>> Re the train suicides. It's outrageous to ruin a train driver's phycology at the same
>> time. Though I guess they have other things on their mind.
1 in 20 suicides are on railways - universally in the rail world they are known as "one unders" or "guzunders".
There is a myth that if you as a driver have 3 you are pensioned off, All Train Operating Companies have or have access to a care /support program for drivers who have a one under, with variable time off on full average pay.
In 26 years my ole man never had a guzunder, but he had a 10 year old boy who leaned too far over the platform and wiped himself down the side of a Britannia and 10 mk1s at 95mph. Never knew till he got to Norwich where he was informed by the Station Master, who then told him what time he was due back on the footplate for the return Fensman. They didnt even clean the coaching stock, but it was 1958.
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