TicketMan
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Every now and then, both here and elsewhere, someone posts a list of locos with their current allocations - i.e. where they are, and what they are doing now and next. But unless you know what you are looking at, it is just a load of codes.
So here goes. I will use the following example:
60032 is obvious - it's the loco number
WCAN is the pool the the loco is allocated to on TOPS
Troste is the origin for it's current working - in this case Trostre Works, in South Wales.
796b29ce24 is the headcode for the loco's current working. Most of the time you will see headcodes expressed in the format 1A23, however that is actually a shortened version - in this case the shortened headcode is 6B29
1 * I have no idea about, but it's not important for most of us
Margam Tc is the destination for the current working (6B29 remember)
6B03 is the shortened headcode for the next train this loco will work when it arrives at Margam
7d A simply means that this loco is next due an A exam in 7 days
Hope that helps someone
TM
P.S. If posting this elsewhere please let me know and credit me thanks
So here goes. I will use the following example:
Code:
60032 Wcan Troste 796b29ce24 1 * Margam Tc N 6b03 7d A
60032 is obvious - it's the loco number
WCAN is the pool the the loco is allocated to on TOPS
Troste is the origin for it's current working - in this case Trostre Works, in South Wales.
796b29ce24 is the headcode for the loco's current working. Most of the time you will see headcodes expressed in the format 1A23, however that is actually a shortened version - in this case the shortened headcode is 6B29
1 * I have no idea about, but it's not important for most of us
Margam Tc is the destination for the current working (6B29 remember)
6B03 is the shortened headcode for the next train this loco will work when it arrives at Margam
7d A simply means that this loco is next due an A exam in 7 days
Hope that helps someone
TM
P.S. If posting this elsewhere please let me know and credit me thanks