TheSlash
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I thought i'd give you an insight into small railways and why people choose them over larger railways
Volunteers
The joy of a small railway for volunteers is that they always have the option to do more than 1 thing. Also new volunteers don't spend ages at the bottom of the ladder waiting for priviledges such guard turns.
Since i re joined the EKR in May time i have done the following duties
Platform staff
Buffet staff
Guard {Passenger and Freight}
Driver and 2nd man
Infrastructure manager and associated track maintenance and repair duties
Shunter
Signalman
Rolling stock repair and maintenance
Level crossing keeper
On an operating day i know pretty much everybody, whether they are directly involved with the service {driver, guard} or working in the support department {model railway, buffet, rolling stock restoration}
Visitors find the railway very friendly and get to know volunteers by their first name, this often leads to people becoming volunteers themselves.
In general it feels like an extended family.
You don't run the risk of over stretching your resources by trying to cope with a large railway.
Volunteers
The joy of a small railway for volunteers is that they always have the option to do more than 1 thing. Also new volunteers don't spend ages at the bottom of the ladder waiting for priviledges such guard turns.
Since i re joined the EKR in May time i have done the following duties
Platform staff
Buffet staff
Guard {Passenger and Freight}
Driver and 2nd man
Infrastructure manager and associated track maintenance and repair duties
Shunter
Signalman
Rolling stock repair and maintenance
Level crossing keeper
On an operating day i know pretty much everybody, whether they are directly involved with the service {driver, guard} or working in the support department {model railway, buffet, rolling stock restoration}
Visitors find the railway very friendly and get to know volunteers by their first name, this often leads to people becoming volunteers themselves.
In general it feels like an extended family.
You don't run the risk of over stretching your resources by trying to cope with a large railway.