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Prev. Page   Next Page To Token Another term for a staff or tablet. Top Light Auxilliary fixed windows located above the main windows (“longlights”) on the corridor side of the vehicle. These admitted more light and also allowed a standing passenger to see out. Specifically a style of carriage body construction adopted by the LNWR from 1911 onwards which formed a sharp break with the Wolverton “traditional” body style. Torpedo Ventilators Another name for Laycock’s ventilators TPO – Travelling Post Office Specially constructed vehicle for the conveyance (and often the sorting) of letter and/or parcel mail under contract to the Post Office, and manned by GPO staff. The LNWR and West Coast Joint Stock owned far more of these vehicles than any other company. Train Out Of Section A signalling bell-coded message (2 beats, pause, 1 beat) given by a signalman to the signal box in-rear when a train (complete with tail lamp) has passed the signal box of the signalman giving the message and hence the section is unoccupied. The signalman in-rear is then free to offer another train. TT Gauge See Model Gauges.

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