Steam trains from the motherland of steam locomotives - great britain. Here you are and are taken into the service of the men on the footplate. The author takes you with him on the service and explains, how the parts of the locomotive are named and how the locomotve has the be cared and cleaned. You learn to grease and to oil the parts and enter the footplate for making fire... You get information on how to use the shovel and the rakes, and how to maintain a good fire... you get on the first tour light engine and in front of the train, and how the fireman maintains his fire and keeps the water level.
Yu learn about the british vacuum brakes and the additional air brakes - and how the operated and how their function will be. You get about the gears, the throttle and the general driving rules and you get the informations, how the engine will be driven. You go light engine, you go in front of the train and read, how the driver will do his task, and why all starts with the cleaner, the greaser and the fireman - and how to go thru and get a driver...
Nice work, which gives you alot of information on how to become a steam engine driver. ... but it's isnt a how to guide... more a very informative blink into the duty and task of the men on the footplate.
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