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stevestrat · 11th November 2021, 18:56

Try being the fireman on a mainline steam loco. Did that a umpteen times in the early '80s, bleedin' hard work. Did it because it was something different. I'm right handed but had to learn to shovel left handed, awkward shovelling right handed because you're fighting the driver for space.

Some of the older guys who were firemen in the steam days said some of the older, "unfriendly", drivers would take a piece of chalk, draw a line down the middle of the cab "that's your side, this is my side, stay on your side!".

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stevestrat This is my second home ZT260 #243 (resting) Join Date: May 2010 Location: Prestonpans Posts: 22,481 Thanks: 650 Thanked 4,624 Times in 3,358 Posts	Try being the fireman on a mainline steam loco. Did that a umpteen times in the early '80s, bleedin' hard work. Did it because it was something different. I'm right handed but had to learn to shovel left handed, awkward shovelling right handed because you're fighting the driver for space. Some of the older guys who were firemen in the steam days said some of the older, "unfriendly", drivers would take a piece of chalk, draw a line down the middle of the cab "that's your side, this is my side, stay on your side!". __________________ Steve T4 Location Map Last edited by stevestrat; 11th November 2021 at 19:33..