won the GW main line electrification contract - new job opportunities for lapsed electrification engineers beckon !! :-)

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    2. eastwestdivide

      eastwestdivide

      But won't it be wiggly electricity, not the straight stuff you're used to?!

    3. The Stationmaster

      The Stationmaster

      Kindly note that it's meant to be up in the air on this job, not where innocent operating dept folk are likely to trip over it

    4. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      Isn't HO electrification a bit small? I mean, 1:87's fiddly at the best of times....

  2. Southernman46

    Mrs SM is on-call for Network Rail so now I'm up too !!! - will I ever escape that company - grrrr !!

    1. Captain Kernow

      Captain Kernow

      And so am I now, until tomorrow morning, at any rate!

  3. Southernman46

    has noticed the bridges on the disued line north of Devizes have been demolished this week :-(

  4. Southernman46

    has noticed the bridges on the disued line north of Devizes have been demolished this week :-(

  5. Southernman46

    will be spending tonight in Wickwar tunnel paying for a Brighton Belle !! :-))

  6. Southernman46

    saw 18000 at Didcot today - very impressive !

  7. Southernman46

    thinks that as the Pope is creating saints atm - first in line should be the chaop who invented mulgrips :-)

  8. Southernman46

    and it was flippin' cold in Patchway tunnel - coffee and bed methinks

    1. The Stationmaster

      The Stationmaster

      You are clearly spending too much time in the wrong sort of tunnels, manky single bores are not nice. Try the Severn Tunnel as it's not too bad at the bottom of the shaft.

    2. Southernman46

      Southernman46

      It's on the list v. soon :-)

  9. Southernman46

    02:30 wide awake full of cold staring at the snow and wondering whether going to work is a sensible option

    1. devondynosoar118

      devondynosoar118

      Going to work is never a sensible option, sod the economy it's Friday!

  10. Southernman46

    is glad he's not Syrian, Egyptian or Iraqi - poor s*ds

    1. Debs.

      Debs.

      Blessings are regularly counted here.

  11. Southernman46

    Inspecting the tunnels at Bristol Patchway tonight and NOT looking forward to it....

    1. eastwestdivide

      eastwestdivide

      Watch out for the icicles...

    2. Captain Kernow

      Captain Kernow

      Good luck with the inspections - is this in the way of a Structures inspection or are you inspecting the track in the tunnels?

  12. Southernman46

    is going to spend tomorrow inspecting tunnels on the Portishead branch - got to pay for that Brighton Belle somehow.

  13. Southernman46

    just back from inspecting Newnham tunnel - too awake to sleep - excited by going to see Calne show later

  14. Southernman46

    just back from inspecting Newnham tunnel - too awake to sleep - excited by going to see Calne show later

  15. Southernman46

    Deep in the ###### of the gentle night, is when I search for the light, Pick up my pen and start to write, I struggle, fight dark forces, In the clear moon light, Without fear... insomnia, I can't get no sleep............

    1. beast66606

      beast66606

      Have Faith

    2. eastwestdivide

      eastwestdivide

      Crikey, you've been censored for a flight of poetry!

    3. big jim

      big jim

      the censored word is hardly controversial either!

       

  16. Southernman46

    Blearly eyed from spending the night at Hinkley yard - looking forward to some warm snoozy football watching....

  17. Southernman46

    is not getting a Gresley buffet car, crikey !!

  18. Southernman46

    Watching the footie, thinking about some kip in anticpation of a two hour drive and spending tonight inside Ledbury Tunnel !!

    1. eastwestdivide

      eastwestdivide

      Oh well, count your blessings... except I can't think of any at the moment.

    2. The Stationmaster

      The Stationmaster

      You are quite welcome to Ledbury Tunnel but make sure you've got some good stout waterproof footwear and watch the underfoot conditions - I don't know what it's like nowadays but it used to be very slippery in there. oh, and those Restricted Clearance signs really mean it - like almost no other restricted clearances I have ever come across.

  19. Southernman46

    Just watched doc about Dambusters and now watching "The Pacific" and giving thanks I was born in 1962and not 1922

    1. coachmann

      coachmann

      1942 was a good year...

  20. Southernman46

    Spent the morning cleaning the decking - Quatermass-like green slime eradicated :-)

    1. RJS1977

      RJS1977

      Just as long as there isn't a scarlet capsule underneath...

       

  21. Southernman46

    Watching "The Ladykillers" - lots of railway footage

    1. Welly

      Welly

      Loved the special hammer for the plumbing! What an end to the film!

    2. Jon020

      Jon020

      tiddle tiddle om, pom pom pom!

    3. Mallard60022

      Mallard60022

      Great film. I once saw most of the unused railway footage for it. Hours of fun for the older enthusiast.

  22. Southernman46

    Watching "The Ladykillers" - lots of railway footage

  23. Southernman46

    Watching "The Ladykillers" - lots of railway footage

  24. Southernman46

    First week complete with Amey - there is life after Network Rail !!!

    1. Captain Kernow

      Captain Kernow

      'It's life Jim, but not as we know it, not as we know it, not as we know it....' ;-)

       

      Good luck Southernman!

  25. Southernman46

    Last weekend as unemployed man :-)

    1. skipepsi

      skipepsi

      Good Luck

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