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• He started acting as a footplate inspector on Flying Scotsman in 1967 and recalls how he couldn't resist ‘having a go on the shovel.’
• Next in importance after Ashford in east Kent were the running depots (engine sheds) of the two rival lines, where a number of engines were based, cleaned and maintained, and where the majority of the footplate crews were based.
• Stair footplate can choose wooden floor and shop carpet.
• Results: The results showed that the effusion of the middle ear decrease the amplitude of stapes footplate and umbo, weaken the incoming energy of the inner ear, thus leading to hearing loss.
• Former fireman Alan Richardson rode 3,000 miles on the footplate of the Flying Scotsman during its triumphant American tour in 1969 when it hauled a train from Boston to Houston.
• Since British Railways withdrew steam in 1968, the number of footplate crews qualified to drive steam locomotives on the main line has dropped dramatically, and the few left are approaching retirement age.
• From tomorrow until February 20, Thomas is taking a break from his branch line to visit the Museum, where young people will be able to stand on the footplate of the ‘Really Useful Engine’ and meet some of his friends from the Island of Sodor.
• The ‘Cab It’ event, which takes place this weekend, will see rare access offered to the cabs and footplates of 15 former BR locomotives and engines.
• It was kept in the signal box at Barnoldswick Junction, handed up to the fireman on the footplate as the train passed and handed back when it returned.
• Several deputy editors and the press had footplate rides.