Daily Herald Photograph: Miner training

One photograph of an instructor demonstrating how to drive a diesel locomotive under conditions trainees are likely to face in the mines at Nickleton Nain Colliery at Thurncoe, South Yorkshire. Caption on back reads: 'Nickleton Nain Colliery at Thurncoe has just started 'Driving School' with a difference. For they have just finished building a railway line in the colliery to teach the miners how to drive a diesel loco under the same conditions as they would face in the mines. Pic shows the loco instructor Dr. Charles Barkers demonstrating how to deal with a skid on the line'.