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Hi there, as everything goes well I think ( hope ) to be able to move to my new house at the end of february 2007.
And as from March the 1st I will begin my formation at the nmbs to become a traindriver.
My "depot" will be Brussel South ( or "Midi" ) . Not to be confused with CRL. :wink:
So I will be driving with people instead of merchandise. And one of the lines I will drive on will be Brussels-EBBR-Leuven. So when I drive to EBBR I can wear my FO suit :wink:
I wonder how many "Luchtzakkers" I will have in "my"train. :)
See you! 8)
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And in April 2007, the HSL Zuid is supposed to open to Amsterdam! Under 2 hours to Amsterdam! And Schiphol would be on the line... Any plans for a Schiphol-Zaventem connection?
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Congrats Bart, seems to me your 2007 start can't be better!
Anyway I shouldn't complain either, got a lovely little A318 since 5,5 weeks ;)
Hope your training will go smoothly and who knows I will be in the back of your train one day!

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Hi all, delivery of my new house will be at the beginning of March, so I hope to move in the half of that month. That means I will be back in "the air". But as from March the 1st I will start my formation to become a traindriver ( engineer for the US members ) and I'll be giving some driving lessons at the same time ( to pay for my new house :wink: )
So I'll have a busy time but I'll try to visit from time to time and upload some drawings too. See you
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If everything goes well now, we're moving to our new house on March, 10.
My career as a traindriver starts March the 1st. I'm curious...
See you guys in March! 8)
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Latest update... On march the 9th Telenet will be installing wireless internet in my new house. We're moving the day after.
In the mean time I have become a member of the Belgian National Railroad Company NMBS.
The first day I had the change to drive in a simulator. But yesterday when I was driving home in front the traindriver let me drive from Vilvoorde to Mechelen :D . A nice way to start my career 8) As they say... The only difference between a man and a boy is the price of it's toy! :wink:
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Great to hear! :D So, what trains do you drive? Are you assigned one particular type that you always drive or do you drive multiple types?
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Nice to see that your carreer move turns out OK.

Good luck with it :wink:
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Tomorrow the "big move". I'm already surfing the web now in my new house.
Yesterday I drove an AM96, a great train to drive. I drove it with a mentor from Brussels to Quevy and back against 140 kph (=87 mph ). A strange feeling in the darkness.
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pretty funny they let you drive the new trains first, I would have expected them to start off on the old junk :p
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744rules wrote:Wish you all the best, but will this means you start drawing trains now :?:
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A few at least...
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Thalys HST. To drive this one, I will have to be in active service for at least 5 years and there's a very looong waiting list.
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I already drove both types of trains. Very easy to drive, very reliable, max. speed 100mph
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Also drove this combination from EBAW to EBBR. Nice combination to drive with.
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Sweet drawings, Bart! :thumbsup2:
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if you drive a lot between Antwerp and Brussels it's possible I've been one of your happy pax already :d
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MD-11 wrote:Tomorrow the "big move". I'm already surfing the web now in my new house.
Yesterday I drove an AM96, a great train to drive. I drove it with a mentor from Brussels to Quevy and back against 140 kph (=87 mph ). A strange feeling in the darkness.
Did you find the light switch since then, Bart?
I know, you didn't promise, but a drawing of an aircraft seen from the train cockpit nearing EBBR, would be nice.....
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