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Originally Posted by raymo
I too love steam engines, having been a fireman on Britain's
Southern Railways in the mid fifties, mostly Waterloo to Southampton,
Bournemouth, and Weymouth, and also various freight routes.
One of the engines I used to fire to has been sectioned to show its
innards in the York railway museum. I disobeyed the rules and
climbed up into the cab nearly 50 yrs since I last fired to it; actually
a slightly emotional moment.
raymo
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Good story.
I still think that the steam locomotive is one of man's finest designs. There's just isn't the same beauty with the diesels (although they were probably much more comfortable for the crew??)
Presumably the lines had not long been nationalised when you were with them?