If this happened in the US with one of our steamers it would never run again! The engineer would sue, get millions for his broken hand and his own mistake. The owners of the locomotive would be bankrupt and never have the funds to run it again.
Well, I seriously doubt THAT would happen here in the U.S., however anything is possible. Take for example the AT&SF #3751 trip, way back when she was first completed, the SBRRHS ran a two day trip from LA, over the mountains to Bakersfield, and return. While on the Tehachapi grade, 3751 slips when exiting one of the many tunnels, but the "Engineer", the late Vince Cepola, didn't reach for the throttle but instead started to reach for the sand valve! Luckily, one of the 3751 guys, slapped his hand away, and yelled "SHUT HER OFF!!!". There is a trackside video of the whole event.
Shows what can happen when some one who really doesn't know what the **** they are doing, tries to operate a steam locomotive!
