RMweb Gold russ p Posted May 23, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 23, 2016 I reckon Chris's head needs a new coat of something, I met him a couple of times last year but I hadn't realised the old super perm was down to the wood! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted May 24, 2016 Author Share Posted May 24, 2016 (edited) That's a lovely shot Bert.... could almost be 1969/70... Edited May 24, 2016 by Rugd1022 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 I had no idea that Mark Knopfler drove diesel locomotives..... Best, Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted May 25, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 25, 2016 I've never ever associated Chris with Mark Knopfler Telegraph road ' then came the trains and the trucks with their loads' " eer is there a a thausond on em?" 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNERGE Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 Here's Eric, now a very regular operator of my Ely signalboxes. I had arranged for another visitor to bring along some box boards off of boxes he used to work. These boxes had closed in 1959, seven years before i was born. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium uax6 Posted May 27, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 27, 2016 And what a nice bloke Eric is. Its a pleasure to watch him work, it's like he has never been retired, and he is certainly defies his age. Andy G Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNERGE Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 And what a nice bloke Eric is. Its a pleasure to watch him work, it's like he has never been retired, and he is certainly defies his age. Andy G Yes it's a real privilege to have him on board. He has mastered Ely North Junction and is looking forward to learning the others. Sometimes it's hard to remember he left the railway in 1966, the year i was born, and ENJ was his first real go at doing it again since then. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platypus Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 When you say the human side of the railway, it only appears to be only one half of the human race...Someone up-thread commented on the basic nature of the cabs and it occured to me too. While I don't think that everything needs to be 'prettied up', it appears there was not much thought for ergonomics, which can make a place like a cab a much safer place and not much thought of cleaning either.Anyway, not my photos, but some I thought of immediaty I saw the thread title St Pancras 1980-81 By Nick Sarebi Women on the railways frequently get a hard time, and rotating shifts in Operations can be difficult, especially for relationships, as you are often rostered to work when family and friends have social events. Whilst swapping shifts is frequently indulged, taking a sickie is sometimes required. And every so often you get a new management type who clamps down on shift swaps and other unofficial flexible arrangements and then wonders why the absenteeism rate climbs. Unlike other area of the economy where women frequently earn up to 20% less than their male colleagues for doing essentially the same job railway classifications at least means women and men get the same pay rate for the same job. Even so too many Neanderthals do not treat their female colleagues well, and far too many management types go out of their way to give females a hard time and senior managers who legally should know better are complicit in this attitude. Ergonomic design is a nice idea, and from appearances the Cl 47 style cab layouts seem pretty good compared especially to the older EE nose cab designs, However I an aware from personal experience that getting sensible cab layouts, or other workplace designs is a very uphill battle for Union reps, as you frequently deal with well qualified ( and well meaning ) designers who will tell you in great detail why a design has to be and it is very difficault to convince these people that the way the location is actually worked, and the equipment and paperwork that needs to be utilised means that in practice their ergonomic design in some aspects is counterproductive to their intention. In my experience lighting, dimmers and stationary trays are a never ending scource of argument . Women's bathrooms and locker rooms are another bugbear as they are frequently overlooked, or given a half hearted space which is totally inadequate and obviously not designed by a woman and all sorts of spurious reasons are trotted out with great vehemence as to why that is all they are going to get. I find this attitude to be totally unacceptable, especially when women have worked on the railway since at least 1850, they definately deserve a lot better. Rant over, but I thoroughly enjoyed being both a railway worker and a Union rep, and I got to be well paid to play trains, wha more can a rail fan want ? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivercider Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 While I was searching for a photo for another thread I realised I had received a wave from the cab here 08958 works a short trip from Dagenham Dock to Ripple Lane, the cars are loaded on the prototype Procar80, 27/7/84 cheers 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold unravelled Posted June 1, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 1, 2016 Oxford North Junction 1964 Three at Princes Risborough 1964 Dave 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted June 1, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 1, 2016 They can't be real the don't have white shirts and red neckerchiefs like preserved railways seem to think steam drivers dressed! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted June 1, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 1, 2016 A rather more modern version at Glasgow Central We've seen this on other threads before but worth a repost perhaps - drivers had changed somewhat by the late 70s! Phil 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted June 1, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 1, 2016 (edited) By he looks young! Mind was a driver at 21 and probably looked a bit odd driving steel trains with pairs of 37s. (Especially with a mullet and mustache!) Edited June 1, 2016 by russ p Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted June 1, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 1, 2016 Oxford North Junction 1964 sca023.jpg Three at Princes Risborough 1964 sca021.jpg sca022.jpg sca023.jpg Dave Interesting. The chap in the black mac and beret looks a bit like Jack Hancock who was a Loco Inspector at the time and the Fireman looks familiar - Nidge might recognise him?I Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted June 2, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 2, 2016 By he looks young! Mind was a driver at 21 and probably looked a bit odd driving steel trains with pairs of 37s. (Especially with a mullet and mustache!) I thought that was compulsory in the 1970's, together with the flares. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 4630 Posted June 2, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 2, 2016 (edited) . Edited November 12, 2016 by 4630 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted June 9, 2016 Author Share Posted June 9, 2016 Interesting. The chap in the black mac and beret looks a bit like Jack Hancock who was a Loco Inspector at the time and the Fireman looks familiar - Nidge might recognise him?I I'll ask on the Old Oak facebook page Mike, see what transpires... meanwhile, from the very same Old Oak page here are a few gems... Photo by Peter Dixon, Didcot, Summer of '74... Photo by James Dukes, unknown 81A fireman on 8420 at Padd... Photo by Chris Guntripp / courtesy of Bob Dorkings, Drivers Harry Mears and Bill 'Gunner' James aboard 810 'Cockade' by the turntable... Photo by Peter Dixon, Old Oak, Summer of '78, amongst the gathered throng are Alan Bricker, 'Fast' Eddie, Dai Harvey and Derek 'Fangs' Dyer... Photo by James Dukes, Old Oak Driver Bertie Miles aboard the prototype HST... Old Oak Driver Jack Rowe aboard a Warship by the turntable... Photo by Brian Williams, D600 at Padd with Old Oak crew and guard... Photo courtesy of Peter Dixon, Old Oak men Derek 'Fangs' Dyer, Peter Dixon and Don Perry at Swindon in 1978... Photo courtesy of Lynne Hebborn, Old Oak Driver Joe Ward and Fireman Charlie Merret with 'KGV' at Padd on 29th January 1956... Photo by John Lewis, D1028 'Western Hussar' at Ranelagh Bridge with Harry Bliss, Dick Jones, JR Williams and John Lewis... Photo courtesy of James Dukes, James with Driver Charlie Newton... Photo by John Lewis, time for a chat and a brew at Ranelagh Bridge... Photo by Rusty Perry, time to change the light bulbs at Padd, 1977... 19 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted June 9, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 9, 2016 Alan Bricker looking somewhat miserable I see Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted June 9, 2016 Author Share Posted June 9, 2016 Alan Bricker looking somewhat miserable I see Probably waiting for the 'dirty bar' to open Mike..! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Delamar Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 Unknown Wearside area Signalbox . Probably taken late 1960's early 1970's by locoman1966, on Flickr 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Delamar Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 "You'll be going right time" slams phone down. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Delamar Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 Think this short film deserves to be in here. http://player.bfi.org.uk/film/watch-shrub-hill-railway-station-1972/ 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted June 14, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 14, 2016 Think this short film deserves to be in here. http://player.bfi.org.uk/film/watch-shrub-hill-railway-station-1972/ And mountains of Parcel Post to keep them happy! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longdog Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 What a great little film. Midlands today programme? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
talisman56 Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 Unknown Wearside area Signalbox . Probably taken late 1960's early 1970's by locoman1966, on Flickr "I'm sure they should be sending out a couple of 20s for that freight..." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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