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Handbook for Steam Locomotive Enginemen by British Transport Commision Hardback

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Title
Handbook For Railway Steam Locomotive Enginemen
Book Title
Handbook For Railway Steam Locomotive Enginemen
Author
F, HANDBOOK
ISBN
0711006288
EAN
9780711006287
Type
Hardback
Binding
Hardback
Date of Publication
1998-01-28
Publisher
Crecy Publishing
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Language
English
Release Title
Handbook For Railway Steam Locomotive Enginemen
Artist
F, HANDBOOK
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    Goes to expleain why driving an express in the past was a very skilled job and certainly not the sort of job a university degree would get anywhere near. A dirty uncomfortable job requiring great skillset. The book explains the hows and why's of the controls in the cab.
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    Book arrived as promised unfortunately another item where a considerable price reduction very soon after purchase
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    As a long time steam enthusiast,I admit I know very little about how are they actually worked. I understand the engineering side of steam engines but to drive one is a talent all its own. This book shows in great detail the process from firing up the engine to driving the engine to do it’s work. There was a very strict hierarchy in British railways, you started out as a cleaner (usually around 16 years old) and after qualifying, you became a fireman and if you’re lucky enough and work hard enough you would qualify as a driver. Engineman where are a hardy,tough bunch and although the work was backbreaking and hard, the pay they received was very poor but most were proud to work the engines. The amount of information they had to learn to become a driver is astounding,even down to knowing, ...

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