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Talyllyn Railway Drivers' Meeting 2005

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The annual Drivers' Meeting took place on 27th. November, 2005; of 21 drivers and 15 passed firemen who had driven steam-hauled passenger trains during 2005, 31 were present (accounting for 91% of trips) and the others had submitted written assessments and/or comments (including one who had planned to attend but was prevented by snow and sent comments by facsimile). The meeting commenced at about 0930 and closed at about 1540 with breaks for coffee in the morning and lunch (about one hour and a quarter) at midday.


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to Driver

Rachel Palfreyman

to Passed Fireman

(subject to Board and medical approval)

Robert Frost
Bob Morland

to Fireman

Nick Briggs
James Foster
Gethin Taylor
Martin Turner

to Passed Cleaner

Paul Cottrell
Andrew Jordan (reinstated)
Pippa McCanna
Andrew Robinson
Tony Sharpe

to Cleaner (includes cards issued during the season)

Fergus Boden
Niall Bowdler
Sophie Collins
Josh Green
Matt Haywood
Leonie Jenkins
Simon Nuttall
Liz Peto
Robert Shemilt
Marc Smith
Kate Wenborn


Driving Turns 2005

to 5/11/2005 inclusive

NAME Trips
Graham THOMAS62
Phil GUEST61.25
John ROBINSON57.5
Jon MANN55.5
Terry GURD54
Bill HEYNES50.5
Chris PARROTT49
Malcolm BROWN48
Mike GREEN47
Charlie DANIEL46
Phil HIGGINSON44
Martin FULLER43.5
Andrew YOUNG40
John SCOTT39
Simon JENKINS37.25
Gareth JONES34
Ray REID34
Donald HEATH33
Jeff SHUTTLEWORTH33
Julian STOW33
Dave SCOTSON32
Mike DAVIES31
Keith FOSTER31
Peter MINTOFT27
John BURTON28
Dave NASH23
Paul SHUTTLEWORTH23
Rachel PALFREYMAN19
Don NEWING16
Bill TYNDALL14
Liz GREEN12
David JONES12
Viv THORPE10
Steve POWELL8
Phil CARE7
Murray DODS1
Please note that the numbers of trips shewn for drivers is calculated from the locomotive running sheets as transferred to computer by Don Newing. They are therefore not strictly comparable with figures for earlier years. In particular they include the 2004 Christmas service, some non-passenger workings and a rough approximation for part trips.

Firing Turns 2005

to 5/11/2005 inclusive

NAME Trips
Matthew DAWSON49
Philip KENT-MASON44
Andrew THOMAS39
Robert FROST38
Bob MORLAND36
Graham JENKINS35
Neil JONES35
Russell PRINCE31.25
Karen WILLANS31
Sarah FREEMAN30
Ian LLOYD-OWEN28
Matt SHIELD28
Lis MANN27
Mark FREEMAN26
Andrew BAILEY25
Phil WHEELER25
Noel WILLIAMS24
Helen CARLYLE23
Bob DENTON23
Nicholas FIELDHOUSE23
Bob CAMBRIDGE22
Christine HOMER22
Tony BENNETT21.5
Tony BAKER20
Alex EYRES19
Andy FOX19
Simon JENKINS19
Peter KENT-MASON19
Robert PLUMRIDGE17
Peter FULLER16
Alan JENKINS16
Sarah FOSTER15.5
Martin FULLER15.5
Nicky FOX15
Sheldon PENN15
Andrew ROBINSON15
Richard GARVEY14
Roy MILBURN14
Winston MCCANNA12.5
Ian EVANS11
Tony SHARPE11
James FOSTER10.5
Martin TURNER10.25
Paul HYDE10
Gethin TAYLOR10
Ken TIMSON10
Duncan RITCHIE9
Andrew VICK9
Chas BRIGGS8
Nick BRIGGS8
Peter BRIGGS8
Paul COTTRELL8
MRFS8
Paul HEINRICH7
Phil HIGGINSON7
David MITCHELL7
Rebecca SHARPE7
David MARTIN6
Dale COTON5
Jo PLUMRIDGE5
Bill TYNDALL5
David JONES4
Geoff LOYNES4
Chris PARROTT4
Chris PRICE4
Andrew YOUNG4
John BURTON3
Dave NASH3
Zoe ATKINS2
Murray DODS2
Phil GLAZEBROOK2
Dave JACQUES2
Don NEWING2
Dave SCOTSON2
Chris SMITH2
Kate WILLERS2
Tim WROBLEWSKI2
Ray REID1.5
Keith ALGER1
Mike DAVIES1
Liz GREEN1
Mike GREEN1
Peter MINTOFT1
Charles PEARL1

These figures have also been extracted from the locomotive running shhets by Don Newing.


Last modified on 30th. November, 2005 by John S. Robinson (Secretary@talyllyn.co.uk),