BoxInfo

Hi there

 

For headcodes take a look at http://en.wikipedia....eporting_number. However the last two digits are route specific identifying trains on a given route. Studying photos 8.50 and 8.51 look pukka for D6331 and D6320 when they operated in the Gloucester area in the late 60's - early 70s which leads me to believe that these were the codes for the local Gloucester trip workings. For other areas suggest you study photos or better still get hold of a working time table for your area - they are a mine of info!

 

Kind regards

 

Phil Bullock

This is incorrect, the last two digits on train numbers are not route specific. On the Southern EMU'S/33's etc carried two digit route codes, eg (on the SW division) 81-83 was Waterloo to Portsmouth line stations via Guildford. The 'route' part of a four character headcode/train number/digit is the letter, 'P' now being Waterloo to Portsmouth via Guildford for example. The last two numbers are the individual train on any given day so the 0730 Waterloo to Portsmouth might be 1P05, the 0830 1P07 etc etc. As most know there are also regional destination letters, eg 'V' is any other region to the Western, 'O' to the Southern and so on. No doub't most of this is 'coals to Newcastle'!!!!

Hatton's website shows latest class 14's to have the wasp stripes extending above the front doors as they should and headcodes ready fitted, that should help if not wanting to take the loco to pieces unless different headcodes needed.