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ccmmick 4th December 2009 22:23

On a lot of old locos you had a toilet in the engine room and you had two men but no such facilities on modern locos you have to wait untill you go into a loop or stopped at a red light in an emergency i have just stopped anywere.
When you have to go you have to go.

ccmmick.

ccmmick 4th December 2009 23:33

[QUOTE=boilersuit;35524]
Quote:

Originally Posted by ccmmick (Post 35482)
You can shit on shovel but not in a frying pan as there is no fire to clean it in on a modern loco.

I didn't wish to know that! :o

Sorry about that Boilersuit.

ccmmick.

klordger1900 5th December 2009 17:36

Would you end up with a ring of fire if you got it wrong??

ccmmick 5th December 2009 19:49

A ring on FIRE.

ccmmick.

chuffchuff 6th December 2009 13:56

Learn something new every day
Never realized BR had log burners :eek:

steam for ever 6th December 2009 14:11

I think I am going to be sick!:D

pre65 6th December 2009 14:41

Quote:

Originally Posted by chuffchuff (Post 35649)
Learn something new every day
Never realized BR had log burners :eek:


That made me laugh.:D Us British like a bit of "toilet" humour.

klordger1900 7th December 2009 18:47

nice one chuff chuff - I suppose that should be reserved for No.2 cab!!

Dave Rowland 8th December 2009 13:04

This of course opens up a new vision of exactly what is meant by the term 'dumped loco'.
;-)

Seabrook 1st January 2010 14:20

The Class 66 has a fan assisted heating element. On the first position it blows warm air but not enough to heat the cab on a cold day. In positions two and three the fan becomes very noisy and blows very hot air onto your legs. Many drivers prefer to switch the heating to first position and set the Hotplate to maximum. That seems the best compromise. For food if you place a few pieces of ballast on the hotplate then place a Steak & Kidney Pie wrapped in tinfoil on the stones, it cooks a treat. Very few drivers I know still have the billycan of old, I would say they may still be used on Ballast Trains by DBS, Heavyhaul, DRS or GBRf traincrews. Class 37 & 47 had urinals but their use ceased when boilers finished on Diesels, this due to the water tanks not being refilled on servicing points. Other locos may have had urinals but I can only comment on Engines I worked on.


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