34052 at Waterloo

Here's Jim Evans on 34052 on the 509pm to Basingstoke on 8th May 1967. Anybody know who the fireman is?

I'm sure 34017 Ilfracombe will beable to identify the Fireman!?

It's funny how fireman always wore gloves... I always fire without them as they tend to get in the way.. But they knew what they were doing better then than any of us do now - Thats for sure!!!

Experience and being that it was a job meant fireman had to learn quick....

Thanks Don for the continuous photos.

Andy

Whats an "Old Rusty"?

Yes thanks - I'll remember that name "Rusty's"

On the South Eastern they were called wipers.

They and the soap / towels were still issued until about the late 70's

I have a couple of bundles of new wipers that I rescued as they were going to be thrown out when a company went over to gloves issue

Anyone who works steam today is welcome to a few

My cloths I use when firing get washed and used again and again.....

34012 Launceston. wrote:
Ok, wipers for the new cloths, but what did you call the washed ones? They had a slight parafin smell to them!

Washed wipers

34012 Launceston. wrote:

33110 wrote:On the South Eastern they were called wipers.

Ok, wipers for the new cloths, but what did you call the washed ones? They had a slight parafin smell to them!

The ones that smell with parafin, were the hard brown ones werent they?

If fireboy isn't Graham Pack it could be Brian Masters.

Don't remember the 'soap and towel' issue - my memory is you were lucky to get new sets of blues!

atb

dave 'd'

'Fireboy' Is that what the 3rd men were called?

Fireboy was one of the more polite names. I recall being told that I was just 'a little piece of shit' and that it was my job to see to it that said driver went home in a 'white' shirt! Ask some of the other ex-NE men about Frank 'utter c**t' Morris. I don't like to speak ill of the dead but this man was the chief reason for my departure from NE. Many of the old hand drivers were 'gentlemen' and some a joy to be with - Frank wasn't one of them.
The '3rd Man' is a wonderful movie with a very haunting theme tune.