spikey Posted November 5, 2022 Share Posted November 5, 2022 How exactly did they work? I'm only familiar with the ordinary short lamp irons, so I've never understood how the lamp was fixed to them so it stayed at the top (as I assume was the intention). How was it done? Any why? Why the need for a "high level" lamp? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted November 5, 2022 Share Posted November 5, 2022 Think discs rather than lamps. https://sremg.org.uk/headcodes/sheadcodes/02.html Jason 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spikey Posted November 5, 2022 Author Share Posted November 5, 2022 30 minutes ago, Steamport Southport said: Think discs rather than lamps. D'oh ...🙄 Didn't they use lamps at all then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted November 5, 2022 Share Posted November 5, 2022 3 minutes ago, spikey said: D'oh ...🙄 Didn't they use lamps at all then? They seem to have used a strange combination of both looking here. https://www.lbscr.org/Rolling-Stock/Locomotives/Stroudley/A1.xhtml Jason 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spikey Posted November 5, 2022 Author Share Posted November 5, 2022 Hmmm. Strange indeed ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted November 5, 2022 Share Posted November 5, 2022 Discs don't shine very brightly a night. The double-height lamp irons only appeared on 'Brighton' locomotives - the LSWR and SECR fitted mid-height irons on the smokebox instead. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewartingram Posted November 5, 2022 Share Posted November 5, 2022 Britannias on the SR had extended lamp irons due to the oil lamps blowing out. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Holliday Posted November 5, 2022 Share Posted November 5, 2022 2 hours ago, Steamport Southport said: They seem to have used a strange combination of both looking here. https://www.lbscr.org/Rolling-Stock/Locomotives/Stroudley/A1.xhtml Jason To the best of my knowledge the Brighton had no daytime headcodes that required both lamps and discs. Lamps were substituted during the night and in fog, usually in similar positions to the day time discs. I believe the photos showing both are a result of the spare lamps being placed on any convenient spare iron. Some of the LBSC tanks had an array of irons on the nearside tank top for the lamps instead. As for the original question, the tall lamp irons were shaped at the top with a taper to engage with the lamp or disc. There was only one on each iron, there being a separate shorter iron directly in front, which could give the impression that both discs were on the same iron. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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