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(The Southern Railway)
A very young fireman visits the stores! Elvis cuts a new disk! And the parents of a new group called the Beatles suggest maybe they should get a proper job! Your two roughly hewn cotton ‘Rusty’ cloths are now joined by one Drivers soft cloth that you guard as your life! You come on shed for a bit of coal! In the mess room you may well be assumed by others to of just brought in the Atlantic coast express? My Driver would clench the regulator with his ‘cloth’! Mop his hands that never got dirty! Mine might be used to ‘mop’ my brow! Whereas the ‘Rusty’ might polish my hat for a shine! Yet my smart and very soft (one a week) ‘cloth’ Is my protection for handling the very hot ‘Tea caddy’! The Messroom talk of senior fireman of the King Arthur and the like for inter city trains is no good for my thousands of holiday travellers who seek the Sea, And its beaches! I had at least 14 Ivatt 2Mts that I know of! For umpteen return trips of 12 miles and 15 miles return of many a Branch line train, With little Fossil fuel burn! A truly remarkable economical engine! That would go anywhere! And do anything, bar make me a ‘pop’ star!
Philip Tomlinson, David Spencer and 4 others2 Comments-
I watched a film called’The Love Match’ on tv the other day with Arthur Ashley in it that revolved around an engine driver and his fire man and there antics, with his son playing for the wrong Manchester team. As I watched it somehow you can to mind
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Maybe there’s a film on a fireman’s exploit’s? Cleaning, Firing, To Driving! From platform Porter’s cart to Ladies in the cab on the Last train home! I often chuckle at happenings of so long ago Mike! And there’s stuff I wouldn’t mention either? Cheer’s.
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