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The order started from shunters, passed drivers, drivers, first class goods drivers, and finally to passenger drivers.
I was a freight guard, and a shunter, working in filthy, dangerous conditions.
I speak as a former railway shunter and goods guard.
In the work of the shunters two classes of men were employed.
Little shunter trains operate in other parts of the country, stopping at small places.
The shunters in 1921 numbered 19,100, and in 1931, 16,300.
Will there be further improvements in the accommodation for shunters and guards?
One of the most difficult classes to recruit is that of shunters because it is hard work, done in all weathers, day and night.
These are drivers and motormen, firemen, guards and shunters.
This delay has been caused by the difficulty in getting shunters to shunt the wagons to the dockside to clear the craft.
The general manager accordingly saw these men, and he gave them the wages of shunters — that is the higher wage.
By 1961, when the replacement of steam by diesel shunters will be completed, the saving will be about £3 million a year.
The shunters could do their work and not be concerned with getting certain empty waggons "home" by six o'clock in the morning.
There were 1,861 guards sick, which was an increase of 540; and there were 1,525 shunters sick, which was an increase of 514.
It is the same with the shunter and the guard.
