One Step Forward: A PTS Course...

Hi everyone. Just a short one from today. I've just returned from a two-day course at West Coast's operational base of Carnforth, around 150 miles north of home. This was my PTS Course - Personal Track Safety. The course covers the dangers of operating on main lines of all kinds and, with the course successfully completed, I can now operate (subject to a medical) at the lineside in conjunction with my duties as Support Crew with Tyseley. This is a great step forward and a good achievement, allowing me to finally help the lads with the general operational tasks that need to be done each time we take a steam engine out onto the national network. A very interesting two days and another step forward! Cheers all, Sam...