Old Dutybooks

[cheshamman]

Hi
if i have any duty books that they are willing to let me have them or borrow

I am intrested in Metropolitan Line duty books

Please email me [e-mail]

Kind Regards
Lee

[Tubeboy]

Is that sort of thing allowed? Even if they are very old?

I know station logbooks are considered a legal document and have to be kept on the station for 10 years. I would imagine service control logbooks are the same or similar?

[c5]

tubeboy said:

Is that sort of thing allowed? Even if they are very old?

I know station logbooks are considered a legal document and have to be kept on the station for 10 years. I would imagine service control logbooks are the same or similar?

Tubeboy, I think Lee is referring to T/Ops duty books. These fall into the same catagorary as Working Timetables, ie not for publication. Though often old Working Timetables/Duty Books are sold at railwayana fairs.

Log books, station or control room books should never be released.
If they did it would take many years for someone to work out each controllers shorthand ;D

[Colin]

Duty books are actually unofficial publications made by train operators for use by their colleagues. Whilst they are not official, and therefore not subject to censorship by TfL / LUL, common sense should prevail - nobody can expect to aquire a current (ie, one that matches a current working timetable) drivers duty book. I don't see a problem with older ones which are no longer used.