silverfoxcc
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- 17 Apr 2012
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Years ago, when there was regular stem on the LSWR main line, i was at woking with several ozen others waiting for 60103 to arrive, Was on the london end of the platform, with tripod, as were sevel others and behind th yellow line ,but one leg of tripod wa over it bt 3in at most. We could hear muffled announcements but took no notice as they are quite frequent there , WHEN a staff member rushes up to me and demands that i remove myself from th station as i am a safey hazard, and bcause of ME, note not the others all over the yellow line, he had to hold all the trains in the Wokin area as far back as Waterloo!! This statement brought hoots of derision from the other guys, but he was insistent, and cose accompanied me out of the station. I could even dismantle my gear.
Pushed me out of the entrance warning me he had my face etched on his brain etc etc etc. A Few weeks later i was chatting to the staff at Farnborough, great bunch of lads, past and present, and relayed this episode to them.
Nw according to them this chap had boken the camels back with this action nd had been demoted so far down the chain, they believed he was carriage cleaning somewhere.
Whether this is true i know not, bu if so it did give me a warm feeling fo a while
Oh and toda at Harrow on the Hill, the LU? staff were brilliant in allowin m to stay on platform videoing the fast dissappearing A Stock. Aain great PR at little cost to the system
Pushed me out of the entrance warning me he had my face etched on his brain etc etc etc. A Few weeks later i was chatting to the staff at Farnborough, great bunch of lads, past and present, and relayed this episode to them.
Nw according to them this chap had boken the camels back with this action nd had been demoted so far down the chain, they believed he was carriage cleaning somewhere.
Whether this is true i know not, bu if so it did give me a warm feeling fo a while
Oh and toda at Harrow on the Hill, the LU? staff were brilliant in allowin m to stay on platform videoing the fast dissappearing A Stock. Aain great PR at little cost to the system