E-BLAST - 16 OCTOBER 2016

Footplate Padre - one of Mark's portfolio ministries as a former train driver and an author of 16 books of driver's anecdotes. His ministry is featured in the Nov Newsletter in 2 weeks.
Photo - 2011 on a Footplate Padre visit with 48121, a loco type he drove on the Illawarra line in the early '70s on passenger trains between Woolongong and Sydney.
As an aside - 2016 young writer conf, 2 USA young writers knew the word "engineer" (US train driver) but never the "footplate" (walkway around the engine).