Fettster42 Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 What headcodes did they use within Southampton Dock? I haven't found any pictures of B4s at the docks. The USA tanks I have found seem to have a single disc middle above buffer beam but they usually seem to have things written on in black. I've seen 2, 4, 5, 12 and an R. Is a single disc code like this light engine as with lamps (I'm new to SR/BR(S) and details of UK operations generally) What do the letters mean? TIA Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hodgson Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 1 hour ago, Fettster42 said: What headcodes did they use within Southampton Dock? I haven't found any pictures of B4s at the docks. The USA tanks I have found seem to have a single disc middle above buffer beam but they usually seem to have things written on in black. I've seen 2, 4, 5, 12 and an R. Is a single disc code like this light engine as with lamps (I'm new to SR/BR(S) and details of UK operations generally) What do the letters mean? TIA I don't know about Southampton docks, but quite a lot of places had what they called a target, for a particular duty that a loco might be allocated to. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bécasse Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 One disc on each Southern head code habitually displayed the locomotive duty number. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fettster42 Posted March 29 Author Share Posted March 29 Just now, bécasse said: One disc on each Southern head code habitually displayed the locomotive duty number. Cheers. Neebie question!! What is a duty number? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bécasse Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 Each duty spelled out a locomotive's tasks for the "day" together with the timings for those tasks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fettster42 Posted March 29 Author Share Posted March 29 1 hour ago, bécasse said: Each duty spelled out a locomotive's tasks for the "day" together with the timings for those tasks. So no particular reason for any number without a list of the daily duties? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bécasse Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 The numbers were almost always carried by locos working out of sheds on the South Eastern whereas they were often missing on the Central and South Western (so the discs were just plain white). Specials had the letters SPL above the number in a much smaller font. Three digit numbers seem most common but one might expect that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivercider Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 Searching Flickr for 'B4 Southampton' this came up. Posted by Charlie Verrall of B4 no.96 Normandy, cheers 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fettster42 Posted March 29 Author Share Posted March 29 @Rivercider Thanks. First B4 I've found. I've not really used Flikr. I'll take look. @bécasse is R the same as numbers? I've seen that on USA tanks too. What is the meaning of the two at mid height? Is it common to have mixed lights and headcodes? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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