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Title: 'Rail victim's son to drive trains', from the BBC (18/08/09) Post by: Chris from Nailsea on August 18, 2009, 11:45:04 From the BBC (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/north_yorkshire/8205318.stm):
Quote The son of a train driver killed in the Selby rail tragedy is to become a rail driver himself. James Dunn, 18, from Nomansland, Wiltshire, was only nine-years-old when his father Steve, 39, and nine others were killed in the accident. Mr Dunn's mother, Mary, said James had "always been interested in the railway" and that "his dad would have been thrilled" over his son's career choice. Mr Dunn begins his training in London next month, his mother said. She added that his father's death had made James "even more determined" to work with trains. The tragedy at Greak Heck near Selby, North Yorkshire, occurred when a Land Rover driven by Gary Hart veered off the M62 and onto the rail line after he fell asleep at the wheel in February 2001. This caused a 125mph London express train and a 1,800-tonne freight train, driven by Steve Dunn, to collide, killing six passengers and four railway staff. Title: Re: 'Rail victim's son to drive trains', from the BBC (18/08/09) Post by: Tim on August 18, 2009, 11:55:17 From the BBC (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/north_yorkshire/8205318.stm): Quote The son of a train driver killed in the Selby rail tragedy is to become a rail driver himself. James Dunn, 18, from Nomansland, Wiltshire, was only nine-years-old when his father Steve, 39, and nine others were killed in the accident. Mr Dunn's mother, Mary, said James had "always been interested in the railway" and that "his dad would have been thrilled" over his son's career choice. Mr Dunn begins his training in London next month, his mother said. She added that his father's death had made James "even more determined" to work with trains. The tragedy at Greak Heck near Selby, North Yorkshire, occurred when a Land Rover driven by Gary Hart veered off the M62 and onto the rail line after he fell asleep at the wheel in February 2001. This caused a 125mph London express train and a 1,800-tonne freight train, driven by Steve Dunn, to collide, killing six passengers and four railway staff. Mr Dunn was not a "rail victim" but the victim or an idiot in a Land Rover. Anyway, alll teh best to James. Title: Re: 'Rail victim's son to drive trains', from the BBC (18/08/09) Post by: Super Guard on August 18, 2009, 14:43:09 Do you not have to be 21 to be a "rail driver" ?
The son of driver Stan Martin that was killed at Upton Nervet in 2004 also works for FGW now (who by co-incidence is also called James). Title: Re: 'Rail victim's son to drive trains', from the BBC (18/08/09) Post by: devon_metro on August 18, 2009, 15:22:36 I have spoken to James in the past, and it was always his ambition. Good on him :)
Title: Re: 'Rail victim's son to drive trains', from the BBC (18/08/09) Post by: Ollie on August 20, 2009, 11:25:13 According to a report I saw he will be working for TubeLines. So 18 year olds can do it.
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