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Eric Currell an Enfield firemen I knew very well told us about this close call on a Liverpool Street to Chingford train. Chingford was a dead end and terminus for the branch. It was a bit of a climb into Chingford Station and the regulator was only shut at the last possible moment .Eric told us what happened on this particular day. He said he thought they were going a bit fast getting close to the station, he looked across the cab and his driver had fallen asleep. Don't forget this was a dead end, Eric quickly closed the regulator and applied the brake. They managed to stop ok but what would the outcome have been if Eric had not acted so quickly.