Steam World

ALL THINGS CONSIDERED

Anyone with a connection to the Arailway – whether that’s because you work on it or are just interested in it – will generally know a lot of the technical language that leaves the public at large mystified.

Why would Bromsgrove be the home of ‘bankers’? Surely, they work in the city of London?

How come it’s a ‘light engine’ when clearly it weighs 70 tons or more?

‘Double heading’ is a bit more understandable but hearing a driver ask,

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