Bardic lamps used as car headlights.

[102 fan]

I did hear that many years ago a railwayman was about to leave work on a dark night. The car, with possibly only one headlight, then promptly blew the other one. Not about to be undone, he got another Bardic lamp, and along with his own lamp, proceeded to duct tape them to the wings of the car and drove into the night!

Any other examples of railway hardware not being used for the purpose it was designed for?

 

[bishdunster]

I once used a paraffin tail lamp on my motor bike due to bulb failure on a winter night having just finished late turn !

 

[satisnek]

I've got an ex-BR Bardic on the boat which can be used as an emergency tunnel light should the bulb fail in that. Otherwise it sees little use for general illumination because the flashlight function on the phone is vastly superior!

 

[Dunnideer]

I did hear that many years ago a railwayman was about to leave work on a dark night. The car, with possibly only one headlight, then promptly blew the other one. Not about to be undone, he got another Bardic lamp, and along with his own lamp, proceeded to duct tape them to the wings of the car and drove into the night!

Any other examples of railway hardware not being used for the purpose it was designed for?

On the subject of other uses for Bardics, I have a colleague who was jumped by a mugger one night while he was attending a level crossing failure in a dodgy bit of town, he said he had a knife and reached into his pocket so my mate promptly thumped him with his Bardic and broke his jaw. As it turned out he didn’t really have a knife but the police just congratulated my colleague on his quick thinking self defence action!

 

[E27007]

On the subject of other uses for Bardics, I have a colleague who was jumped by a mugger one night while he was attending a level crossing failure in a dodgy bit of town, he said he had a knife and reached into his pocket so my mate promptly thumped him with his Bardic and broke his jaw. As it turned out he didn’t really have a knife but the police just congratulated my colleague on his quick thinking self defence action!

This is Messroom folklore, I was told about "alternative uses for a Bardic" when I joined BR, Policemen are issued with a Truncheon, Railwaymen a B......

 

[High Dyke]

On the subject of other uses for Bardics, I have a colleague who was jumped by a mugger one night while he was attending a level crossing failure in a dodgy bit of town, he said he had a knife and reached into his pocket so my mate promptly thumped him with his Bardic and broke his jaw. As it turned out he didn’t really have a knife but the police just congratulated my colleague on his quick thinking self defence action!

I did once threaten to lump a drunk passenger with a bardic, after having a full beer can thrown at me one night, whilst working a rail-ale charter.

 

[pdeaves]

I did hear that many years ago a railwayman was about to leave work on a dark night. The car, with possibly only one headlight, then promptly blew the other one. Not about to be undone, he got another Bardic lamp, and along with his own lamp, proceeded to duct tape them to the wings of the car and drove into the night!

Any other examples of railway hardware not being used for the purpose it was designed for?

There are plenty of examples of locomotive chimneys and 'station light' covers (long ones with the name printed on) being used as plant pots.