Michael Hodgson Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 3 hours ago, Re6/6 said: Going on a bit of a tangent, back in day when I was working at Totnes, we had a leading railman who was an ex-signalman from Brent Box who had a rather 'economical' attitude to the use of platform lighting. When he was on middle turn, passengers would be waiting under the dim light of two lamps and when the 'Cardiff' ran in at 1825 the remaining lights would be switched on 'plink..plink..plink' as it ran in and the he would extinguish the lights in the same manner during departure! As a signalman he'd be used to working with most of the lights off. Under AB you need to be able to see the tail lamp of passing trains, and it's much easier to see if your eyes have got adjusted to the dark. The only light you really need is for writing entries in the register. Very considerate of him to extend the same courtesy to train crews! I believe the late Queen had a bit of a reputation for saving the taxpayers money by wandering round Buck House at night switching off the lights in all the empty rooms. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted January 21, 2023 Author Share Posted January 21, 2023 11 minutes ago, Michael Hodgson said: . and not necessarily got any charge left in its battery ! How silly of you not to top up your battery from the USB port conveniently placed in the seat in front of you before leaving the train ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hodgson Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 3 hours ago, Wickham Green too said: How silly of you not to top up your battery from the USB port conveniently placed in the seat in front of you before leaving the train ! You've got USB ports on your trains? You've got seats on your trains?? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted January 21, 2023 Author Share Posted January 21, 2023 Apologies - I was thinking of the all-electric buses that've just been introduced on one of our local routes ...... but I'm sure I've seen USB port on trains somewhere. Apart from the Networkers which still have seats, my local trains only have hard benches ( 376 & 707 ). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanuts Posted January 22, 2023 Share Posted January 22, 2023 Before it became a manned station the lights at Greenfield station were on a timer would only come on for morning and evening rush hours worked well untill local yoof found the timer dial box could be easily opened and altered .many a late turn would have to stroll down from the signalbox to re set as the station was in darkness at 4.30 pm . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewartingram Posted January 22, 2023 Share Posted January 22, 2023 On 20/01/2023 at 22:50, Gwiwer said: Asked and answered. A pocket torch? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artless Bodger Posted January 22, 2023 Share Posted January 22, 2023 Don't some trains carry glow sticks for emergency evacuations? Iirc some in boxes at the end of HST carriages? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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