There was another signaller working with her in the box at the time, as she was on a phased return to work. I assume however he would also need replacing after the upsetting incident. A relief signaller was found reasonably quickly under the circumstances. Thoughts to the family of the signaller, yesterday was a very sad day for the railway family in the south west.
Her.
I remember that, he was such a nice guy too
The other one I recall, but not many will, was that we had a learner in Colchester, in the mid/late 90s, he was a youing guy, about 22/24 if that, was learning the Ipswich panel, had been on Ipswich about 4 days or so, and doing really well, he picked things up quickly, one day said he had a headache, so sat down for a while, in the end he was sent home, as there is no point trying to learn if you are not 100% especially Ipswich !He nearly didn’t last that long bless him. Was installing a fridge at Brundall box whilst learning with me & noticed he was cutting through the wire with a Stanley knife & still had it plugged in & switched on
The other one I recall, but not many will, was that we had a learner in Colchester, in the mid/late 90s, he was a youing guy, about 22/24 if that, was learning the Ipswich panel, had been on Ipswich about 4 days or so, and doing really well, he picked things up quickly, one day said he had a headache, so sat down for a while, in the end he was sent home, as there is no point trying to learn if you are not 100% especially Ipswich !
Next morning we had a phone call to say he had passed away overnight.... talk about stunning everyone into silence that day !
So so sad, rip and best wishes to all involved.
hings like that at work stay with you, like when I was on the Ipswich Panel doing SLW, and the down mail was involved in a fatality, turned out it was an OHL guy, who had mistaken which road was blocked, (they had changed that night)
Thank you. It's been corrected.
