Other Railway Adventures
A place to post about your other railway adventures which may not fit into another group
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clive BRretired posted an update in the group
Other Railway Adventures 4 weeks ago(1963 the end of an era)!
Snowball turns up! The most pleasant passed fireman you could ever meet! Charles Atlas was the fitness king! No computer system back then! Simply magazines? Permanent way track gangs have small bogy wheels on an axle that were used by fireman to jerk n lift above the head! Snowball was king! My own driver, The guy i spent all day with was now in…
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clive BRretired posted an update in the group
Other Railway Adventures 5 weeks ago(Down but not out)!
A young man steps out! Seniority dictates banking duty! Then Branch line work! Come midnight you arrive on pits to clean your fire! There’s all sorts to putting an engine to bed! You have your own shed and 3 or 4 loco’s! The Ivatt 2Mt, The standard 82 3Mt and the Riddles 4Mt need attention? But Bill’s not in the best of health! Can you cover…
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clive BRretired posted an update in the group
Other Railway Adventures 5 weeks ago(The Riddles 4Mt tank engine)
Can I mention different sort’s? The above turned up in the very early 1960s! (61 / 62 maybe)? Summer holiday trains were longer, more heavy! The Riddles was heavy, chunky? You can just imagine the difference of this to the M7? No room to swing a cat (or so the saying goes)! To roomy cab, power, But stopping at so many stations to never let it…
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clive BRretired posted an update in the group
Other Railway Adventures 5 weeks ago(The Gurning goldfish gets promotion)!
So the humble cleaner wants to fire an engine! I’m 16! The Inspector takes me off to view very distant signals! Then demands an explanation of Rule 55? (The safety of trains on running lines)! I’m pretty sure I can set down and clamp these detonators? (To stop an oncoming train)! He will suddenly appear at some location to ride my footplate!…
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Christopher Lawton posted an update in the group
Other Railway Adventures 6 weeks agoDocklands Light Railway - Royal Albert Station
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Christopher Lawton posted an update in the group
Other Railway Adventures 6 weeks agoLondon Underground - Camden Town Station
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Christopher Lawton posted an update in the group
Other Railway Adventures 6 weeks agoLondon Underground - Covent Garden Station
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That’s different! I enjoyed that!
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Christopher Lawton posted an update in the group
Other Railway Adventures 6 weeks agoCanning Town Station - London Underground, Docklands Light Railway and Buses
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Christopher Lawton posted an update in the group
Other Railway Adventures 6 weeks agoDLR - Cutty Sark
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clive BRretired posted an update in the group
Other Railway Adventures 6 weeks ago(Time waits no one)
It’s late 1950s? And I’m boiler first! (Sat on Red cow crossing spur)! GW express trains pull away! Driver sacrifices speed for adhesion! Cab layout dictates he is my side, He is so close! Waiting a mad wheelspin but still lifts a hand to me that I return! GW meets Southern crews, But so briefly! His Mayflower, Riviera Express whatever is off…
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