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Originally Posted by locojoe
One day we were running from Liverpool st. to Enfield with an N7 0-6-2 tank when the Westinghouse pump or donkey stopped working. The best way to restart the donkey was to belt it with a large hammer, this usually did the trick but on this day after a couple of pumps it stopped again.
The driver said to me you'll have to stand on the running board and keep hitting it until we get to Enfield. So there was I in the pouring rain standing on the running board belting the donkey, this I did for a couple of miles until we reached Enfield. I wonder what todays Health & Safety would make of that.
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Can recall a similar tale.The westinghouse pump stopped working, however it can of course be operated 'manually'. So for the 50 miles back to the shed the fireman had to sit on the running plate in driving snow and at speeds of upto 50mph operating this pump (luckily there were a couple of other individuals on the footplate to fire!)!