[ccmmick]

We had a few drivers at St Blazey who were hard hitters and a lot of the guards didnt like riding in the van with them driving.
On one occasion in Plymouth the driver didnt cancel the aws in time the brakes went in and the guard broke his nose in the van, the driver got his brake back and off he went the guard turned his lamps around and applied the handbrake the train went into Hemerdon loop the guard was then taken off to hospital.

How they never came off the tracks i dont know the guard said it was one hell of an impact and they were never the best of mates after that.

ccmmick.