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Post by Deleted on Sept 17, 2019 15:08:48 GMT
Hey Why does the D-Stock have a wooden pole thing in the cab in front of the driver? Is that the short circuit device?
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Post by Dstock7080 on Sept 17, 2019 15:32:37 GMT
Hey Why does the D-Stock have a wooden pole thing in the cab in front of the driver? Is that the short circuit device?
It was usually a wooden shoe-paddle, placed by the Depot staff so they could easily see which had been given an overnight tripcock test. link © by bowroaduk |
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Post by rincew1nd on Sept 17, 2019 17:20:32 GMT
If the depot staff put it there to indicate it had been tested, who removed it?
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Post by greggygreggygreg on Sept 17, 2019 18:18:19 GMT
If the depot staff put it there to indicate it had been tested, who removed it? Presumably the next driver to work the train from that cab? |
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Post by Colin on Sept 17, 2019 20:24:56 GMT
As any self respecting D stock driver knows, the shoe paddle in the cab was always wedged on top of the console desk and used as a table for placing one's tea or coffee cup on.
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Post by roythebus on Sept 17, 2019 20:55:49 GMT
On the Southern a paddle in the window indicated the handbrake was on in that cab.  |
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Post by rincew1nd on Sept 17, 2019 22:42:57 GMT
If the depot staff put it there to indicate it had been tested, who removed it? Presumably the next driver to work the train from that cab? As a theory, that's fine; however numerous images appear to show them in service across the network. As any self respecting D stock driver knows, the shoe paddle in the cab was always wedged on top of the console desk and used as a table for placing one's tea or coffee cup on. Ah, so paddle in the window actually means a caffeine-free train operator! |
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