Nice to see my home town and in the background where I used to work when it was British Rail Engineering Works. Now individual industrial units, shopping centre, flats,steam museum and refurbished offices!
What no one has mentioned is just how tall that rail worker is. Those locos are 13 foot high from the rail head never mind down in the ballast where he's standing yet his head is still halfway up it!
Not exactly great for sure - but I don't believe the other line was clear of active traffic (block on) so he had to use the wrong side making it almost pointless.
@@leonblittle226 fair comment if you look he didn't signal the driver he was going under to couple the wagon to the loco today shunting is very easy in my husband's day it was a lot harder with the shunting pole three types of couplings tree link instanter and screw the buckeye types have made it so easy for today's shunters,
@@david-stewart mate when you've been with someone for over forty years your told alot and learn a lot he even learn me how to work with the shunting pole with three link instanter and screw coupling it's hard work if you know your locos he worked with d 9500, or better known as the class 14,
we've had buckeyes in England since before WWII, they work very well, and are actually a little different to what the Americans use, but the idea is the same