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I'm curious to know what the magazine is in the 3rd picture on the secondman's side... It has an I/C liveried 47 on it...!!!

Unfortunately, the very few mates / contacts I have on the railways are all drivers & guards... I know no one on the engineering side of things... Sort of... just out of curiosity really... I've worked in the bus industry for years & seen all sorts of brass fittings but never like this...

Hi all... does anyone know what sort of brass connectors are used on the back / rear of cab air gauges??? Thanks in advance... Eric

That's taken in the "original" depot in Second Avenue... I was a "Red Rider" driver based at Moreton on the Wirral... I was seconded many a time to Crewe, sometimes for weeks at a time and sleeping on PMT's Commercial Managers sofa to save me constantly travelling between home on the Wirral &...

Hi all... trying to find out more info about these Cab Display Units... Does anyone know the purpose of the "Release" key, its function & how its used (other than being turned obviously!!!)... The other question I have is regarding the "Dim" button... I think it illuminates, and certain it...

Railsigns... Thanks for that... very much appreciated... ;) Eric

Hi all... I'm trying to find out some info about the original RETB cab units like this: Namely, does any kind soul know the appropriate dimensions of the said box / unit??? Also, is the "release" key "locked in" once the key is inserted & turned, and does the key turn through 90° or 180°...

320 ran between Coppenhall & Hanley, later becoming the 20 running from Leighton Hospital / Coppenhall & extended through to Meir Square (I.drove many a Bristol VR on a round trip between my split duty). I think it was then curtailed back to Hanley at some point before becoming the 3 and...

When my mate was manager at PMT Crewe's depot (who later went on to become PMT's commercial manager he told me this: " My only recollection of a driver issuing two dog tickets was for a Shetland Pony on the Crewe - Macclesfield service.... [The driver said to me] "I didn't know what to do...

I never started till July 1995...!!!

I don't remember that & I worked for PMT from 1995... I have a mate who was the Commercial Manager, I'll quiz him on it...

It used to be a PSV / PCV requirement that the driver had to carry faretables with them... I'm a driver (and ashamed to admit it) but don't know it it is still a requirement... I don't carry them as we aren't issued with them and ticket machines now tend to work on a stored fare system and the...

Last time I (we) went to London I found it quite strange... Not possessing an Oyster card we boarded a bus somewhere just by Heathrow going to Heathrow to get the tube into London... When I tried to buy 2 tickets on my card the driver said I couldn't do it and my Mrs was "forced" into using her...

That used to be a similar system in the "Far East" (Hong Kong / Singapore) where you'd pay a "premium" to travel on an A/C bus... Doubt that's still the case in this day & age though... Eric

Sometimes but not always...