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Wigan Overhead Line Department
Wigan Overhead Line Department
Photo: Dave Taylor
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Item #: 15573
Again taken at Walton Sidings, LE 2 Tommy Colbeck on the left, LE 2 Scott Wall in the middle and Senior Overhead Linesman Willy Potter on the right. Scott, another lad and my self all started on the railway on the same day in August 1987. Norman unfortunately, couldn’t develop the confidence on ladder working quickly enough to satisfy the management and so was finished that first week. Scott finished on ill-health grounds, I think around the late nineties or early 2000’s, and yours truly is still going strong as an Electric Controller at Crewe. April 1989

Comment by: aitch on 20th August 2010 at 17:10

just to enlighten an old railwayman, what is an le2????

Comment by: ALF on 20th August 2010 at 20:34

Its nowt do wit a fire Aitch...a little bit more complicated than that.

Comment by: Dave Taylor on 20th August 2010 at 22:25

Aitch. LE2 = Linesman/Erector class 2

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