Ken Davies – 08721 Ken Davies

Ken Davies first stepped into the cab of a train aged 4 with his dad Ken Davies. He first drove one when he was 12, when he’d go to work with his dad. What started as a young boy’s passion has become a career lasting over half a century that has taken Ken Davies across the country in a just about every class of train.

To mark his achievement, the shunter 08721 was renamed Ken Davies in his honour. For Ken junior, touching that nameplate was a lifelong thank you to his dad Ken senior.

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