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THERE was a time, so it was said, that every young boy wanted to be a train driver when he grew up. I doubt that’s true today. More likely a muscle bound reality TV star, a technology entrepreneur or a professional footballer. Although that might say just as much about the declining image of the railways as it does about modern male aspirations. For no longer is the person seated behind the screen in the cab of a diesel locomotive considered the lord of all they survey. It’s a far cry from being in charge of a thundering, rumbling, steam belching dragon, racing through the countryside, smoke trail in its wake, hauling a snaking line of carriages or wagons. Probably quicker, certainly cleaner, but a whole lot less exciting.