Teenagers could help fill train driver shortage

[Nearly Sane]

Not sure I'm really that bothered by those at the "pointy end of the train should reflect the communities they serve and that includes having young people in cabs". That said I think that having a clear path to the job from leaving school makes sense.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz747krrw9lo

[Steve H]

When I were nobbut a lad, all red-blooded boys (including me) wanted to be a train driver when they grew up, so I don't know how there's a shortage.

[Nearly Sane]

When I were nobbut a lad, all red-blooded boys (including me) wanted to be a train driver when they grew up, so I don't know how there's a shortage.

Leaving aside the question of the romance of steam, I wonder if then there was a more obvious apprenticeship route into train driving?

[Steve H]

Leaving aside the question of the romance of steam, I wonder if then there was a more obvious apprenticeship route into train driving?

Probably - and of course you're right about steam.

[Nearly Sane]

Probably - and of course you're right about steam.

  Triggered to post the train song from Chigley


https://youtu.be/N-hQ6-biWoo?si=Icg5hGKVyuBP_xXT