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  1. 35B liked 21B's post in the thread Fire Risk.

    The differences in faults and failures is the main reason. If you don’t know where the distributor release is on a class 20, you won’t find it and knowing where it is on a 47/4 isn’t much help either.

    Jul 28, 2026 at 4:37 PM

  2. 35B liked 26D_M's post in the thread Fire Risk.

    I suppose I'm saying the principles of assessment and demonstrated compentce I was familiar with weren't that much different for steam relative to diesel but other organisations may have been less granular for steam than diesel. I don't know much...

    Jul 28, 2026 at 4:33 PM

  3. 35B replied to the thread Fire Risk.

    Understood, and accepted. But given the discussion about steam types, I'm struggling to understand the principle for why they're treated so differently (as distinct from "because they've always been")

    Jul 28, 2026 at 2:43 PM

  4. 35B replied to the thread Fire Risk.

    At least equal in my question was wondering whether there is scope to relax the formal type competencies on diesels

    Jul 28, 2026 at 1:20 PM

  5. 35B liked Jamessquared's post in the thread Fire Risk.

    I think we are going away from fire risk, so maybe this is worth its own thread, but I suspect - on heritage railways at least, I can't speak for mainline operators - there is an element of "we do it that way because we always have". In BR days,...

    Jul 28, 2026 at 1:05 PM

  6. 35B replied to the thread Fire Risk.

    Which seems entirely reasonable to this layman, yet diesel competencies are rigorously class based

    Jul 28, 2026 at 10:51 AM

  7. 35B liked Bikermike's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.

    That's an outrageous suggestion! I have submitted a form 247/4 through the plenary expedited process to register my disagreement about this... ;)

    Jul 28, 2026 at 10:50 AM

  8. 35B replied to the thread Minimum age for volunteer crews.

    HRA have set the standard with this document. I look forward to the equivalent guidance note on safeguarding being of a similarly high standard - both to see who have contributed to it, and which organisations might be able to benefit from it....

    Jul 28, 2026 at 10:49 AM

  9. 35B liked Jamessquared's post in the thread Minimum age for volunteer crews.

    A body should only comment on the areas within its technical competence. What was interesting (and refreshing) about that HRA / ORR guidance was that it gave some solid examples of where it would, or would not, be appropriate for someone under...

    Jul 28, 2026 at 10:44 AM

  10. 35B replied to the thread Fire Risk.

    We're going away from fire risk, but the situation you describe is standard for diesels and electrics where type specific qualification is the norm, while I also understand that there are separate "passenger" and "goods" qualifications at many...

    Jul 28, 2026 at 10:35 AM

  11. 35B replied to the thread Minimum age for volunteer crews.

    Not to mention that many (including me) would be concerned if guidance on duties in a workplace strayed into safeguarding territory, especially as safeguarding is a rapidly developing field

    Jul 28, 2026 at 10:30 AM
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