Re: GWR railcar headcodes


<Mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Just come across a photo of an early (curvy) GWR railcar with a single
> white lamp hanging (at a slight angle) just under the centre of the
> windscreem. This would be the headcode for a stopping passenger train
> however I do not recall seeing any other illustrations of these
> vehicles (or the parcels type) carrying lamps and the angle on the
> example I found suggests there was no proper bracket for the lamp.
> Does anyone know if headcode lamps were normally carried on these
> vehicles?
>
> Regards
>
> Mike


I have a photo of W21W waiting to be scrapped at Swindon. It has (presumably
electric) lamps built into the body front, but it also has what look like 2
lamp brackets at buffer-beam level.

Bevan


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