PC Gas Tail Lamps In 1989? Really? (tees Valley Line)

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  1. Wolfy

    Wolfy Active Member

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    I certainly don't remember seeing gas tail lamps on trains in the late 1980's (Bardic MK2's were introduced in 1987, so they had been around for a fair while by then) but every train on the TVL seems to have gas lamps for some reason... which was kind of surprising.

    There could have been a few laying around, but hadn't BR fire regulations meant they'd all been replaced with battery tail lights by 1989?

    You certainly wouldn't want a gas lamp stuck on the back of a petrol, gas or oil tank wagon, if the TVL should ever get them in the future.



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  2. Jpantera

    Jpantera Well-Known Member

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    Still about in 89 from my memory
     
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  3. JJTimothy

    JJTimothy Well-Known Member

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    I remember some poor guard was either injured or killed attending to a tail lamp (which I thought was an oil lamp) and the general disbelief that such technology was still in use when there were, y'know, light bulbs. Can't remember when but it was genuinely surprising.
     
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    LastTrainToClarksville Well-Known Member

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    To paraphrase something I heard many years ago: "Don't start any vast complaints with only half-vast knowledge". And that applies to numerous whiners and nigglers on these forums and many others, to boot.
     
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  5. Jez

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    I'd say gas lamps were uncommon in 89.
     
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    We all learn by mistakes, get over it.
     
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