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"apls,is the Joe Tinsley the one who was a train driver at Springs Branch,if so he's still going strong"

I have only just seen this utt and yes that is the Joe Tinsley that I mentioned before and he was a loco driver at Springs Branch and when I was about six years old his daughter Barbara took me on a long walk (it seemed like it at the time)to Bamfurlong Sidings where Joe was driving a small steam loco which I suppose was a shunter and he gave me and Barbara a ride on the footplate of the steam engine, which looking back now is something which I can feel very lucky about, I wonder how many people who have seen pictures of Bamfurlong sidings can say they rode on the footplate of a steam loco there,

I am glad to hear that Joe is still going strong, do you know if he still lives in Bamfurlong utt