mackem 29,522 Posted December 23, 2015 Report Share Posted December 23, 2015 Just gone back on the railway after a year off and these night shifts have killed me. Worked this weekend in Scotland on 12 hour nights, slept about 5 hours in 3 days. Proper feel like a zombie, haven't eaten hardly anything. I'm exhausted but can't have a good sleep for the life of me. Whoever invented nights wants torturing!! DogFox need your opinion as I don't know anyone on the railways....... Just been offered a job as track maintance, currently working nights at the Airport and have done for 16 years, I am used to being out in all weather and doing manual work, would love to leave there and now I am in the position I don't know what to do!!! Not much in it regards money! Anyone working/worked on the tracks?? What's it like?? You at Heathrow?One of my nephews was a trackie with cleshaws?He jacked it in 6 months back and is currently training to be a welder,he is on about doing thermic welding on the tracks one day,but said he wouldnt go back to trackie maintenance as he hated nights. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gnipper 6,763 Posted December 23, 2015 Report Share Posted December 23, 2015 Just gone back on the railway after a year off and these night shifts have killed me. Worked this weekend in Scotland on 12 hour nights, slept about 5 hours in 3 days. Proper feel like a zombie, haven't eaten hardly anything. I'm exhausted but can't have a good sleep for the life of me. Whoever invented nights wants torturing!!DogFox need your opinion as I don't know anyone on the railways....... Just been offered a job as track maintance, currently working nights at the Airport and have done for 16 years, I am used to being out in all weather and doing manual work, would love to leave there and now I am in the position I don't know what to do!!! Not much in it regards money! Anyone working/worked on the tracks?? What's it like?? ??A bit off track (pardon the pun) but if you do go working on the railways please remember people's lives depend on your work. I've seen the after effects and lost a loved one through a rail crash due to network rails negligence. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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