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Wonder why they all had the lamps removed!??
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It may be to reduce the current draw on the battery as being a heritage railway the trains don't run that fast or that long. I think I once read somewhere that they have a problem with keeping the batteries charged.
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They could charge them when the trains aren't running? But yeh interesting I do get that!
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Fascinating old lights makes me wonder whats hidden away at the depot or the place these are stored?!
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One of the great things about this kind of preservation is that along with the trains and the stations, a whole lot of other technology is being preserved as part of that, including the lighting!
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Talking as somebody who maintains the lighting on Electric Heritage Railway trains, there are at least three reasons the lamps may have been removed:
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One is that the lamps have been nicked. It really does happen with the BR bulbs, the most common ones being the lamps in the toilets.
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Two is that the wiring is shot. The older rubber cabling can get very hot in the metal conduit and steel roofspace. In one coach at our museum, the lights start to flicker on hot days. Thumping the panelling usually solves this.
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Three is that the battery banks are shot and they are trying not to strain them. We often have to swap bad cells between running and mothballed vehicles.
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