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  1. Johnb liked Jamessquared's post in the thread 1994 Blue Peter incident.

    Apart from a cursory inspection of the tender! "That's funny, there's normally two of those handle thingies, one each side ..." Tom

    Sep 12, 2026 at 2:58 PM

  2. Johnb replied to the thread 1994 Blue Peter incident.

    I'm not sure if I've mentioned it before but Bert Hooker related a story about the time he worked an RCTS special over Shap and Ais Gill with 35012 United States Lines. He was getting a bit concerned about the water level in the tender, the LM...

    Sep 12, 2026 at 2:17 PM

  3. Johnb replied to the thread 1994 Blue Peter incident.

    I think they had a few problems with the S160s caused by the crews not being familiar with the Klinger water gauges.

    Sep 12, 2026 at 2:11 PM

  4. Johnb liked Jamessquared's post in the thread 1994 Blue Peter incident.

    That's true, but someone starting out on a footplate career would also work hundreds of turns in a year, and a green newcomer would be being mentored by someone who had been working hundreds of turns a year for many decades. Even then you could...

    Sep 11, 2026 at 4:32 PM

  5. Johnb liked LMS2968's post in the thread 1994 Blue Peter incident.

    Almost! The wheel turns the normal direction for forward and back gears, but the indicator moves backwards for fore gear and forwards for back gear. And yes, it does confuse and mistakes have occurred, fortunately without repercussions. But when...

    Sep 11, 2026 at 4:31 PM

  6. Johnb replied to the thread 1994 Blue Peter incident.

    In steam days the crew were given no instruction on different classes of engine, they were just expected to get on with it. I don’t know if there were any mishaps with Crabs and Stanier moguls, they worked a lot of inter regional excursion...

    Sep 11, 2026 at 1:54 PM

  7. Johnb liked RalphW's post in the thread RTC 2026.

    You wouldn't be rich!

    Sep 11, 2026 at 11:03 AM

  8. Johnb liked Steve's post in the thread 1994 Blue Peter incident.

    I’ve previously recounted on The forum the events on the footplate of 60532 on that day, as told to me by the NELPG rep on the footplate. He was sat on the fireman’s seat when it happened. Unfortunately, the driver had not put the catch in on...

    Sep 11, 2026 at 8:43 AM
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