Plank in windscreeen 2

To reply to this ancient thread, the plank in the windscreen in SR emu stock was indeed the paddle. It would be placed not in the windscreen but on the handbrake to signify the handbrake was applied in that cab. All very unofficial of course, but it worked. The same idea was used on the Met and DR in my time on there.

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