Mr chapman Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Hello. Just a quick one here... I'm adding detailing bits to some farish MK1's. The knuckles and pipes are self explanatory. But what are the end doors about? I have one with rounded corners and a rectangular one. I assume as I've got one of each with each coach they are for the ends of the train only? Is one an earlier or regional type? They are going on a 50's-60's set. The rounded one also has lamp brackets. Thanks in advance Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les1952 Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 For ends of a train only. Kindly provided by the railways on the grounds that when passengers fall out of the back of a train there is a ridiculous amount of paperwork generated... I suspect the rounded one at the tail end of the train with the other next to the engine. No doubt someone will give chapter and verse. Springside, amongst others do lamps to hang on them. Hope this helps. Les Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluedepot Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 when did they stop using these end door plates? Tim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
acourtrail Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 I think the end boards fell out of use with B.R around the 1970s. A few are still in use on preserved railways. I have a feeling they were banned from use on routes under overhead electrification due to the risk of staff touching the wires when fixing and removing the boards. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 Probably stopped when BR realised people were as likely to fall out of the doors on the side of the coach as the end of the coach. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy stroud Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 what was wrong with just locking the sliding door on the end of the mk 1s? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les1952 Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 what was wrong with just locking the sliding door on the end of the mk 1s? The number of folk who had illicit keys, even back to Victorian times. My great-grandfather had one. I wish I knew what became of it- he showed the key to me when I was a small boy, but I was only eleven when he died (at 91 though he always claimed he was older having lied about his age to get in the army....) It wasn't entirely unknown for a locked-off buffet car at the back of a train to be opened. The episode of the Navy Lark where CPO Pertwee opens a locked door at the tail of a train was based in part on real events. Les Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr chapman Posted January 13, 2016 Author Share Posted January 13, 2016 Thanks chaps Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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