Post by Deleted on Sept 11, 2013 18:13:35 GMT
Hi all
I joined this forum specifically to ask about something that's been perplexing me for ages!
Why is it that some tube carriages on the circle line (the ones that say Metro Cammell on the door kick plates) have a windscreen wiper on the end window between carriages?
I have been racking my brains for ages and my theories so far are:
1. There's some way of controlling the brakes from that carriage in case it's the last carriage on a train without cabs at each end and it has to go backwards with a guard at the emergency brake?
2. They used to be driving cabs and were converted to normal carriages (seems unlikely)
3. It's a standard design and they put a windscreen wiper on the end whether or not it's a driving cab
4. Something completely different?!
I asked a member of LU staff at Tower Hill the other day and her theory was that it's because they used to be at the end of the train and they got mixed up over the years. But she didn't really know.
Anyway I hope someone can shed some light on this because it's been bugging me for ages and I've made it my mission to find solve the mystery!
I joined this forum specifically to ask about something that's been perplexing me for ages!
Why is it that some tube carriages on the circle line (the ones that say Metro Cammell on the door kick plates) have a windscreen wiper on the end window between carriages?
I have been racking my brains for ages and my theories so far are:
1. There's some way of controlling the brakes from that carriage in case it's the last carriage on a train without cabs at each end and it has to go backwards with a guard at the emergency brake?
2. They used to be driving cabs and were converted to normal carriages (seems unlikely)
3. It's a standard design and they put a windscreen wiper on the end whether or not it's a driving cab
4. Something completely different?!
I asked a member of LU staff at Tower Hill the other day and her theory was that it's because they used to be at the end of the train and they got mixed up over the years. But she didn't really know.
Anyway I hope someone can shed some light on this because it's been bugging me for ages and I've made it my mission to find solve the mystery!
