Picture
from Getty Hulton Archive |
My
great-grandfather, George Ainscough, started working as a locomotive
fireman on the London & North Western Railway, and then
became an engine driver. He was one of the drivers of the world-famous
locomotive the 'Royal Scot' - shown here on tour in the USA
in 1933. He drove it from Crewe to Euston on one shift and then
back to Crewe the following day. He would then drive it from
Crewe to Carlisle and back to Crewe the next day. He finished
his working day by taking the train from Crewe home to Horwich,
near Bolton! He retired from the main line and worked in the
Horwich locomotive works as a shunting engine driver. His party
piece was to crack a walnut shell between the train and platform
buffers - leaving the nut whole. |
