A letter to John Lealman.

menticknap · Post by **menticknap** » Thu Mar 03, 2022 1:34 pm

My Mandys Grandad worked on the Driffield line. He used to call his loco the Coffee Pot.

4008 · Post by **4008** » Thu Mar 03, 2022 1:57 pm

That's fab Matthew!

Thanks for sharing

andybat48 · Post by **andybat48** » Thu Mar 03, 2022 8:15 pm

It is nice to see some family history in connection with the railway.

AndyB · Post by **AndyB** » Fri Mar 04, 2022 7:24 am

menticknap wrote: ↑Thu Mar 03, 2022 1:34 pm My Mandys Grandad worked on the Driffield line. He used to call his loco the Coffee Pot.

Coffee pot was possibly a nickname for one of the LNER Y1 or Y3 Sentinels that were allocated to Malton Shed?

Andy

AndyB · Post by **AndyB** » Sat Mar 05, 2022 6:10 pm

Maybe this one is the coffee pot!

King123 · Post by **King123** » Sat Mar 05, 2022 6:48 pm

I’ve Just been looking at the photo and underneath the number , it looks chalk marking the name Alf
Does this ring any bells any clues ?