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LMS Route: Nuneaton to Leamington

Kenilworth Junction: lnwrkj2054

A two-car Diesel Multiple Unit is seen approaching Kenilworth Junction Signal Box where the second man will collect the train staff

A two-car Diesel Multiple Unit is seen approaching Kenilworth Junction Signal Box where the second man will collect the train staff. When DMU and diesel powered locomotives were introduced on the railways in the late 1950s the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen (ASLEF), the trade union representing most train crews in the UK, fought hard to prevent these units becoming one-man operated. The former fireman was therefore known as the second man fulfilling non-existence duties duties on the pretext of Health & Safety. Today, these and electrical powered trains are now operated by one person.

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