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I am grateful for @paul1609 referencing this HRA guidance that I will look at. @35B I don’t think that I suggested that the whole of the ‘national’ rule book as I knew it should be relevant to a preserved railway. If I didn’t make this clear then I apologise. But section J as I was taught and...

Because the ‘national’ rule book is subject to considerable thought and input and scrutiny and regular review/amendment that a rule book used by a preserved railway is potentially not subject to. Indeed I would go as far to suggest that a preserved railway rule book, where it differs to the...

From my own time on the railways (2002 to 2011) we had quite an intensive service of LHCS (loco hauled coaching stock) on the Rhymney Line for 4 years or so of my time. We were examined on coupling up and section J of the rule book. Plus practical examination. Regularly re-examined. Indeed...

Can I just say how interesting and informative this thread has developed by most posters. And well done to the Moderators. Cheers, Julian

Hi Paul, I think we were all surprised when Arriva got the franchise. They had a dreadful record of disputes with Guards up north. The first thing they did when they took over in Wales, so far as we were concerned, was to sack the manager in charge of Canton depot, and outsource it to...

Tom Clift was a true railwayman, and I don't think the obituary does him justice. We all knew Tom was a bit of a 'crank', but he was also a very good manager and earned the respect and loyalty of the staff who worked under him. On Rugby special days the most elaborate diagrams would be...

I think my first class 33 involvement was the 4th December 2005 'Gala' day, as I have a vague recollection of starting/booking on early that day and being at Canton, and a defective air pipe hose on a 33 was replaced with one pinched off Tom Clift's class 20. My RMT diary states 30 minutes...

I'm the guard in the above youtube clip, waving the flag and blowing the whistle. 4th December 2005 on the special 'gala' day organised by Graham Bunker and Tom Clift. I'm also the guard on the following, which we thought was the last ever trip from Rhymney with the 37s and the LHCSs. Dai Bevan...

In the heyday up to that 10th December 2005 'last' day, there were 3 sets and a spare for the commuter service and for Saturdays and Bank Holidays. There were quite a few problems to deal with, and at least 3 notable accidents/incidents, and some of the drivers hated the 37s, and the second to...

As an old hand now partly retired, and having worked the 37s and LHCS up till what was supposed to be last run of the 37s and LHCS on the Rhymney Line on 10th December 2005, with Tom Clift alongside Dai Bevan in the cab of 37419 with wreaths I placed on the loco, I am amazed that the 37s and...