Railways in the family

[43021HST]

They say railways run through your family but do any of your family members work for the railway or are enthusiasts?

My Grandad was a shunter at the Huntley and Palmers Biscuit factory, My dad was a signalman at Banbury then Farnham and Aldershot and my Gran used to be a spotter in the 50s and 60s.

 

[mumrar]

I'm the first family member to work on the railway, but my Dad and his brother, and my Grandad on that side are all enthusiasts. That's what got me in to railways. The newest member is my son, he's only 3, but he knows so much and can spot trains a mile off.

 

[HSTfan!!!]

My one grandfather was a signaller under GWR, moved onto platforms in the end, My great uncle was a driver, drove the evening star iirc
My other grandad had a railway connection as well, can't quite remember what he did though.
Two of my uncles have been office workers on the freight side of things.

 

[Wyvern]

Me Dad had Midland Railway shares

 

[Metroland]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00sfs2k/The_Real_Railway_Children/?from=r

 

[4SRKT]

My father was a career railwayman and an enthusiast (still is). The apple didn't fall far from the tree.

I would have liked to have gone into the railway myself, but it wasn't to be. I can't say I'm too bothered about it now, as I work in parcels which has many shared features with railway freight/sundries and provides the transport interest I crave from day to day!

 

[SouthEastern-465]

Can't say I have grown up with any Railway enthusiasts as a influence to get me into railways, but my Great uncle was a LU driver in the 1940s and 50s although I never saw him, as he died years before I was born.

But I just got into railways by myself.

 

[Trog]

5th generation railwayman, brother, uncles, father and mother all worked or still work on the railway.

 

[j0hn0]

My Grandad drove black 5s, 1 uncle is a infrastructure inspector and 2 cousins also work for the inspectorate.

I would love to work on the railway in some capacity myself but I am 33 with no prior experience. I will keep trying though

 

[NLC1072]

Nope, I got my father into railways though!

 

[Ivo]

My father briefly worked for LTS as a guard (and I got to pull the bell on a 312 [I think] once ), and his dad before as a cleaner at Shoeburyness [i.e. back home], but otherwise we have no link to the railways. My father merely passed it on. But where he is into steam, I'm too young to truly appreciate it.

 

[Burkitt]

My great grandfather worked for the Lancashire and Yorkshire, I'm not sure what his title was but his job included inspecting a stretch of track every day. We've also got a newspaper clip with a photo of him at the scene of a derailment.
In the next generation my grandfather's brother didn't work on the railways themselves, but was Chief Engineer on a British Rail ferry. He spent his retirement building models of the ships he'd worked on.

 

[the sniper]

My great grandfather was station master of Hay-on-Wye station while it was under LMS ownership and my nan spent all her youth on the station. On my dads side of the family, my great grandfather and great great grandfather were train drivers in South Wales. Non of my recent family work on the railway though and my dad isn't even an enthusiast, I got into the railways through going on trains a lot when I was young with my mum.

Hopefully I'll be the one to take the Family back to the railway!

 

[Wyvern]

When I was young, if they weren't farmers or farm workers, just about everyone's Dad either worked for the "loco" or the "carriage and wagon" or "Royces" and if you didn't get a scholarship at age 11, one of those would have been your fate. For most kids the railway was in their blood.

Even now the ordinary little newsagent in my ordinary little town has one big display stand specifically for railway books and magazines.

 

[37401]

Im the first crank in the family, but I beleve there were some relatives that were porters sometime ago

 

[almark]

My Great Grandad was a driver at Wakefield MPD in the early 1900s and drove the now preserved (on KWVR) L&Y 957 many times whilst it was based at Wakefield. My Uncle was a fireman in the 50s/60s and my Grandad was a fitter at Wakefield MPD in the 50s/60s before becoming a fitter/breakdown crew member at Healey Mills when it opened until the late 80s. My dad worked at Pontefract Monkhill until the station buildings were closed and it was made unstaffed,he then went to Knottingley TMD when it first opened,got through all the interview was ready to sign the contract to be one of their first drivers and his eye caused him to fail the medical because they weren't keen on glasses!

Now i just need to get a job on the railway!

 

[43021HST]

My Great Grandad was a driver at Wakefield MPD in the early 1900s and drove the now preserved (on KWVR) L&Y 957 many times whilst it was based at Wakefield. My Uncle was a fireman in the 50s/60s and my Grandad was a fitter at Wakefield MPD in the 50s/60s before becoming a fitter/breakdown crew member at Healey Mills when it opened until the late 80s. My dad worked at Pontefract Monkhill until the station buildings were closed and it was made unstaffed,he then went to Knottingley TMD when it first opened,got through all the interview was ready to sign the contract to be one of their first drivers and his eye caused him to fail the medical because they weren't keen on glasses!

Now i just need to get a job on the railway!

My Dad was a signalman for the powerstation near pontefract, I have no idea what the powerstation is called.

 

[ainsworth74]

I have no idea what the powerstation is called.

Almost certainly Ferrybridge coal fired powerstation.

My great uncle was a chief engineer at Swindon Works in about 1950s or maybe 60s. And another great uncle was a driver in the 40s and 50s.