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Originally Posted by Lancpudn
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Class 45, used to get them a lot on the north-south freights, they were like riding a bucking bronco, bouncy as hell. Got a lap full of hot tea on one once! I was still a 2nd man, coming back from Newcastle, made a pot of tea for the driver and myself as we approached Berwick, hit a dip in the rail just north of Berwick, came out of the dip everything bounced up, loco, me, cup and contents; loco came down again as did I, cup came down but the contents remained airborne until it landed in my lap. Mad scramble to get out of the seat before something vital got scalded
