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time i leave the room. I must have spent over 30 hours slumped in an armchair or laid on his floor at night just to try get him to sleep. This is putting strain on me and my wife who are unable to share the night feeds as a result, and thus we are both becoming exhausted.

Any tips on how to get a 2 year old, who previously slept well and through the night to go to sleep following the arrival of a newborn? No changes to bedtime routine have been made but this is the 5th night on the bounce were 6 hours in he still wont sleep. Constant crying every

After 4 and a bit years in this house i finally bought some WD-40 to sort the creaky door hinges. We move house in 3 weeks time. Nailed it.

Does anyone know what headcode i apply to this consist please? Asking for a friend.

It simply dwarfs the platforms and given the techn we have, you can only open 1 door or all doors. 1 door isnt practical so ECS it is. Only stopping at Newcastle, Darlington and Middlesbrough for crew changes. Video sped up x2 Taken whilst travelling passenger as a crew member.

As a driver of regular commuter services and the occasional express service, you may think we only drive 2 coach sets with the occasional 4. Infact, there is a few regular 8 coach services in my neck of the woods, but for operational reasons, this is not in passenger service.

This is the Driver of 5N53, 1J53, 2D20, 2D19, signing off duty until 21-12-2026. Driver Out. Paternity Leave starts here. Time for family time.

The last few hours on the bit im currently not working. Everyone is happy! I ring control who have no further work for me and im allowed to go home. Great. Until i remember a tree was brought down in my dads garden by the storm! Time to get chopping wood!

..my manager who asks me to give the horn a good old blast as i pass Shildon signalbox as our guest is having a tour. So i adhere to this and give it a good blast of High/Low/High/Low and get some magnificent waves back. Back at Darlington I hand back to my colleague to finish..

I was allowed to due to the lack of safety training with the guest so my Manager takes the helm. The guest departs at Shildon and my manager takes the service to Bishop 6 minutes later. There i take control again. Driving back my only instruction above normal working is from..

..a cab ride, a young lad who has had a tough few years who loves the railways. All arranged by Network Rail. I still have to go with them as its my train, but travel with the conductor in the back. Whilst i am allowed people in the cab with me, this isnt one of the scenarios

..speed and bring it into Newcastle about 10 minutes late. I then travel back to Darlington with LNER for my next bit and also take my break. During this time one of my managers appears and lets me know he will be driving my next train one way due to a VIP guest having..

Given how bad the railhead has been, and with Chester-Le-Street being a known slippy spot i brake really early and creap in slowly. All good. As expected i struggled to get away, only making 40mph by the top of the hill rather than the usual 70mph. But once on the flat i build..

I slid through, another precaution in this situation so i dont run a 🔴. I decide to just creap up to 25mph as thats the maximum exit speed onto the mainline anyway, once i am back on the fast line, I gradually get back up to linespeed but without taking full power.

Its just taken me the same distance to slow from 30mph to 20mph as i would normally take to slow from 60mph to 20mph. Leaves on the line are no joke. I do my stop at Durham and struggle to get away again. The signaller had already cleared my route via the Down Loop incase

The speed is very slowly coming down and by the time i enter the viaduct i am down to 20mph, but still slipping. So i creep into the platform and stop just past my usual mark. Im only 2 coaches so lots of wiggle room compared to the big boys with 10 coaches.

..the sander light is flashing like crazy, fault likes are flickering on the dash, the WSP is working over drive but the speed is barely reducing, I trust the system. My backup is to apply the emergency brake if i dont think i will stop, but for now, i trust.

..have slowed to 50 by the top to account for this rather than the usual 60/65mph but today is different. 30 maximum. Someone has decided its really bad so i take that seriously. I put the brake in just before the cutting, nothing happens, the brake gauge is jumping around.

..cutting. its a deep excavation the railway cuts through before being spat out on the magnificent Durham Viaduct. Its downhill here, and we *expect* it to be slippy as leaves gather down here from the top and it never dries out as its always in the shade. Normally i would..