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Title: WW2 steam train built by women takes to the tracks again after restoration Post by: CyclingSid on March 19, 2025, 18:42:15 Sounds like another reason to visit the Watercress Line
https://www.forcesnews.com/heritage/wwii/iconic-ww2-steam-train-built-women-takes-tracks-once-more (https://www.forcesnews.com/heritage/wwii/iconic-ww2-steam-train-built-women-takes-tracks-once-more) Not many ladies obvious in the restoration team. Title: Re: WW2 steam train built by women takes to the tracks again after restoration Post by: Chris from Nailsea on March 19, 2025, 20:21:36 To be fair, CyclingSid, in the detail of that article, it is made clear that the Watercress Line are making efforts to trace the women who built 'Canadian Pacific':
Quote A search for the women of Canadian Pacific Throughout the Second World War, while men were deployed, many women stepped into vital roles across the UK. Initially, only single women aged 20 to 30 were called up but by mid-1943, nearly 90% of single women and 80% of married women were working in places such as factories, on farms or in the Armed Forces. Women at Eastleigh Works were employed in various departments, such as machine shops, forges and sawmills. They played a crucial role in supporting the war effort by building Merchant Navy Class locomotives, including the Canadian Pacific. In the early stages of researching the history surrounding the iconic locomotive, project leader Dr Becky Peacock collected various stories and memories about Canadian Pacific, including those of Mr Asprey whose father was the foreman of the machine shop at the time that Canadian Pacific was built. By 1940, he was the only man working in the machine shop. This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |