Great Western Coffee Shop

Found this old film clip shot in Paddington 1939.  The bit that caught my eye was at 1min 28 sec.  Now thats how to deal with late boarders  ;D

Better than stopping the train and causing delay but probably bring a law suit these days.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFWP3KkicQY

Yes, the silly chump nearly ended up going over the platform edge and under the train!  :o

Excellent piece of driving, though - the engine reversing onto the carriages: inch perfect!  ;) :D ;D

I didn't spot a brake test on the stock  ;)

Not surprising really - must always be done from the rearmost vehicle and that wasn't shown until the shot of the train leaving. And depending on the health of the ejector on the locomotive you'd be lucky to get the vacuum up to 25 inHg (this is the GWR, remember) through a train of that length in the duration of the clip!

I'll put my anorak away now...

And you'd be amazed how many clowns you get trying to jump onto a moving train even at a heritage railway. Lost count of the times I've bawled at someone to stay clear, and been given an earful of abuse for my troubles. More than once I've had to dump the vacuum in a hurry to bring the train to a stand before they kill themselves. Never ceases to surprise me how people think that because it's on a heritage railway it will stop instantly (it won't!) and won't hurt them if they slip in between it and the platform (it will!).