John Bee and locomotive.

[Redroger]

From standard practice in the early 50s which banned unauthorized riding on the footplate Mr Bee was putting his job in serious jeopardy.

[Trishanne]

One from me
Pat

[Donches]

I like the colour photograph. Regarding job in jeopardy, the loco appears to be stationary, and the date is pre nineteen fifties.

[Redroger]

Stationary or not. It was a sacking offence strongly enforced after WW2 to around 1960.

[sonofthom]

Redroger you are assuming that the youngster's presence in the cab was unauthorised. The photo seems to have been taken in a very public place, Waverley station I think; there is nothing to suggest that it was a hurried, snatched, illicit photo so I doubt if Mr Bee was putting his job at risk.

[barryd]

Rode in a cab with my female cousin in an National Coal Board steam locomotive. The fireman put a couple of detonators on the tracks for us to have as squashed souvenirs.

Rode on a South African steam locomotive  in the 1970's. the driver however put us off and we climbed back into the carriages before we got to the terminus.

Sat, yes sat, in the cab of Mallard when I was on a private tour in Clapham when the museum was there.

Have from time to time travelled on the Clapham Omnibus. I attribute that for what I am today.

[barryd]

Could the blue locomotive be in a museum?

[Trishanne]

barryd, I'm not sure about  this one but the Mallard which is the same class is in York Railway museum. One thing I noticed when restoring No 24, there is no LNER logo on it.

[Redroger]

Redroger you are assuming that the youngster's presence in the cab was unauthorised. The photo seems to have been taken in a very public place, Waverley station I think; there is nothing to suggest that it was a hurried, snatched, illicit photo so I doubt if Mr Bee was putting his job at risk.

If it was official there would be any number of higher officials around, but possibly the long hands of authority did not extend north