Enfield Shed

[locojoe]

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Thanks for the link "Silverfox" much cheaper prices, I'll go for one of those.

[giner]

Oh, that's handy, Silverfox. I hadn't heard of 'abebooks' before. Yeah, go for it, Joe.

[locojoe]

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Hi Silverfox thanks once again for the link. I've ordered a book from abebooks.
londons-local-railway/author/alan-a-jackson.
secondhand cheap price. £4.99

Postage Price:£ 3.35 Total Order Amount:£ 8.34

[Eightpot]

A friend - alas, no longer with us - Roy Swain was the driver of 69665 at one point in the 1950's. If I can find it, and if someone can tell me how to do it, I'll see if I can get a photo of 69665 on Enfield shed put on here.

[locojoe]

A friend - alas, no longer with us - Roy Swain was the driver of 69665 at one point in the 1950's. If I can find it, and if someone can tell me how to do it, I'll see if I can get a photo of 69665 on Enfield shed put on here.

Roy Swain was a passed fireman at enfield he started on BR about the same time as me but he was a bit older. We used to take the mick out of him in a very friendly way as he was always cleaning his engine. I cant remember the number but it was the cleanest loco at Enfield. The Roy I remember had very long sideburns and was a nice chap. I know he was interested traction engines, shame about Roy passing on in 1995.

[ten ten]

Bradford Barton published a book in the eighties- "Buckjumpers,Gobblers,and Clauds" by Jim Hill,about his time on the footplate on the GER,LNER,and BR at Stratford,including suburban workings,out of print but still available second hand.

[locojoe]

Bradford Barton published a book in the eighties- "Buckjumpers,Gobblers,and Clauds" by Jim Hill,about his time on the footplate on the GER,LNER,and BR at Stratford,including suburban workings,out of print but still available second hand.

Hi
Thanks for the info about Jim Hills book "Buckjumpers,Gobblers,and Clauds" I bought a copy of this book a few years ago. I fired to Jimmy on many occasions at Enfield.

[Andy W]

I had a look at the N7 shopping records in Yeadon and it looks as if 69665 was unlucky. It was condemned just as classified repairs to the class were coming to an end. I suspect any N7 due or requiring major attention at shops at that time was condemned on SP (Shop Proposal).

[locojoe]

On the footplate if you left a cup of tea uncovered you could get a nice film of coal dust floating on top. If I had coal dust on top and had enough tea what I did was fill the cup right to the brim and then blow the coal dust off. Many a sandwich went down with coal dust and oil included.

To clean cups on a loco a bit of sand rubbed on the inside usually did the job, most Enfield locos had a few railway cups stashed away, these were usually the cups that had not been returned to the railway buffet at the end of No 1 platform Liverpool St. Station.

When on locals at Enfield, on arrival at Liverpool Street occasionally men wanting a cup of tea would pop into the buffet at the end of No1 platform. We got our tea a bit cheaper than the general public, in the mid 1950s a cup of railway tea cost us about 3d old money, today that would be four cups for 5p. Owing to the fact we did not have much time the buffet ladies let us jump the queue, this buffet also sold beer and the odd pint went down well.

[locojoe]

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Hi Silverfox my book arrived today.
Thanks for the link.

[silverfox]

Glad to be of help

Ron