cctransuk Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 Not my copyright Surely the NPCCS vans were not that full? Pies needing to be kept warm? John Isherwood. 3 1 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 50 minutes ago, cctransuk said: Not my copyright Surely the NPCCS vans were not that full? Pies needing to be kept warm? John Isherwood. Pies being warmed through for train crew/ platform staff? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 1 hour ago, cctransuk said: Not my copyright Surely the NPCCS vans were not that full? Pies needing to be kept warm? John Isherwood. DPD - 'The early years' 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted February 4, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 4, 2021 (edited) Crikey - that is a rather worrying symptom of an LMR takeover; never did things like that on the Western. Hopefully the Black Five hadn't been put on at Oxford but is in the bay so it's probably some sort of weird LMR idea . Edited February 4, 2021 by The Stationmaster 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yardman Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 Trying to keep the pies warm. The boiler backhead was a better location, but the crew might eat them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave750t Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 It's the loco's birthday. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hodgson Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 Local custom when you couldn't find a second lamp to show the correct headcode? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BMacdermott Posted February 4, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 4, 2021 Hello everyone Does anyone know what station that is? If the location has a loco shed, perhaps these might be Special Traffic Notices (STNs) etc destined for an MPD? The loco shows 'light engine' lamp code. Empty water churns from Bruton Road Crossing were sometimes carried on S&D loco buffer beams. Brian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMS2968 Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 That might be a tail lamp from when it backed on to the stock. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 55 minutes ago, BMacdermott said: Hello everyone Does anyone know what station that is? If the location has a loco shed, perhaps these might be Special Traffic Notices (STNs) etc destined for an MPD? The loco shows 'light engine' lamp code. Empty water churns from Bruton Road Crossing were sometimes carried on S&D loco buffer beams. Brian It looks like Banbury, in the north-facing bay; if so, it's the wrong direction for the shed, I believe. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BMacdermott Posted February 4, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 4, 2021 20 minutes ago, LMS2968 said: That might be a tail lamp from when it backed on to the stock. Thanks, yes, it does look a bit 'dark' doesn't it. Brian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheatley Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 Handle is the wrong shape for a tail lamp surely ? And the lamp looks round. My first thought was notices too. Presumably they'd be in the way on the footplate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewartingram Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 (edited) Something to be dropped off en route - signal box or crossing keeper perhaps? Or something the crew are carrying home, no room in cab? I've seen bikes carried like that. Stewart edit to add - no room inside boiler or tender for the DCC chip? Edited February 4, 2021 by stewartingram 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Right Away Posted February 4, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 4, 2021 Now then, what year did Amazon really start trading? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMS2968 Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 Engines generally carried two headlamps, and it wasn't unusual when running light engine to, perhaps, a terminus station to work an express, to place one on the tender and the other above one of the engine's buffers. After hooking on, the fireman would remove the one from the tender and place it over the other buffer, ready to depart. I'm not sure what class of train the Five is, presumably, about to work, but it could be a Class C parcels, so one in the middle, as seen, and the other over the right hand buffer. Really, your guess is as good as mine. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dagworth Posted February 4, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 4, 2021 Makes me think of the Ivor The Engine episode where Jones is handed a parcel of fish to carry. He is told to be careful, she wants it fresh, not smoked. To which Jones replies that he’ll put it on top of the coal. “She can have it black”. Andi Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SM42 Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 14 minutes ago, Dagworth said: Makes me think of the Ivor The Engine episode where Jones is handed a parcel of fish to carry. He is told to be careful, she wants it fresh, not smoked. To which Jones replies that he’ll put it on top of the coal. “She can have it black”. Andi I was thinking exactly the same. " is it coal you'll be wanting?: "Why what else have you got?" " we've only got coal" " we'll have coal then" Brilliant dialogue in what I think was episode 1 Andy 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TheSignalEngineer Posted February 4, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 4, 2021 Possibly going to take them across to the offices in the Hump Yard? I remember hitching a lift a couple of times, once taking a box of batteries out to a motor worked Distant signal and the other to do a repair on a pole route in mid section by that means. Much easier than getting it into the back cab of a diesel although the Coventry parcels pilot with its low sided wagon attached was commandeered to take an AWS magnet and our tools to a signal out towards Canley. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 30851 Posted February 4, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 4, 2021 Could be just moving the parcels from one platform to the another without manhandling them over the bridge. I am sure I have heard of that being done at some point. Rob Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
2251 Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 It is definitely Banbury -- the west side down bay, which was then No 2 platform. I am a bit doubtful about the idea that it is moving parcels from one platform to another as the rebuilt Banbury had lifts. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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