Yahoo! I've just become a train driver!
 

I have just passed my final practical driver test to become a suburban train driver for Cityrail here in Sydney, Australia!

Over a year of training, 300 hours of driving at all times the day, in any weather.

I get my keys, pass and new roster tomorrow! Then I'm let loose on the network by myself!:yeah:

Look out Sydney! Aaaahhhh!! :D

Great job! Congratulations bookworm_020! :woot: :yeah:

Congrats and well done! Remember - no texting while your driving! Stay safe and keep er on the rails!

Congrats!

Do you get to pull the lever that makes the "whoo whooooooo" noise? Because that would be awesome.

Congrats Bookworm :woot::woot:
You worked hard for it and enjoy the new job. :yeah:

Magic

Well done mate.:yeah:

I'm never getting on a CityRail train again.:D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOZFpjI5FHQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noaOpycjG4s

Can you see if you can make the bloody things run on time now?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0T8XyVJtsQ

You lucky bastard! Well done mate! :yeah:

Just don't SPAD whatever you do ;)

And try not to copy these :O::

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UxAK-Vp5PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrz82x3_LkM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9VENJeoUK0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7gjYXQQN_k

Congratulations! If I ever visit Sydney can I get a ride in the locomotive? Ever since I was a kid with a train set i've wanted to do that.

WOOHOO!:rock:

Fun job, and good money to boot! Enjoy it.

WTG Dude! Here's a some of my fave train songs for your work music:

Bruce Cockburn: Train In The Rain:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8nBzwso93g

Elvis Costello, Rufus Wainwright and Renee Fleming: In The Pines:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gRSzLSb-ak

You really can't see him, but this is the best version on youtube. Bruce Cockburn: Night Train:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vU0zlp1TSkI

The Band & Paul Butterfield: Mystery Train:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3KAdmivOVQ

Greatful Dead: Casey Jones:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0HM0RtRv-E

Pentangle: Train Song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Vl-gMo1NY0

Allison Krauss and Union Station: Man Of Constant Sorrow:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMEl5RGnfEc

Savoy Brown: Hellbound Train:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlqqeobOJvg

Not necessarily ABOUT trains, but there's a train in the video. Roy Rogers used to play my high school dances when we were kids: Roy Rogers and Norton Buffalo: Ain't No Bread In The Breadbox:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2u9api6tQEA

Bruce Cockburn: How I Spent My Fall Vacation:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1V-fbtQbus

Maura O'Connell, James Grant & Nancy Griffiths:Blue Train:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORMUqhofLGw

Bob Dylan: It Takes A Lot To Laugh. Ot Takes A Train To Cry:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPseMUJZSQ8

For Frau Kaleun, Gotta take the bad with the good, Darlin'.: Arlo Guthrie at the Boston Pops: City Of New Orleans:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uz4_25-Ovac

Huddie Ledbetter AKA Leadbelly: Rock Island Line:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCiJ4QQG9WQ

Peter Green, founding member of Fleetwood Mac doing Robert Johnson's Love In Vain:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdkQ7_C6Cy0



Make a CD of these songs and play them over your intercom. EVERYONE will want to ride YOUR Train.

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What, no City Of New Orleans? :stare:

:O:

I dunno, maybe that one's too depressing.

Thank god you're not on Metro down here in Melbourne. Just kidding Bookworm, congrats.

And if you're delayed let the passengers know why. We appreciate having info!

Phones have to be switched off while driving. If you are caught on the phone, you can be fired.

Yes! But I have to be careful, people complain if I use it too much!:03:

Have t be careful about that, I can be fired if I let unathorized people up front. If I could let people in, my Dad would be up the front in a heartbeat!

I'll be trying to avoid it! (Signal Passed At Danger) This side of the red signal I get paid, the other side, I pay!!!!:damn:

We try, but sometimes we are left in the dark as well!:damn:

'Gratz.

You don't have to sell tickets to the passengers, just drive the train, right? Makes the job about 50 % easier if there's no actual face to face 'customer service' involved.

Excellant taste Ishmael, but you're forgetting one important artist:

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Boxcar Willie!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUaGlOJYC5o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSrEcPdA0hE

:yeah: