Rail qualifications

Skraw · Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 6:59 pm Post subject: Rail qualifications

Some time ago on the other forum I think it was 42101 who posted all his tickets. It was an interesting read. I mentioned elsewhere that my grandfather was a qualified engine driver. I've actually got his ticket - it's massive so the scan doesn't do it justice. Nevertheless here it is. Feel free to post yours or ones you have - of course get rid of the identifying marks if you will.

I'm pretty sure he didn't get much of chance to use it as he went off to war in 1915 - this is dated 1913. He was supposedly (according to family legend) the youngest to achieve this but I take all such claims with a grain of salt.
Looks like it was only for workshop use not mainline running!

Yes I'm descended from Mexicans!! Embarassed

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Bigged · Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 8:36 pm Post subject:

I have plenty of others some not worth wiping your arse with from that Pathetic mob the others I couldnt be fucked scanning!
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Bigged · Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 7:09 pm Post subject:

Well Cmon Iv shown you mine now its time to show me yours!
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TheLoadedDog · Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 7:14 pm Post subject:

I bet you say that to all the girls.

Best I could do is a printout of mail stuff I'm trained on. I can drive pretty much any piece of mail processing equipment in the country from a 1930s vintage cancelling machine (now finally retired) to some scary computerised multi-million dollar stuff. It doesn't have the loco style though.
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Gromit · Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 8:42 pm Post subject:

I'll try and do some of mine tomorrow.

Stick that one up your arse!! Razz

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Cobraking/42101 · Fuckwit Crusher Joined: 28 Jul 2007 Posts: 693

Bigged get these up ya mate. Laughing

Not many blokes got to mark off a car on the Indian during her journey...I did.

OK folks here are mine.

dasher · Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 9:45 pm Post subject:

Greg, instead of just whiting out your name, you should have photoshopped "Cobraking" into all of them, then re-pritned them, and use them as your actual quals.

Stupid I know, but fuck that would be awesomely cool.

I can see it now... "Cobraking is proficient in the following: Oxy L.P. gas cutting"

Shit-eating grin

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Cobraking/42101 · Fuckwit Crusher Joined: 28 Jul 2007 Posts: 693

Dasher not a bad idea mate I might do that before long...thanks. Laughing

Bigged · Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 3:08 am Post subject:

dasher · Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 7:57 am Post subject:

That's why I thought of it Ed!

I laughed when I saw you do it, I reckon it would work for all of you.
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rumbleman · Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 9:33 am Post subject:

I know all about Red Carding Bigged, you could have a field day with some rakes of wagons that run around up here. Steep and thin flange, arrisses, hollow wheels, skidded and scaled wheels, rooted constraps, busted carrier plate bolts, broken knuckles pins, seals of all description leaking air/grease like buggery.

Cobraking/42101 · Fuckwit Crusher Joined: 28 Jul 2007 Posts: 693

Nothing like RED carding every second wagon in a rake to piss the shunters off or for variety every 5th one out of a rake. Laughing

till the hand lamp gets thrown at you by a pissed off head shunter....still he should not have said hey Greg come and check these out for me. Laughing