Concentrating
Mike, my driver, is looking carefully at the duplex vacuum gauge as we descend the bank to Wainhill Crossing. Too little and you don't slow enough; too much and the brakes come in with force and you can't get them off quickly enough. Such is the skill of engine driving: any idiot can make it go but it takes skill and experience to stop... and in the right place.
If you're thinking he's asleep... I can assure you he's not!
No. 37 227, Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway.
Concentrating
Mike, my driver, is looking carefully at the duplex vacuum gauge as we descend the bank to Wainhill Crossing. Too little and you don't slow enough; too much and the brakes come in with force and you can't get them off quickly enough. Such is the skill of engine driving: any idiot can make it go but it takes skill and experience to stop... and in the right place.
If you're thinking he's asleep... I can assure you he's not!
No. 37 227, Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway.