Articles of category "Jobs on trains"

At all times becoming a trainman or train driver required diligence and persistence. A trainman, especially a brakeman is a member of a train crew. The train crew concept was introduced with the phasing out of double-manning in the nineteen-eighties. This saw conductors (and occasionally signalers or station staff) being selected for driver training with little or no 'front-end' experience. So how did the train crew concept appear?

If you're considering the prospect of becoming a train driver, wondering what the job involves and how to get started in the profession, then, the following information is for you. What you derive from the job depends very much on how deep you get involved in the activity and how important it is to you. It can be very rewarding and is far better than many other occupations; however, if you prefer to stay bored and disaffected you'll find plenty of opportunity for that too...