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 Forum: Technical Matters   Topic: HEALTH AND SAFETY AND RERAILING

derekrailwayman
Posted: 12 Aug 2015, 23:21 

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Interesting question, and I can only hope that someone involved in today's operations will provide insight. Personally I have mixed feelings with the modern trend that procedures and paperwork can substitute for years of experience -all too often this seems to discourage initiative and independent ...

 Forum: Technical Matters   Topic: HEALTH AND SAFETY AND RERAILING

derekrailwayman
Posted: 12 Aug 2015, 00:18 

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Hi, as member of WIGAN TMD breakdown crew for 12 years and a crane driver of 30 & 50 ton Cowans Sheldon steam cranes and a 75 ton diesel crane. I would like to know how they get the job done with having to write method of work and keep to the radius charts because in my day the radius charts wer...

 Forum: General Breakdown and Recovery Discussions   Topic: Dedicated B&R Crew

derekrailwayman
 Post subject: Re: Dedicated B&R Crew
Posted: 11 Aug 2015, 23:40 

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Hi, the full time breakdown team at Wigan is now up and running. How long they will last with such a big area to cover. Definitely a single mans job. After being a member of the Wigan gang in B.R.days I don't think that any women would be capable of doing it.

Gibo.

 Forum: General Breakdown and Recovery Discussions   Topic: Dedicated B&R Crew

derekrailwayman
 Post subject: Re: Dedicated B&R Crew
Posted: 12 Feb 2014, 00:34 

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Today I had a conversation with somebody I used to work with who told me of different thinking for manning B&R, using a dedicated crew financed by the different TOC's based at Wigan. Does anybody have any information about this? A dedicated crew are in the process of being trained at Wigan, the...
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