Queen Elizabeth II

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Can you imagine trying to chat with Beckham for 12 hours plus?

The poor sods near him in the queue must be bored shitless.

 

[Vic]

Like this?
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Bit off the beaten track that. Southern Region engine.

 

[mexico1970]

Would it not be quicker and more efficient to wheel the coffin past the queue?

You sir are a genius, maybe a flyover with a glass bottomed RAF Sunderland?

 

[Deleted member 77198]

I doubt they are 21st Century proof. You can stick your head out of the windows of those.

Tik Tockers would literally film their heads coming off.

It’d be like Hereditary and the little sister

 

[Stephen230]

I made an error it's ROG. Rail Operations Group that have railway contracts for mainly moving various empty passenger rolling stock around the country for maintenance reasons or moving trains to other TOCs. Such as 170s from ScotRail to East Midlands.

Thanks. Same could potentially apply though regarding strike breaking. Hopefully they’ve got a bit more about them if they were ever asked.

 

[Vic]

I thought rail delivery group was just a kind of administrative organisation that oversees the industry?

Why would they employ train drivers and what do they do when there’s not a Queen’s funeral?

Where I’m going with this, is are there a bunch of competent, fully trained drivers ready to go to potentially break strikes?

A weekend. Fewer freight trains. Though these days drivers don't necessarily know other companies' trains.

 

[The Light Was Yellow Sir]

You sir are a genius, maybe a flyover with a glass bottomed RAF Sunderland?

Or……

 

[Vic]

You sir are a genius, maybe a flyover with a glass bottomed RAF Sunderland?

Just up and down the river would be my suggestion. Don't bother with the coffin at the funeral, just straight up the river to Windsor.

 

[Vic]

Rail Delivery Group drivers as far as I'm aware?

Thunderbirds are go!

 

[mat]

Thanks. Same could potentially apply though regarding strike breaking. Hopefully they’ve got a bit more about them if they were ever asked.

Most of them are semi retired drivers who are still in Aslef.