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London North Western
Railway:
Midland
Railway:
Stratford
Midland Junction Railway
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LMS Route: Water Orton to Walsall
Sutton Park Station: mrspk343
Looking towards Water Orton from the Walsall end of Sutton
Park station's island platform. The locomotive has no lamps showing indicating
that they have just been removed after the train was terminated. The locomotive
would have had displayed a single lamp with white lens on top of the smokebox
immediately above the number. This configuration indicated that it was a Class
B service - an ordinary passenger train. Before the locomotive moved to run
around the train (by using the line on the opposite platform) the single lamp
would be moved to the central position of the three lamp holders fixed above
the bufferbeam. This would indicate to station staff - in particular the
signalman - that the locomotive was a Class G working, namely it was working
light engine. The fireman would be required to mount two lamps, one at either
end of the locomotive with a white lens fitted in the direction of travel and a
red lens at the rear.
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