On Sat, 18 Mar 2006, David Gerard wrote:
- d. (and being forced to give up smoking isn't helping my mood any)
I don't know how this is, but I heard today that the HSE have banned smoking on the footplate of steam locos because of a possible risk of fire.
Erm, excuse me, but I'd have though the sodding great fire powering the loco - and the sparks out the chinmey from it - would be a slightly bigger fire risk? Yes, you are standing right next to a large store of coal, but I've never heard of a cigaratte igniting lumps of coal larger than your fist!