Colonnade News No 163 March 2018 A Shunting Tale Ray Welch One afternoon I was introduced to my driver and we crossed the to the northbound platform at St. Albans. A train arrived and we got into the guard’s compartment where the guard spent the trip doing his paperwork and the driver and I watched the world go by. We passed Harpenden then Chiltern Green Junction where the LMS main line passed over the LNER Luton to Hitchin line. At last we came into Luton, Midland Road. The driver and I got off and we walked to the yard. No. 7261, our engine for the afternoon, stood before us, the driver greeted the crew and the other driver turned to me and said ‘You’re Jimmy’s boy aren’t you?’ ‘Yes’ he replied ‘thought so.’ My driver climbed onto the engine and said “Don’t worry lad I’ll tell you what to do.” One of the first things was how to hold a shovel. He explained a good wa...