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Post by Christopher J on Jun 5, 2005 15:28:43 GMT
Hello all, I've just been having a click around Solidbonds great LU Archive site and found a Photo of a D78 Cab in its original form. The Photo is mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/LUArchive/html/donated_photos_9.html One thing I’ve noticed is that there’s a red button in between the MainLine Air Gauge and Speedo, which has now been removed from the D78s. Can anybody identify what this red buttons job was? Answers appreciated, Christopher.
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Post by igelkotten on Jun 5, 2005 15:56:01 GMT
A wild guess: Could it be the old button for the whistle? And another thing: I note that the driver's desk hs a convenient ashtray, too. A sign of it's times... /Igelkotten
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Post by Christopher J on Jun 5, 2005 16:12:04 GMT
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Post by q8 on Jun 5, 2005 16:17:17 GMT
One thing I’ve noticed is that there’s a red button in between the MainLine Air Gauge and Speedo, which has now been removed from the D78s. Can anybody identify what this red buttons job was? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ That's not a button lad, it was a name badge. A kind of tripod thing. All long since fallen or ripped orf.
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Post by DWS on Jun 5, 2005 17:29:01 GMT
One thing I’ve noticed is that there’s a red button in between the MainLine Air Gauge and Speedo, which has now been removed from the D78s. Can anybody identify what this red buttons job was? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ That's not a button lad, it was a name badge. A kind of tripod thing. All long since fallen or ripped orf. It looks like the logo of the Westinghouse Brake & Signal Company.
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Post by solidbond on Jun 5, 2005 18:33:07 GMT
One thing I’ve noticed is that there’s a red button in between the MainLine Air Gauge and Speedo, which has now been removed from the D78s. Can anybody identify what this red buttons job was? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ That's not a button lad, it was a name badge. A kind of tripod thing. All long since fallen or ripped orf. It looks like the logo of the Westinghouse Brake & Signal Company. And that is exactly what it was! And as has been pointed out they have long since disappeared, probably into someones collection! As to the ashtrays, they have also been consigned to their own dustbin, since smoking is not allowed on the trains now
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Post by Colin on Jun 6, 2005 1:32:27 GMT
As to the ashtrays, they have also been consigned to their own dustbin, since smoking is not allowed on the trains now Which is a shame really!! ;D
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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2005 12:02:43 GMT
Which is a shame really!! ;D Quite agree! That was one thing I enjoyed about working on the mainline... The punters couldn't smoke but the drivers could!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2005 7:04:33 GMT
When did smoking in cabs on LU finally stop - was it after Kings Cross in 1987?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2005 14:56:20 GMT
it would've been i'd imagine....
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Post by Tomcakes on Nov 16, 2005 19:57:31 GMT
IIRC it was actually banned in 84 after the Oxford Circus fire but it wasn't a huge priority and punters would start smoking whilst on the escalator getting out the station - thus KXSP fire. AFAIK after KXSP it was rigidly enforced though (and they got rid of wooden escalators ).
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2005 20:06:01 GMT
IIRC it was actually banned in 84 after the Oxford Circus fire but it wasn't a huge priority and punters would start smoking whilst on the escalator getting out the station - thus KXSP fire. AFAIK after KXSP it was rigidly enforced though (and they got rid of wooden escalators ). How major was the oxo fire then?? Sam
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Post by Colin on Nov 17, 2005 3:48:43 GMT
How major was the oxo fire then?? Sam [rant]It's not a bloody gravy cube!!, it's called Oxford Circus [/rant] Extract from the book 'Tracks To Disaster' by Adrain Vaughan (Ian Allen): On 23rd November 1984 at 9.50pm at Oxford Circus station, a passenger reported smoke on the northbound Victoria line platform. A station Inspector investigated and found the contractor's storage area ablaze with flames up to the ceiling. Thirty fire appliances were required to extinguish the 'smoldering' *, and members of the fire brigade and station staff were trapped by dense black smoke. The whole great station was filled with smoke, trains stalled in the tunnels which were also filling with smoke and 720 passengers had to climb down from the trains and walk along the tracks to escape. The fire was finally brought under control at 1.43am. Fourteen people people went to hospital, including a policewoman and nine underground staff. The cost of repairs came to over £5million. *- The London Underground used to refer to all fires as 'smoldering'.
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