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Post by Tomcakes on Mar 9, 2009 10:56:28 GMT
Just a quick qu: if referring to the LHS of the cab you might say "drivers side"... is there a term for the other side?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2009 11:11:13 GMT
Trainers side perhaps?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2009 12:09:32 GMT
No official term, most people just call it "The offside".
EDIT: There is actually an official term as to which side of a train is being referd to. The cab is marked with a No1 and 2 behind and either side of the driver, this refers to the side of a train, rather than drivers or offside, the more common reference.
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Post by Tomcakes on Mar 9, 2009 12:27:51 GMT
No official term, most people just call it "The offside". Ta Jim - I knew I'd heard something like that before! |
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Post by Colin on Mar 9, 2009 12:36:40 GMT
To go a little further; the train itself has a number 1 & a number 2 side, (which as Jim says, is marked in the cab) and counts in the direction of travel.
Trains also have A & D ends. So it is then possible to identify a particular part of the train or car (ie, number 1 side A end or number 2 side D end, etc).
The bogies are lettered A to D (in the same fashion as the train/car) so a wheel with flats on it (again for example) would be logged as B2 (second wheel back from the A end on the number 2 side) or D1 ( wheel nearest the D end on the number 1 side), etc.
Of course there are lines where trains can be turned around, but the same principles apply - on these lines we go by the train markings on each individual train.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2009 15:26:34 GMT
On the national network it is always called the 'secondmans side'.
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Post by Dstock7080 on Mar 9, 2009 15:30:42 GMT
All remembering that the '09 Stock have the reversed driving position to all other LU passenger stock.
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