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Post by Deleted on Jun 28, 2013 16:35:22 GMT
Just got hold of a District set working book from 1965 and there are no trains in it going to Hounslow or Northfields- when did the District stop covering this branch and when did the district train crew depot at Northfields close?
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Post by mrfs42 on Jun 28, 2013 16:40:28 GMT
When WTT 89 came in on 12/10/64. It brought in 24h clock across the combine and the last remaining peak services to Hounslow West were withdrawn. No Picc stabling at Ealing Common and no District at Northfields.
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Post by Dstock7080 on Jun 28, 2013 21:14:52 GMT
Just got hold of a District set working book from 1965 and there are no trains in it going to Hounslow or Northfields- I wanted to ask, does that Set Working Book have a number on the cover? No.1, No.2 ? I'm guessing they started the sequence around this time which regretfully has now ended with the last issue being for WTT142. |
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Post by domh245 on Jun 28, 2013 21:28:08 GMT
Is the Set Working Book a supplement to the WTT?
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Post by mrfs42 on Jun 28, 2013 22:10:37 GMT
Not quite, but yes in a way. Back in the day when there was divided working (coupling and uncoupling) it made sense, after that with the complex working on the District it was a good aide memoire - all it is overviews of stock diagrams organised by set number.
I'm not quite sure when the sequence of set working books started. Let me wander upstairs...
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Post by mrfs42 on Jun 28, 2013 22:47:27 GMT
Right then, I have a little clutch of Set Working books the early ones in my lot are indeed enumerated as 'Supplement to WTT' - I can lay my paws on the following: - Supp to WTTs 73 & 74: separate Sundays start 2/5/55, buff stiff paper cover
- Set Working for Weekdays and Sundays in operation from 17/6/63, green linen exterior cover, interior buff as above and identical wording in title page to above apart form calendric changes
- Supp to WTT No 91 in operation from 17/10/66, medium blue line cover, but wording identical to WTT 74
- Supp to WTT No 92, in operation from 16/10/67, dark buff linen cover, note 'UFN trains shown to reverse at Tower Hill will do so at Mansion House forming their schedule westbound workings
- Supp to WTT No 96, in operation from 7/2/72, light blue linen cover
[/i] [li]Set Working book No 3 31/5/75, medium green card cover, computer printed at 55 (29/4/75 at 20/37/59)[/li] [li]Set Working book No 11, 6/12/82, clarty green linen cover[/li] [li]Set Working book No 15, 15/5/89, medium green card cover[/li] [li]Set Working Book to WTT 127, standard green TT design[/li] [li]C stock Set Working books for TTN 11/99 and 12/99 (Covered Way No 58 works), standard H&C temporary colours on spine at double pitch[/li] [li]H&C Set Working book to WTT 23, standard H&C hatching[/li] [li]District Set working book to WTT 133, standard District design[/li] [/ul] As you can see there are several variations, Set Working book No 1 would have been for two [blocks of WTTs] before WTT 100 (M-F), WTT 101 (Sa) and WTT 99 (Su) - I'd need to dig around to find that date out, maybe tomorrow. I presume H&C books stopped at the same time? |
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Post by domh245 on Jun 28, 2013 22:58:29 GMT
Ah. I think I get it now. Rather than having the passage of trains laid out by time, these would just have the specific timetable for one train (eg) Train XYZ - ECMDW AA:BB > EAB > CC:DD > HSK EE:FF > WIM GG:HH. I would have though that this form of information would be more usable for T/Ops, with the current style WTTs more suited for signallers and controllers, unless any T/Ops could argue against this.
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