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Well as I said previously, it was not below me to give the Guard a "dig out", we were all train crew, and I was not a person that looked down on guards, I know some drivers that definately did. They would have nothing to do with the Guard other than take the train loadings off him.
Some guards used to come to the side of the engine and stand there looking up, and they were very surprised when I used to say "Hello mate, come on up theres a brew going, got your cup ?"
The driver and guard were there for the same thing....to work the train from A to B safely and responsibly !¬ I was not better than the guard and he was no better than me, we were all employed by BR to do a job and if that job could be done with no problem and in a happy atmosphere everyone felt better for it.
If I had a mate, who had been "prepped" by some driver to ignore or give the guard a hard time, I always laid the law down in no uncertain terms and put him straight, there would be none of that rubbish on this train, we are all here to do a job.
I can remember one time, one of the hold hand guards had fell off his moped and was off work with a bad back, he was off some time, I went to his house a couple of times to see him, but when he finally came back and was working with me, I sent him to "brew up" and I went round his train and got it ready, not a problem. Some of the drivers used to have a go at me for being the way I was, but I never had a problem and I can honestly say that I always had a good shift and a happy shift for all my years.
Also there was no barrier on my footplate, anyone was welcome.
It is no good being miserable, we were all working for a days pay, we all wanted to "get done", so the sooner the job was done the sooner we got finished and all went home after a good shift.
The job was done responsibly, safely no rules were broken and everyone was happy. THAT is the way I liked my trains worked, and I would be the same today !!!
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