In Ireland even light engines used to carry two tail lamps, so they had 4 red lights showing. Here is 232 coming down to Heuston from Inchicore in 1995
That is a portable headlight which is authorised to be used if the built-in one fails or if there isn't a headlight, like steam locos for example.Slightly off topic, but the weirdest thing I've seen re lamps was this Pacer which came barreling through Leeds platform 15 last year when I was waiting for a TPE
Tail lamps were working ok. I'm guessing that since it had a lamp working on it, it wasn't too speed restricted
It would be limited to 70mph.
Was the engine on the front carriage working?
I would guess that the engine was not working (or isolated) and as they don't have a remote supply (I think), the auxiliary batteries on the front carriage have run down meaning no exterior lights were working.
Attaching the portable headlight means it can run at 70 instead of 20.
It would be limited to 70mph.
Was the engine on the front carriage working?
I would guess that the engine was not working (or isolated) and as they don't have a remote supply (I think), the auxiliary batteries on the front carriage have run down meaning no exterior lights were working.
Attaching the portable headlight means it can run at 70 instead of 20.
That would be my guess, but it was last year so I cannot recall, and it came through at a fair pace so I wouldn't have been able to tell if the engine was out (above the noise of the 185 behind it on pl 16, too)
In such situations, how does the cab function if there is no power for anything else?
I'm curious as to why tail lamps are regularly used on rear locos which are up and running when they have working tail lights? If a loco is shut down that makes sense but not when running or pushing a train, happens most of the time with the Cumbrian 37s.
Definitely the same on a class 31; working an AB signal box many years ago I saw a class 31 slowly approaching with red lights on the front so did what we often did back then and leaned out of the box holding the bardic lamp and pointing at it. The driver acknowledged with a "thumbs up" so I was a bit surprised when the loco stopped in the adjacent platform and the driver got out and went into the rear cab. On mentioning this later to one of my driver friends they explained that was how the tail lamps were set up which I thought was a bit strange at the time (late 1980s)On a class 37 (and I think a 31) the tail light switch in the cab actually turns on the tail light at the opposite end of the loco. This I think is a throwback to when a loco would be detached from a train, it meant that the driver could turn on his tail lights and drive away without having to get in the other end.
You have two sets of batteries.
Auxiliaries power things like the lights, and don't have a remote supply if they go flat.
The desk is controlled from the main batteries.
The other day, I saw a tail lamp on the desk of the back cab of a couple of 66s.
How does that count within the rules?
The other day, I saw a tail lamp on the desk of the back cab of a couple of 66s.
How does that count within the rules?