Ever Wanted to Drive A steam Locomotive..............

[sterrett]

The British Transport Commission published a Handbook For Steam Locomotive Drivers and Firemen in 1957. The "Internet Archive" has patiently scanned it and you can either browse all 100 pages on line, or download it as a "pdf" file or as an "Epub" file for ereaders that support that file type.

I have found the book fascinating as it shows there was far, far more to the task of driving or firing a locomotive than most of us will ever have realised!

Enjoy!

http://archive.org/details/HandbookForRailwaySteamLocomotiveEnginemen

 

[JCitron]

Thank you. I'll check that out.

John

 

[sterrett]

If you're interested in Steam (or Diesel) locomotive drivers' experiences, as well as a wealth of British photographs and memorabilia, then check out David Hey's site:

http://www.davidheyscollection.com/

The site may be slow to load because of the high quality images, but it's worth the wait - at least, I found it so!

 

[Jananton]

Very interesting find, that will cater for many hours of concentrated reading.

Nice high scan quality too, if I may say so, thanks for the tip.

Greetings from sunny Amsterdam,

Jan

 

[pcas1986]

The British Transport Commission published a Handbook For Steam Locomotive Drivers and Firemen in 1957. ...

Thanks for that. It has some interesting drawings as well.

 

[BLACKWATCH]

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Yes, & done it, also driven a mainline diesel loco with a 7 coach train on the drawbar. (takes a bow)

 

[leeferr]

I took a quick look at it and it seems to be very interesting and chock full of info. Thanks for the link.

Mike