tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post7234774181082938233..comments2024-03-26T13:27:26.499+00:00Comments on Zelo Street: Mail Peddles Beeching MisinformationTim Fentonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00726447899972084146noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-29296955369520309432013-03-30T23:10:13.099+00:002013-03-30T23:10:13.099+00:00According to this article the early Freightliners ...According to this article the early Freightliners could have had Guards vans at the rear of the train (or the locomotive) in the late 60s ("albeit not suitable for the speeds of the freightliner system") but in 1970 agreement was reached with the Unions to move them to the rear cab as you state.<br /><br />http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/gansg/7-fops/fo-abcont.htm robnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-78305594989000351572013-03-30T11:59:34.462+00:002013-03-30T11:59:34.462+00:00The comment was because Freightliner trains do not...The comment was because Freightliner trains do not have brake vans.<br /><br />So guards had to sit in the rear cab of the loco. Of course, over time they have disappeared, as has the second man in the cab that Beeching also didn't do away with.<br />Tim Fentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00726447899972084146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-56768259026382076882013-03-30T11:43:39.249+00:002013-03-30T11:43:39.249+00:00"Sat on the end flat wagon, did they? You mea..."Sat on the end flat wagon, did they? You mean in the rear cab of the train locomotive."<br /><br />Well, that is not far from the truth in that freight trains used to have guard vans at the back of each train probably on the basis that a pair of eyes helped at that end of the train just as London Underground used guards in the last carriage and main line passenger trains today still have "guards" or train managers but with additional duties.robnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-8587365405949454052013-03-29T16:50:55.608+00:002013-03-29T16:50:55.608+00:00Trivia no 33
There was a Yeovil Town station. It ...Trivia no 33<br /><br />There was a Yeovil Town station. It closed in 1966 and was a freight yard for a few years before finally shutting. It's now a cinema complex and car park.<br /><br />The station starred in the Terry Thomas comedy "School for Scoundrals" as the dropping of point for the College of Lifemanship.<br /><br />The bridge that went over the line is still in use on the road to Yeovil Junction, just on the edge of town.keithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05551343571066684884noreply@blogger.com