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The steam drivers of tomorrow

Discussion in 'Steam Traction' started by 240P15, Jul 13, 2018.

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  1. acorb

    acorb Part of the furniture

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    I overheard a conversation between a platform volunteer and a driver at the SVR yesterday. The young volunteer was thanking the driver for letting me him have a go at firing the previous day. The driver responded by saying "no problem, it's important everyone gets a chance as that is the only way people can learn. I hope to see you on the footplate in the future and perhaps I can train you".
    As long as our senior footplate crew are as open and friendly as the above member of staff our railways will have no issue at all - the grin on the lad's face said it all!
     
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    This story made my day! :)
    Thanks for sharing it!

    regards,
    Knut
     
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    Dag Bonnedal New Member

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    For the slightly younger, aged about 12-15, we had in early July a youth camp. This was for the third year in a row with about 10 participants each year.
    Firing and driving was by far the most popular activity during the week although this was only done on a side track within the Mariefred yard.
    In regular service they were ticket collectors and braked the train (together with a qualified brakeman). Changing sleepers was not quite as popular.
    Takes some effort to run these camps, but we hope that we will get volunteers in the long run.
     

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    While volunteering at the WHHR last week I was heartened to find I was the oldest crew member (driver, fireman and guard) operating on 3 of the 4 days I worked and I am not yet passed 40.
     
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