Train Guard

This page is dedicated to the memories of Train Guards.

Some memories, such as John Miller's breakneck ride along the Woodhead line, can be found as subpages.

Stewart Whincup

Coupled a loco onto a train I was going to be the travelling shunter/guard on, walked along it, checking it etc, got to the back, unscrewed the handbrake, onto the veranda & waving a green light, got a couple of toots back so went to sort the fire in the stove, I heard the clank, clank, clank of the couplings getting louder, but no movement, I went back onto the veranda to see what was happening & saw the train beside me pulling away, I'd got into the wrong van! Had to bloody run to jump onto the foot boards before it got away.