Who is (or was) B Richardson ???
Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 10:15 pm
In Peter Coster's 3 books of the Gresley, Thompson & Peppercorn pacifics several of the photos are credited to B Richardson (and on at least 1 occasion the credit goes to Barry Richardson so I'm assuming that it may be the same person?).
It's not because of his photo credits that I am asking the topic question, but because on page 139 of 'The Book of the A4 Pacifics' there are 2 photos in which the loco (60007 S.N.G.) has a marker hooked over the L/H/S lamp bracket and on the marker the name "B Richardson" is painted/printed.
I'm just wondering what was his connection with the engine? Was he a/the driver of No 7 or was he an "in-charge" person who had responsibilty for repair or maintenance work to be carried out on the engine? Or what ???
(I'm not from a railway background nor have I ever worked on the railway, so I'm not too familiar with some proceedures/practices, in fact I'm not even sure what is the official name of the "marker" mentioned above !!! )
**EDITED to add the pic that I forgot to insert originally
![Image](http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh317/zoed73/IMG_4176.jpg)
It's not because of his photo credits that I am asking the topic question, but because on page 139 of 'The Book of the A4 Pacifics' there are 2 photos in which the loco (60007 S.N.G.) has a marker hooked over the L/H/S lamp bracket and on the marker the name "B Richardson" is painted/printed.
I'm just wondering what was his connection with the engine? Was he a/the driver of No 7 or was he an "in-charge" person who had responsibilty for repair or maintenance work to be carried out on the engine? Or what ???
(I'm not from a railway background nor have I ever worked on the railway, so I'm not too familiar with some proceedures/practices, in fact I'm not even sure what is the official name of the "marker" mentioned above !!! )
**EDITED to add the pic that I forgot to insert originally
![Rolling Eyes :roll:](./images/smilies/icon_rolleyes.gif)
![Image](http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh317/zoed73/IMG_4176.jpg)