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  1. The class 37 isn't ETH fitted, that's the multiple working jumper you have photographed
  2. Is there any update on delivery of the EWS maroon version?
  3. There looks to be 4 of the large domino dots in the picture, enough for both ends as the split- box locos had one dot in each box
  4. Mike, I have a feeling the 3 Capitals sets weren't fitted with ADD
  5. Are these trains not fitted with ADD, or is the distance between the end of the OLE and the bridge insufficient to allow the ADD to be effective in time?
  6. Been there, done that a number of times at same location and same traction - only got soaked once and worked to Donny in underpants and shirt (trousers and jacket draped over the train heat boiler to dry out) hoping I didn't have to use an SPT.
  7. If DB were to do retro liveries I think I would prefer them to apply it to the class 60s
  8. Thinking about it again I think the on/off switch may have been dim/bright hence removing the bulbs on an overnight as they would be on whenever the guard switched on the train lighting
  9. I think you are correct - the large brass knob was for the heating and there was an on/off switch above the sliding compartment door for the compartment ceiling lights. There were also individual lights with their own switch on the wall above the seats (can't remember if these were only in first class or in second as well). Removing the ceiling light bulbs and closing the blinds usually resulted in a reasonable sleep on overnights!
  10. True on both counts, it was just an idle thought although he would have to drive past the airport to get to the railway station as it's located at the end of a cut-de-sac alongside some old hangers
  11. David, the '68 manning agreement had more conditions than those I and Ken W have alluded to. For example there were restrictions for single manned turns on distance travelled non-stop and number of hours continuous without a break - for KX men any first stop Doncaster or York runs may have breached either or both of these conditions hence needing a secondman, and these could have been the turns you accompanied your Uncle on, especially if he was in the Top Link.
  12. There is still a 14.56 on a Sunday in the new timetable - I wonder if you could claim a taxi as a replacement if the station is closed for repairs? That would be more convenient for the airport as you could get the taxi to drop off/pick up at the terminal building!
  13. Teesside Airport station is not quite closed yet Mark. One train a week (Hartlepool to Darlington) in one direction only still calls there although I doubt anyone uses it. There are still platforms in each direction but the footbridge has been condemned so you cannot access the Middlesbrough direction platform.
  14. We had some single manned turns at Gateshead, generally trains formed of air con stock. There were double manned turns with air cons as well where one leg of the diagram was a steam heat set, or where there wasn't sufficient time for a PNB to comply with single manning agreement, or our London lodge turns - from at least 1974 when I started until HSTs took over we worked the 10.00 (Scotsman) and the 18.00 (Newcastle Executive) out of Kings Cross
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