John Ball
 

Hi folks! My first experience with steam was in my youth, employed as a fireman at the Stratford Depot of LNER. Before enlisting in the RAF I worked on 030 'Buckjumpers', N7 tanks, J16's, 'Claude Hamiltons', 1500's and 2800's - all using Liverpool Street and the Essex, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire destinations. Period: 1942-45.

Hi John, welcome to railway forum. Profuse apologies for the lack of an earlier welcome. We hope you enjoy the site.

cheers
Andy

I will second that John. You obviously caught us all sleeping when you joined. I am sure we would all like to hear some of your stories about life on the footplate.
John.

Welcome John!

Looking forward to hearing of some of your experiences of life at Stratford. :)