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  1. Jack Enright
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    If you could...

    If that's 'The Titfield Thunderbolt' - yes, count me in! I had it on VHS, but wore it to death, but the DVD version I've got has been re-mastered...
    Post by: Jack Enright, Aug 1, 2016 in forum: Bullhead Memories
  3. Jack Enright
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    Best & Worst Locos to Drive

    I was told exactly the same by many people on the K & ESR, Paul; some of the older K & ESR drivers and firemen liked them because, as long as you...
    Post by: Jack Enright, Aug 1, 2016 in forum: Steam Traction
  4. Jack Enright
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    Best & Worst Locos to Drive

    Most of my footplate experience was firing. For various reasons (but mostly because I was never that interested in driving) I think I only drove...
    Post by: Jack Enright, Aug 1, 2016 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Overalls - A warning - Loco Crews and Shed Staff please read!

    It was the fabric conditioner which caused the problem, not oil - and fabric conditioner can also interfere with the fire retardent properties of...
    Post by: Jack Enright, Aug 1, 2016 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    Uniform jacket info

    Oh, I see! So you meant to write something like "Signalman's morning by Adrian Vaughan, who said station master in the 60s still wore gwr buttons...
    Post by: Jack Enright, Jul 31, 2016 in forum: Railwayana
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    Uniform jacket info

    Why sad? He might well have felt more pride in having worked for the GWR than he ever did working for BR, and who's to say he was wrong?
    Post by: Jack Enright, Jul 31, 2016 in forum: Railwayana
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    They did say this...

    Picture the scene, the evening rush hour at Kings Cross. A city gent comes charging onto the platform just as the guard is giving the right away...
    Post by: Jack Enright, Jul 31, 2016 in forum: Bullhead Memories
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    Gradient profiles of Heritage Railways - List in Post 1

    I'm sure the profile will have changed quite a bit. I remember second manning on works trains when the P-way gang totally demolished the original...
    Post by: Jack Enright, Jul 31, 2016 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
  10. Jack Enright
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    Uniform jacket info

    These films should help you, John: [MEDIA] 'Single Line Working' (shot on the Somerset & Dorset line); and this one - [MEDIA] 'Mishap'. Re....
    Post by: Jack Enright, Jul 31, 2016 in forum: Railwayana
  11. Jack Enright
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    Mk1s - A bit of a User Guide

    VERY useful, Jon - and thanks for putting it together! I already work as a signalman, but hope to start training as a guard soon, so I'll be...
    Post by: Jack Enright, Jul 31, 2016 in forum: Railway Operations M.I.C
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    VOLUNTEER TRAINING

    Speaking from my own experience, I'd say one of the most encouraging things you can do is to work out the various skills needed by volunteers in...
    Post by: Jack Enright, Jul 31, 2016 in forum: Railway Operations M.I.C
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    VOLUNTEER TRAINING

    The East Lancs does.
    Post by: Jack Enright, Jul 31, 2016 in forum: Railway Operations M.I.C
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    Train Stopped In Section

    But the rule is designed to cope with the possibility that the guard might have been thrown off balance by an abrupt stop, and knocked out;...
    Post by: Jack Enright, Jul 31, 2016 in forum: Railway Operations M.I.C
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    Train Stopped In Section

    Not in the old rule books that I've seen, nor as shown in old railway training films. As others have pointed out, some engines were left hand...
    Post by: Jack Enright, Jul 31, 2016 in forum: Railway Operations M.I.C
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    Signalman on ELR

    Signalman on ELR
    Status Update by Jack Enright, Jul 31, 2016
  17. Jack Enright
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    Gradient profiles of Heritage Railways - List in Post 1

    This is a gradient profile of the Kent & East Sussex Railway: www.kesr-mic.org.uk/resources/Gradient+Profile.pdf Having worked over the line as...
    Post by: Jack Enright, Jul 31, 2016 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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