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I suppose that however Professional as Railway Operators we are other factors can come into play and cause tragic events like Heck.
I remember it like it was yesterday !! At the time my wife was in Pontefract Hospital having broken her pelvis in a car crash 3 days previously. My EWS Pager for when I was on call had buzzed with a message about an "Incident" at Heck !! I seem to remember a frosty sort of misty Morning ( May be wrong because it was traumatic) quite a few helicopters with engines hammering n not the normal flight sounds.
Turned on the TV and felt sick as fuck with the images ! It felt sort of dream like an unreal !!
Then started to get messages about the guys on the FLHH loco !! Totally numb as I knew both of the Guys on the 66.
Got a phone call from Pontefract Hospital asking me to take my Wife home as they needed as many beds as poss !!
On arrival at Hospital I met a lad from FLHH who I socialised with !! Bad News !
The thing that shocked me at the Hospital was the amount of Priests and Vicars hanging around everywhere !!
Knowing Steves sense of humour I think he would have found it funny the amount of Priests and Vicars !! I just imagine him saying in that West Country accent "Arr wot fukin good are they then ?"
Like You say Whitemoor66 R.I.P Steve
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