tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704425219270767105.post2834377251314364994..comments2024-02-27T10:23:30.029+01:00Comments on Conductor: Always at work, even on the trainSusie Malletthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05134263396254528737noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704425219270767105.post-88440419079921796092012-04-24T23:59:03.169+02:002012-04-24T23:59:03.169+02:00I expect that there are now red lights doing the s...I expect that there are now red lights doing the signalling on, yes indeed, the line that Petö built, but since the days when I sat up on the engine beside my driver-Dad are long past I could not see the signal on that recent journey.<br /><br />Talk of semaphore signaling is the language that I grew up with.<br /><br />Signals were either up or down in the stories by Dad told of his trips on the road to London and back.<br /><br />They were also up or down as I hung over the bridge beside my Grandparents’ station hotel so I could feel the steam and smoke on my face!<br /><br />I did not live at home long enough after red lights came into fashion for them to be part of my train-driver’s-daughter language. For me, signals will always be up or down!<br /><br />Yes, that journey was quite surreal. It turned into quite an adventure with changing trains several times late into the night and the last forty-mile leg of the journey, still with my new found friend, made in a taxi. <br /><br />The only thing that was missing was the lashings of ginger beer.Susie Malletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05134263396254528737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704425219270767105.post-48128657388514103162012-04-24T23:39:07.949+02:002012-04-24T23:39:07.949+02:00Sorry, I meant 2012. Too long a day...Sorry, I meant 2012. Too long a day...Andrewhttp://www.conductive.world.infonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704425219270767105.post-79826317840851318852012-04-24T23:27:55.499+02:002012-04-24T23:27:55.499+02:00A semaphore signal, in 2013?
On the line that Pet...A semaphore signal, in 2013?<br /><br />On the line that Peto built?<br /><br />Sounds surreal...Andrewhttp://www.conductive.world.infonoreply@blogger.com