More Info →Jim Oliver and Dave Marshall Part 1, Careers as steam engine drivers - Manawatu Conversations

Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio 27th October 2020. Part 1 of 4.  Railway driving, appeal of steam. Training. Shifts. Yard work. Fun and games, drinking culture. Drivers’ runs, “learning the road”. Drivers’ skills required, “slack action”. Derailments. Work as railway firemen. Type of coal. Water pressures. Lineside fires. Smoke and ash in carriages. Firemen controlling coal, oil and water. Types of locomotive. Diesel-electric locomotives, comparison with steam. Turntables.