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Daily Herald Contact Sheet; Pig has Shampoo

1964

Daily Herald Contact Sheet; Pig has Shampoo

1964
footplate, cleaner, fireman, driver; started work in 1943, Boston vegetable trains, fish trains, locomotive 61365; Driver Craven 1950-58; Signals Passed At Danger; accidents, near misses; Kings Cross to Boston crossing gates damaged by a car; Langley, incident where guard left behind Aberdeen Express; Boston United, 6 specials to Tottenham; 15 years firing, Boxing day 1963; passed for driving, not allowed to go to Kings Cross; engine failure, repairs on the move; engine failure at Grimsby; NUR driver, 1955; passed red light at Potters Bar; moved to Southend after Beeching cuts; Inspector Punter, electric trains, rail cars, diesel electrics; experiences at Southend; Westinghouse brake; moving house, Ron Lampkin killed; father born at Bethnal Green, mother from Oxford, father had a cycle shop; rail cars at Southend; unit failure, 1958, major incident with locomotive 61190; permanent way notices, Sandy Bridge lowest point, toilet cleaner with 10p cash float; d.o.b. 1927-02-05, railway work 1943-1990

King, Derek Stephen

2001-05-17
footplate, cleaner, fireman, driver; dieselisation; locomotives; T1 childhood; train spotting; cleaner; Hassland Depot (?); passed fireman; 33 Garretts; mainline; pressure on Garretts; lodgings; Tottley Tunnel; 1-100, smoke; engines, driving wheels; driver at Hassland; attitude, 1930s; trade union branch meetings; fireman; stories about drivers; class 8 locomotives; depot closure 1964; avenue sidings; dieselisation; Stratford; passed to drive, Hilton Green X London trains; d.o.b. 1937-04-16, railway work 1952-1996. Hassland Depot; London; Tottley Tunnel;

Rhodes, Colin Frank

2000-08-22