Nice video of locomotive repair and TPM practices in the good old days
of steam.
Dave


http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=9bd_1296657073

The London Midland Scottish Locomotive General Repair Shop c1932

An LMS film showing how a steam locomotive goes through a full
overhaul in under 2 weeks in the 1930's.

LMS - London Midland Scottish, was once the second largest employer in
the country and was the result of almagamating several smaller
railways (railroads).

Despite having widespread interests in a number of commercial areas
the LMS was first and foremost a railway organisation. It operated in
all four constituent countries of the United Kingdom and in England
its operations penetrated 32 of the 40 counties.

The company operated around 7,000 route miles servicing 2,944 goods
depots and 2,588 passenger stations, using 291,490 freight vehicles,
20,276 passenger vehicles and 9,914 locomotives.

The company directly employed 263,000 staff and through its annual
coal consumption of over six and a half million tons could claim to
indirectly employ a further 26,500 coal miners.

Like many UK industries they were ravaged at the end of WW2.

The Railways Act of 1921 created four large railway companies which
were in effect geographical monopolies albeit with competition at
their boundaries with some lines either reaching into competitors
territory or, being jointly operated.