Glasgow Queen Street High Level
The driving position inside driving trailer 9709 at Glasgow Queen Street in 1989 with the train about to leave for Aberdeen. I'm not sure which 477 was in the rear. The panel of eight lights and buttons to the right are labelled (left to right, top and bottom); Engine Stopped/Line Indicator, Wheel Slip/Indicator, General Fault/Indicator, Fire Alarm/Test, Train Heat/Off, Train Heat On/Indicator, Train Heat/On, Fire/Extinguish. These driving cars were converted from mark IIf brake coaches and control of the locomotive was carried via the coaches' lighting circuit (which allowed extra coaches to be inserted as required). (Any corrections and more comments on that would be welcome - for instance I seem to recollect that these trains were built to a very tight budget as BR did not consider Edinburgh-Glasgow an InterCity service.) [Access with thanks to the driver.]
Location: Glasgow Queen Street High Level
Original line: Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway
Photographer: Ewan Crawford
Contact photographer: Ewan Crawford
Date: 07/09/1989
Image number: 28155
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