Blue Star?

Can anyone help i've been looking at lots of diesel pictures over the past
few weeks and have noticed on lots of pictures of 37s little blue stars
just above the buffers does anyone no what they mean ?

[John Hunt]

Blue Star is one of the forms of multiple working for locomotives.
More info here -

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_working

[ECML43]

i'm surprised you don't know. From what I've read in your other posts you seem like an experienced trainspotter. anyway, the blue stars are a class of multiple working on diesels. if a locomotive has a blue star, then it can easily do multiple working with another locomotive which has a blue star. I'm not exactly sure what specifications a locomotive needs in order to be a blue star multiple worker, but it's things like brake pipe connections and gangways. You could look it up. There are lots of other sybols too. On more modern locos they tend to have letter codes.

thanks for that guys. its just somthing that i have never really bothered
to look up. as for experienced spotter this will be my 21st year as a spotter
out of 31. so ECML43 i dont no what you would class me as any ideas ?

take no notice berwickspotter i know your a pro-spotter and so do all of we,but as for ECML43 i aint any problems with you but stop being what i call a 'think your an upper spotter'!so ECML43 stop being a 'think your an upper spotter'!!!

berwick-spotter please can you tell me does hither green freight depot have any class 59s there, because when i went in there before there was class 66s only with class 59s
nowhere to be seen!but i heard class 59s were there by some experinced train-enthusiast freinds are they really? i dont think so!

Originally Posted by SOUTHEASTERN-465

berwick-spotter please can you tell me does hither green freight depot have any class 59s there, because when i went in there before there was class 66s only with class 59s
nowhere to be seen!but i heard class 59s were there by some experinced train-enthusiast freinds are they really? i dont think so!

I really dont no the last i heard hither green was closed
unless they use it for storage ?. but as for the 59s are they not based at
toton and merehead

some great pictures you have taken of the westerns mate

thanks berwick,somthing ive always wanted to know about the 59s,thanks for the comment on my 'westerns',but hither green is still open to my knowledge,but i didnt like the the now 'deceist' 'ews' my favorites are 'GBRF' and 'DRS' thanks again for your compliments,
southeastern-465 www.nsers.org.uk

[Flying Pig]

We've got at least a couple of DBS drivers on here who may be able to advise.

I've heard that EWS (as was) pulled out of Hither Green and regrouped at Hoo Jn.

Alledgedly Balfour Beatty has got the place now, which would explain the presence of the blue/white OTMs and dearth of locos.

Another one bites the dust ?

[ECML43]

sorry guys Im only young you know