6959 Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 On each end of the Hornby Hawksworth red and cream coaches there is a yellow dot with a number beside it which must have been copied from full size practise. Bachmann Western Region MK1 coaches do not have this but Bachmann BG M80565 has a yellow 'A' in two places on each end. Information appreciated. Hawksworth coach / type / Wrunning numberW / [yellow dot number] BG W298W [29] BG W316W BCK W7373W [32] BCK W7839W [32] BTK W1773W [31] BTK W2138W FK W8063W FK W8114W TK W782W TK W856W [33] CK W7261W CK W7821W [34] Thanks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisf Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 The yellow dot is to show that the vehicle is accepted by other Regions. Many GW design coaches were prohibited from other companies' lines because of their dimensions. The yellow dot stock, being 8'11" wide, had a very wide route availability. The figure is the weight in tons. Chris Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
6959 Posted February 24, 2012 Author Share Posted February 24, 2012 The yellow dot is to show that the vehicle is accepted by other Regions. Many GW design coaches were prohibited from other companies' lines because of their dimensions. The yellow dot stock, being 8'11" wide, had a very wide route availability. The figure is the weight in tons. Chris Thanks Chris. Are there other route availability colour coded dots? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisf Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 I think the only other route availability symbol on the GW was the red triangle. This was applied to really big coaches like the Centenary stock which were 9'7" wide and supplemented by a long list of routes, painted on the coach, where they were not allowed. As a further precaution against coaches knocking bits off striuctures or vice versa, some trains were shown in the carriage working programmes as "NOT to include Red Triangle stock". Chris Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted February 25, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 25, 2012 The only other one I can find was 'WXQ' (within a painted 'box' outline) which denoted that the vehicle was permitted to work over the Weymouth Quay tramway. To add to Chris's note above 'Red Triangle' vehicles were not allowed to work anywhere off GWR lines. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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