-
number is
often called the
headcode, a
throwback to when the
number was
physically displa**** at the head of a train.
Headcodes were
introduced circa 1850...
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train reporting number (or
headcode) of the
service they were hauling, and Nos. D325–D344 were
built with 'split'
headcode boxes,
which displa**** two...
- body
difference was on the
final batch of cars
where a four
character headcode box was ****ed
above the
front cab windows, with the
destination indicator...
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Wales line.
Another difference between the
regions is by the nose end
headcodes. Lower-numbered, split-box
class 37s were
allocated to
northern England...
-
their nose ends,
losing the
gangway doors and
headcode discs in
favour of a
central roller blind headcode box. The
livery also
changed to two tone green...
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destination headcodes on the
front of
trains was
dropped in 1976, the
instruction was
given for them all to be set to "0000". On many Westerns, the
headcode was...
-
style of the
steam era; when
headcodes were
introduced in 1960 the locomotive's
design was
changed to
incorporate headcode boxes.
Although older locomotives...
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locomotive headcode discs describing the
class of
train – when propelled, the
tender obscured the
front of the locomotive, and
hence the
headcode. Introduced...
-
dedicated for use on the ex-LBSCR West
Croydon to
Wimbledon Line,
using the
headcode 2. None of
these units survived long
enough in
British Rail
ownership to...
-
Great Western (FGW)
service from
London Paddington to Plymouth,
carrying headcode 1C92.: 1 The
train consisted of ten vehicles—the
leading class 43 power...
