Podcast by Chris Brook
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Alan descibes where the original shed was in Mexboroughโดย Chris Brook
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Going through the ranks at Mexborough loco in the 1940sโดย Chris Brook
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Alan recalls George's lapel flower.โดย Chris Brook
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Alan speaks about Arthur Speke who supported teh church throughout his life.โดย Chris Brook
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Alan speaks about Bob Turner whose commute was a walk from Wombwell to Mexborough - 6 miles each way!โดย Chris Brook
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Alan's experience of how strike breakers were treated.โดย Chris Brook
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Route learning Scarborough and Roger Hague's brother has an accident that stopped him from driving.โดย Chris Brook
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Mexborough loco drivers had to work some unusal special trains including circus trains, Carl Rosa opera company and racing pigeons.โดย Chris Brook
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Alan Brook speaks about his father, Percy Brook, who was a driver at Mexborough loco from 1914.โดย Chris Brook
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Walking home after missing the last trainโดย Chris Brook
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The different driving links at Mexborough loco in the 1950s.โดย Chris Brook
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The workings of the Masborough to Stratford service.โดย Chris Brook
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Was the world record speed by a steam train fair?โดย Chris Brook
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Families who moved from the port of Liverpool to the port of Hull (vice versa) had monthly direct services to visit relatives.โดย Chris Brook
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Sons often follwed their fathers into similar trades.โดย Chris Brook
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Alan discuss the merits of different drivers & even different coal in the performance of the steam locosโดย Chris Brook
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How a religious driver reacted when Alan swore.โดย Chris Brook
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fire dropper : drops live fire by removing loosely fitting slotted bars from fire box and rakes ashes and cinders from fire box into ash pit with long metal rake, on arrival of engine at shed after journey; in small sheds also does work of ash filler q.v.; on some railways work done by fireman and occasionally by engine cleaner…
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Various Links at Mexborough Locoโดย Chris Brook
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Listing some of the collieries served by Mexborough loco.โดย Chris Brook
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Alan Brook describes an experience of working on a "Boswell".โดย Chris Brook
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Everyday use of Asbestos on the Railway (1940s)โดย Chris Brook
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Army leaders were often involved in crash investigations. Also after the war, they were drafted in to manage depots.โดย Chris Brook
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Progression through the ranks at Mexborough Loco Shed in the 1940sโดย Chris Brook
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Alan Brook descibes how the railway helped to deal with sewage in South Yorkshire (approx 1950s)โดย Chris Brook
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