Dirty bits

The first day of the traction course was a real breath of fresh air after being stuck inside a classroom doing rules.
After some quick pieces of admin, we were lead outside for what seemed to be the first time in absolutely ages and allowed to wander around the outside of our basic traction, the Class 317 EMU. Even though we are only looking at and indentifying all the mucky bits below floor level that the carriage washers never reach, it was still interesting and very informative. Once we've covered a bit more about the various air and electrical systems and how they all relate to each other I'm sure it will begin to make sense, but I'm not worrying about that at the moment.

Must remember to buy either some disposable latex gloves and/or wet wipes before I go out driving in case I have to isolate anything in service.

Since ending our rules course, our numbers have also swelled from six to eight, which is nice. I'm not sure quite how well the two new guys will fit in with the rest of us, as we've become quite a close-knit group. I suppose we'll just have to wait and see.