Fred Harris joined the railway at Grantham in August 1955. He achieved promotion to driver nearly 30 years later in April 1985, hence the title of the story of his working life on the railway. Read how a youthful Fred and his driver peered into dense fog one night from the footplate of a slowly advancing 'Tango', looking for signals that were no longer there. How does a footplate crew respond as a 'Green Arrow' begins to self-destruct at speed on the East Coast Main Line? Enjoy with Fred a week away at Bridgnorth refreshing his steam skills. All this and more in our latest new page.
Category: Footplate work
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Alan Mitchell has recently been back in touch with some more stories of footplate work through Grantham to add to his page, We've updated the photos too.