delt1c
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Reading posts got me thinking of "the good old days".
Two of my best ever 'cabs' were when I asked the driver of 25235 at Glasgow Queen Street if I could could cab the loco; it was the 08:35 to Oban (normally a Class 27).
I ended up travelling all the way to Oban in the cab, hiding in the boiler room at Crianlarich. What made it even more memorable was it was winter and snowing.
Another, even more memorable, was being allowed in the cab of 55013 from Edinburgh to Newcastle; not much of a view and ears ringing from the 2 Napier engines behind, but an unrepeatable experience.
This would never be allowed now but those (for me) were the heydays of being a railway enthusiast. I had quite a few other 'cabs', but will save them for now,
Two of my best ever 'cabs' were when I asked the driver of 25235 at Glasgow Queen Street if I could could cab the loco; it was the 08:35 to Oban (normally a Class 27).
I ended up travelling all the way to Oban in the cab, hiding in the boiler room at Crianlarich. What made it even more memorable was it was winter and snowing.
Another, even more memorable, was being allowed in the cab of 55013 from Edinburgh to Newcastle; not much of a view and ears ringing from the 2 Napier engines behind, but an unrepeatable experience.
This would never be allowed now but those (for me) were the heydays of being a railway enthusiast. I had quite a few other 'cabs', but will save them for now,