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Question What equipment does a guard carry around in his bag?


Answer

Weekly and Periodical Notices;
Red and green flags;
Bardic handlamp (A rotor containing white/red/green coloured lens,
with a spare bulb);
Spare carriage and 21 key;
3 pointed draper screw driver (for the bog locks);
'Out of order' and 'defective door' labels and suchlike stuff;
Fares Manuals;
Routeing Guide;
Great Britain Passenger Railway timetable - if they can get hold of
one!
Working timetables and amendments;
Detonators if working loco-hauled stock - not required on units
because they are available in every cab;
Traction manuals;
Possibly Rule Book, AC electrified lines book, sectional appendices -
although most don't bother with these;
High Visibility Vest;
Guide to announcing - but the announcements are so pompous nobody
bothers;
Padlock and key;
Pocket timetables, marketing leaflets and complaint forms (useful
for deflecting irate passengers);
Notebook and pens;
Yellow tape;
Various report forms;
Train Log Book;
SPORTIS - ticket issuing machine.

And of course the most important items :-)

Flask or tea bags, sugar, milk and brew can;
Sandwiches;
Reading material;
Cup and Spoon.
Note that this varies from TOC to TOC and from Guard to Guard; some
carry everything, some risk carrying nothing but most carry a
selection.