We've had a good many bombs fon the Railway in the. last week for so. and. they've I: nocked " my feebles out In about a dozen places, but we put om back again ina few hours and we've had no elec=
{trical Interruptions of the services, We had a time delay bomb. on the Brighton "line at Burley" Oaks on Sunday which stopped the tame however it went of at 855. Inst night withen doing any real damage.
T send you copy of a report made by one of my 1,200 motormen which will give you a pretty good idea to how these things are being {taken here," think everyone Is confident that we've already got the upper hand of the German "Air Porce although ye no doubt that they'll pepper us pretty thoroughly for the next few However, everyone goes to ground when the fun begins and the effect on the morale of the ordinary public is the opposite of what the Huns desire, Motorman's Report August 16, 1940, Dear Sir: After receiving the action warning Kingston Station T proceeded with caution to Maiden and while brake ing my train in the platform there was a sharp burst' of machine gun fire "immediately overhead and simultaneously a" whole salvo of bombs "some 8 or 9. in number dropped all round the station causing damage to the glass in my train fand scattering most of the. super: structure of the station "all over the platform and track. As goon as the dust had settled" a bit, T ox amined my train and after testing found the equipment O. K, Twa informed that'all phone communica~ ion was damaged and we could not get through anywhere, T decid. ed to take my train to Wimbledon Park Depot and informed the Signalmen and Guard accordingly. Before starting 1 cleared all obstruction from the ive rail with the hook switch, then with the assist ance of the Foreman Porter and two platelayers we removed all Aebris' from the fkack—and train, afler which I proceeded with eaution to the Depot vin Durnsford Road, stopped at Wimbledon and ro-quested the "Traffic Tnspector to arrange for a repair gang to be sent to Maiden, T fortunately escaped any damage to myself and am ready for the faithfully, (Sad) FW.
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