Miles, Keith. Motive power improver. 3-18.
Part 1: St Rollox apprentice see 12 p. 2. At Willesden Junction where he encountered both minor and major rerailing operations; filming of Train of Events when the star Jack Warner slipped on oil and fell into the turntable pit; the very cramped cabs on the Super D 0-8-0s (the cab of 9277 is illustrated); llearning to fire a Super D; experience of the Hudd ATC apparatus; firing on express freights worked by Jubilee class 45734 Meteor and 45684 Jutland; express passenger working; suburban trains and push & pull operation on Stanmore and St Albans branches; experience of the single bore Linslade tunnels (where Fireman Frank McKenna had been severly burned in a blow back due to negligent action by the driver; work in the diesel shop and in the office; and inspection of the coaling tower (from the top).
LMS Journal Number Thirteen 13
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Additional Information
| Author | Essery, Bob (ed.) |
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| Number of pages | 80 |
| Publisher | Wild Swan, Didcot, Oxon |
| Year Published | 2005 |
| Book Condition | FINE |
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