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London North Western
Railway:
Midland
Railway:
Stratford
Midland Junction Railway
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LMS Route: Nuneaton to Leamington
Kenilworth Junction: lnwrkj2054
A two-car Diesel Multiple Unit is seen approaching
Kenilworth Junction Signal Box where the second man will collect the train
staff. When DMU and diesel powered locomotives were introduced on the railways
in the late 1950s the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen
(ASLEF), the trade union representing most train crews in the UK, fought hard
to prevent these units becoming one-man operated. The former fireman was
therefore known as the second man fulfilling non-existence duties duties on the
pretext of Health & Safety. Today, these and electrical powered trains are
now operated by one person.
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