Keep your feet off

[Inversnecky]

I was intrigued by this sign inside a class 66 on TS: is this an issue in the real world, or one that particularly afflicts 66 drivers?!

I can hardly envisage a driver with his or her feet up, thumbing through the newspaper!

 

[tpfx89]

I have definitely seen feet up there when 66s use to trundle through Huddersfield at 3am if that helps...

 

[pdeaves]

I can hardly envisage a driver with his or her feet up, thumbing through the newspaper!

I don't know about the 'newspaper' bit but feet up could be common for trains held for long periods in goods loops.

 

[cossie4i]

Never seen a notice like that in a 66 and I have driven a few lol

 

[75A]

I was intrigued by this sign inside a class 66 on TS: is this an issue in the real world, or one that particularly afflicts 66 drivers?!

I can hardly envisage a driver with his or her feet up, thumbing through the newspaper!

When you've 9 hours stationery on an Engineering train there's not much else to do!

 

[Iskra]

I was intrigued by this sign inside a class 66 on TS: is this an issue in the real world, or one that particularly afflicts 66 drivers?!

I can hardly envisage a driver with his or her feet up, thumbing through the newspaper!

View attachment 108992

For the Newspaper, see the Oovee WCRC Class 57...

 

[GrimsbyPacer]

What is the dart board for in the cab picture?

 

[Nym]

There have been significant incidents of feet up causing fatalities in other industries. And suspected to cause SPADs and definately causing damage in the UK rail industry.

 

[Iskra]

What is the dart board for in the cab picture?

Boredom

AWS Sunflower I believe

 

[D821]

What is the dart board for in the cab picture?

See:

How do AWS sunflowers work?

I was playing Train Sim World 2 today and having a go at driving a Class 45 when I to look up what the AWS sunflower was. I know what it's for, but how does it work? Does it just light up? Why does it have that pattern on the front? Here's what I mean...

www.railforums.co.uk

 

[cossie4i]

What is the dart board for in the cab picture?

AWS indication. All black means a clear signal (Green Only) any other aspect and it’s black and yellow.

 

[Inversnecky]

I have definitely seen feet up there when 66s use to trundle through Huddersfield at 3am if that helps...

That sounds decidedly worrying, and hopefully won’t be something you’ll need to discuss in a future podcast!

 

[Flange Squeal]

It might have been an Advenza ‘thing’? The two examples I’ve found on Flickr are both from their small fleet of four (66841-844).

66841 - https://flic.kr/p/9GC6yW
66843 - https://flic.kr/p/9GzcV8

 

[Pinza-C55]

I'm sure it doesn't happen now but I was a guard at Kings Cross in the 1980s and putting their feet up on the desk would be only one of a number of infractions. I vividly remember being at Hornsey station at about midnight and wanting to get back to KX and thumbing a lift from the driver of a Class 47. I got into the cab and the driver was obviously drunk so I was trying to watch the signals while he babbled on. It was only 7 minutes before we arrived but I aged 7 years. When I did route learning to York in the cab of an HST I thought the driver would be doing all kinds of complicated stuff but once we reached Finsbury Park he just opened her up, put his feet up and lit a cigarette.

 

[rf_ioliver]

I once saw the driver with his feet up on a 66 southbound through Redhill many years ago.

 

[Rockhopper]

I've also seen it quite recently to be honest.

 

[bengley]

It's common practice to put ones feet up on a 66.

 

[SJA_914]

It's common practice to put ones feet up on a 66.

Isn't it also supposed to be quite heart-healthy?

Meh. Given how much time they spend in passing loops, I can't blame 'em.