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Post by chris on Jun 22, 2006 18:27:10 GMT
When a railtour takes place, say a steam special from London - Weymouth, who drives it? Are they employed by the company, do they come with the train and how do they know the route well enough?
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Post by Christopher J on Jun 22, 2006 18:34:05 GMT
When a railtour takes place, say a steam special from London - Weymouth, who drives it? Are they employed by the company, do they come with the train and how do they know the route well enough? It all depends on route knowledge, traction knowledge, which comapny is running the tour, ect - EWS, West Coast Railway Company and FMRail train some of their drivers on steam. Funny you should mention this, as there was a post regarding Steam Train Drivers over on UK.Railway about a month back, see here - tinyurl.com/rsov3 |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2006 18:36:23 GMT
When I went to watch the Scotsman depart and arrive in York from a Scarborough special I noticed it had the same drivers as it always shows on the news and documentaries. Fascinating watching it shunting it's carriages post-tour when we were on the train out  . AFAIK they are employed by NRM who own the loco. Quite dramatic watching something so prestigious pull into a station. |
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Post by setttt on Jun 22, 2006 18:52:28 GMT
AFAIK they are employed by NRM who own the loco. More likely to be an EWS man. I somewhat doubt that the NRM employs train drivers - I will happily stand corrected though... |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2006 19:15:34 GMT
AFAIK they are employed by NRM who own the loco. More likely to be an EWS man. I somewhat doubt that the NRM employs train drivers - I will happily stand corrected though... you're probably right mate |
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Post by donnytom on Jun 22, 2006 21:11:29 GMT
Quite dramatic watching something so prestigious pull into a station. I agree, a grand sight in that old building. I travelled on one of the trains and although the carriages were nothing special, Flying Scotsman performed flawlessly, reaching a good speed very smoothly. It was a change from modern multiple units where there's a racket below! |
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Post by Phil on Jun 23, 2006 7:14:00 GMT
AFAIK they are employed by NRM who own the loco. More likely to be an EWS man. I somewhat doubt that the NRM employs train drivers - I will happily stand corrected though... Right and wrong!! When an NRM loco goes mainline there is always an NRM guy on the footplate. However he is not always a qualified steam driver (some are) and the driving has to be done by someone with the route knowledge. Same with other loco owning groups. They are entitled to have one man on the footplate for 'maintenance' purposes if driven by an EWS driver etc. |
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Post by setttt on Jun 23, 2006 9:57:08 GMT
More likely to be an EWS man. I somewhat doubt that the NRM employs train drivers - I will happily stand corrected though... Right and wrong!! When an NRM loco goes mainline there is always an NRM guy on the footplate. However he is not always a qualified steam driver (some are) and the driving has to be done by someone with the route knowledge. Same with other loco owning groups. They are entitled to have one man on the footplate for 'maintenance' purposes if driven by an EWS driver etc. ...and where did I say anything about support crew?  |
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Post by Phil on Jun 23, 2006 10:12:52 GMT
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Post by setttt on Jun 23, 2006 10:27:10 GMT
;D Support crew - People from the loco's ownership group who travel with her on mainline runs & know what to do if she developes a fault along the way etc etc. So basically someone who knows the loco and therefore knows how to deal with any hiccups which may occur. I might add that the initial discussion was regarding mainline runs, not how things work on preserved lines. |
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