TheSignalEngineer

Routing bell code 'suffixes' were also used at LM boxes. Some I experienced used the standard code when offering a train for the straight route and a pause-2 or similar added on for the branch train.

Before we were paid by Bank Transfer our salary was paid fortnightly in cash from the booking office.

Our Admin Manager's view was that you shouldn't get paid HGD for annual leave then once you took a day off the six months started again so couldn't claim the grade on a personal basis. Didn't argue with him as I was then able to claim that as I was effectively being paid HGD on a daily basis, if I did my normal job at the weekend or went out assisting with hands-on testing work and was not carrying out management duties I should be paid overtime at my normal rate.

The girders were just to the north of the crossover between the middle roads. I think that crossover is the end of the model from the pictures above, and post #108

Only 18 hours. PWay slacking again. My best was 26 hours on a Sunday day turn which got me home in time for Monday lunch. Over a longer period it was 42 hours on site out of 60 hours on a Friday night to Monday morning signalling changeover.

The Conciliation Grades were considered to be 'Railwaymen'. Workshop staff were in a different line of promotion and not considered to be so. This stems from the Railway Conciliation Scheme of 1907.

The hoses were both black, but in late BR days at least upright standpipes were different colours.

Thanks for that. The colour picture was the only one I had seen with the pipes clearly in view. I had seen B/W pictures on the net of M24460M which looks as if it has a red vac pipe. The PP pipe doesn't look the same shade as the white lettering on the coach end so could be yellow. The ends of the jumpers look a similar shade to the vac pipe. In the case of M24425M the vac pipe stands out as a different colour to the black at the end. Again the Engine Bell jumpers look the same shade as the vac pipe, and the PP pipe looks very pale.

Generally Wages Staff were those who got dirty and Salaried Staff those who didn't, althouth there were exceptions. At a workshop for instance Wages Staff were the fitters, machine operstors, floor sweepers, etc. Salaried Staff were Shop Foremen, Supervisors, Clerks, Work Study men, etc. I can remember places where the canteen was segregated, for instance Goddard Street canteen at Crewe Works had a big hall and a queue for those in overalls and small room where two ladies brought the food to the table for those in suits.

Rails have LNER and a few Early BR available at £99.50 if you want one.

LNER livery is still available in the ordinary bargains list at £109 against rrp of £160.

And about 40% of the items on offer in the steam locos section are pre-1950 liveries.

The joys of the railway before the days of the PC/H&S etc Police. Back in the 1970s the Holy Grail of our office was to get in a 'Double Clock Face' Sunday, following a 12-hour Saturday. If you managed it you could make a week's money in a weekend.

Sounds like many tennis clubs. Yes you can join but woe betide anyone who might impinge on the court time of Peter the President's four. As for getting into the team forget it, you would displace poor old Freddy who has been here since 1958 and has captained the men's 1st for the last 24 seasons. (Only the names have been changed to protect the guilty).

D9002 was the first in blue in October 1966. D9014 kept green livery until November 1969.

I am finishing off a couple of LMS Push-Pull conversions but have come up against a brick wall in trying to find out some paint colours. I only have black and white pictures of the coaches involved, but the pipes for the push-pull equipment and RCH Jumpers for the Engine Bell are painted in a different colour to anything else. They are a light colour but don't appear to be white. I have a vague recollection of reading somewhere that they were yellow but can't find any reference to this. Any ideas? Any help gratefully received.

If you try this website it will give you the dates of fitting with dual brakes and painting in blue livery. http://www.napier-chronicles.co.uk/loco_list.htm Click on your loco number and read through the page. Most of the time in green would have been with maroon VB coaches, but the first runs of the XP64 stock in service were on the 'Talisman' behind a Deltic.

Looking for a bright yellow last week I found a tin of Humbrol satin finish Signal Yellow. Last time it was used was to do some Distant arms in 1981. Still in excellent condition after a good stir. I still have a number of Humbrol and Airfix tinlets used for aircraft modelling with my son in the early 1980s. Good for small bits on figures etc.

Just tried a new tin of Matt black enamel. Despite lots of stirring and shaking it will only dry to a gloss finish.

Not the first time that our members have noticed something like this. http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/123092-2ktechnologies-halifax/?p=3308660

Looks like a scam site and not even subtle. I copied one of the headers and pasted to Ebay. It turned out to be lifted from the shop of our old friend from Cartmel!! A second item took me to a site called Manchester Model Shop, which when found on Google looks as if it is in some lock-ups down a back alley off Bury Old Road A third search took me to an item listed by Rails of Sheffield.

As it was rebuilt c1942 wouldn't it have been the same power class as a Rebuilt Scot?

AEI manufactured the electrical equipment but subbed out the actual building to the Birmingham Railway Carriage & Wagon Co.

There is a report in the local paper concerning a fatal accident to a shunter whilst moving carriages from Aldin's Siding to the station platform in September 1894.

I was involved around 1970-71 with going through the stock at Soho S&T Stores to check why the value at stocktaking was so high. We had to check through every item on the list and identify whether the equipment was still in use on our Division. and offer anything that wasn't to Crewe S&T Stores and Telegraph Shops and the other stores throughout the country. Besides a big range of old LNWR and Midland equipment there were still a few spares from the Siemens Miniature Lever frames and associated outside equipment for the old boxes at Snow Hill. Some of these had been manufactured by Krupps pre-WW1.