The aim of haulage, for many, was to ride behind as many locos as possible, and being on a train for a long time limited the number of 'lines in the book' you could get. Short leaps' were favoured by many, but what were the shortest possible loco-hauled trips you could do? Pip Dunn remembers the 'bus stop leaps'.rnFor many haulage 'bashers', it was the challenge of travelling behind as many locos as possible - filling the book so to speak - that was the attraction. There were plenty who did one type of class for maximum mileage, but most went to travel behind as many locos as possible. This meant in the summer seeking out the freight locos thrust into a bit of ad hoc passenger work - usually on holiday trains - and in the winter, going for the passenger locos that worked all year round.
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