Sorry akenaton - got sidetracked with the mention of that song by Don Bilston.

I've also got a mate who was a signalman on the LMS from the forties onwards until he retired in the eighties after 47 years service. He comes out with some stories as well - I've got a load of them recorded for posterity. I got Stan Ambrose of BBC Radio Merseyside to interview him and he played a load of Dave Goulder's songs to illustrate the stories. A great show.

Cheers
Mark