Jesse, Yes, on this line the driver is also the fireman. Peter Beevers On Mar 13 2012, Jesse Livingston wrote: Alan, On the Kirklees report, I never saw any mention of there being a fireman in the cab with the engineer. Did the engineer's duty include tending to the boiler as well as operating the locomotive? Jesse the inquisitive one in Troy, Tennessee Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 1:01 PM Subject: [modeleng] Re: Kirklees Light Railway - Boiler Incident >I thought that the first lesson was to watch the water level. > > I know that on the "old" railways, it is listed as the firemans main duty. > > Alan > > On 13/03/2012 14:23, Peter Sheppard wrote: >> Report on the boiler incident released today. >> >> >> >> >> http://www.raib.gov.uk/cms_resources.cfm?file=/120313_R042012_Kirklees.pdf >> [1] >> >> Cheers >> >> Peter >> >> Links: ------ [1] >> http://www.raib.gov.uk/cms_resources.cfm?file=/120313_R042012_Kirklees.pdf >> >> >> MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. >> >> To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, >> modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the >> subject line. >> > > MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. > > To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, > modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject > line. MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line. MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.