Image ID: 16379

Locomotives 92143 Passing Through Retford Railway Station, 1964

Courtesy of John A Thickitt

Railway Station
Retford
England

British Railways Standard class '9F' no. 92143 hurries along the 'Up Fast' line with a load which includes 'vans' (i.e. southbound, with covered waggons'). Although the vans' are marshalled next to the engine, and these vehicles were fitted with vacuum brakes, the Headcode (i.e. the position of the oil-lamps' on the front of the engine) indicated this was a class 7 freight train. Therefore the vacuum brake was unavailable to the driver, as the vacuum hoses were not coupled-up to the engine (this had implications for the maximum permitted speed of the train). 92143 was 'shedded' at New England, Peterborough.

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