Four Character Headcodes
Paul Boyd
four character headcodes indicates? Does it vary by region? Photographs
seem to add to confusion, for instance two DMUs with destination showing
Marylebone having headcodes of 1B95 and 2C53.
Anyone please explain!
Paul
Steve Whelan
"Paul Boyd" <pa...@pbhome.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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Here is what is detailed in "British Railways : Western Region. Working
Timetable of Passenger & Freight Trains : Laira Junction to Penzance &
Branches 3 May 1971 to 30 April 1972"
The first figure indicates classification of train
The second character indicates the destination area or Region
The third and fourth figures represent the individual number of the train or
a route number
Destination codes (nXnn)
Trains running within the Western Region:
nAnn = Train destination in London Division
nBnn = Train destination in Bristol Division
nCnn = Train destination in Cardiff Division
Inter-Regional Trains:
nEnn = Eastern Region
nMnn = London Midland Region
nOnn = Southern Region
nSnn = Scottish Region
nVnn = Western Region
Other:
nFnn = Light locomotives/EBV movements between Depots and Divisions
nXnn = Royal Trains & Trains conveying out-of-gauge loads (So
Royalty are therefore out-of-gauge!)
nZnn = Inter-Regional & Western Region excursion, military & special
trains.
Light locomotive/EBV & empty coaching stock movements carried the train
reporting number (the last two digits) of the train that they were destined
to form. (ie the loco for, say, the 1A35 Plymouth to Paddington service
would bear the headcode 5A35 or 5F35)
With it so far?
Route/Train designators :
Route No 57 - From Liskeard To Looe (and Vice Versa)
Route No 60 - From St. Erth To St. Ives (and Vice Versa)
Route No 70 - From Truro To Falmouth (and Vice Versa)
Route No 71 - From Plymouth To Gunnislake (and Vice Versa)
Route No 72 - From Bodmin Road To Newquay (and Vice Versa)
Empty Stock to depots or stabling points:
London Division (to be prefixed 5A)
06 = Anywhere in region to Old Oak Common
10 = Anywhere in region to Southall
30 = Anywhere in region to Slough
60 = Anywhere in region to Reading
90 = Anywhere in region to Oxford
Bristol Division (to be prefixed 5B)
50 = Anywhere in region to St. Blazey
64 = Anywhere in region to Malago Vale C.S.
65 = Anywhere in region to Marsh Jn. DD
66 = Anywhere in region to West Depot C.S.
67 = Anywhere in region to Dr. Days Sidings
73 = Anywhere in region to Worcester
74 = Anywhere in region to Gloucester
75 = Anywhere in region to Laira C.S.
80 = Anywhere in region to Newton Abbot
85 = Anywhere in region to Cheltenham
Cardiff Division (to be prefixed 5C)
50 = Anywhere in region to Newport
52 = Anywhere in region to Cardiff General
82 = Anywhere in region to Swansea
87 = Anywhere in region to Hereford
99 = Anywhere in region to Cardiff (Canton)
Light Locomotives and general freight movements:
For light locomotives the last three characters (i.e. a letter and two
figures) represent Main Running and Maintenance depots as below.
Local freights, targets, control trips and bank locomotives are
allocated on individual description from the series A60-99, B70-99, C70-99
with the first figure indicating the classification of the train.
Destination descriptions for light locomotives to main running and
maintenance depots:
0F70 - Old Oak Common
0F71 - Reading
0F72 - Oxford
0F73 - Swindon
0F74 - Bristol (Bath Road)
0F76 - Newton Abbot
0F77 - Laira
0F78 - St Blazey
0F79 - Penzance
0F80 - Gloucester
0F81 - Worcester
0F82 - Severn Tunnel Junction
0F83 - Newport (Ebbw Junction)
0F84 - Cardiff (Canton)
0F85 - Margam
0F86 - Landore
Inter-Divisional light locomotive movements other than those to main R&M
depots
0F90 - London Division
0F91 - Bristol Division
0F92 - Cardiff Division
Inter-Regional light locomotives:
0V00 to Western Region
0O00 to Southern Region
0M00 to London Midland Region
0E00 to Eastern Region
Now what was the question?
Oh yes... 1B95 and 2C53 seem to indicate that the the trains in question
where of different classifications (1 & 2) from different divisions (B & C)
and different routes (95 & 53).
As to how other regions of BR used the 4 figure system, I can only guess
that it would have been fairly similar to the WR usage. But I wouldn't bank
on it!
As for the first digit... I think the first digit codes used regularly are
as below...
0 - Light Locomotives
1 - Mainline services
2 - Local services
3 - B.R.U.T.E
4 - Parcels
5 - Empty Coaching Stock
6 - Milk
7 - Freight
8 - Freight
Some more info :
The Golden Hind service (17:30 Paddington - Plymouth) : 1B75
(07:10 Plymouth to Paddington) : 1A35
The Cornish Riviera Limited (10:30 Paddington - Penzance) : 1B65
(10:55 Penzance to Paddington) : 1A25
The Cornishman (07:00 Bradford - Penzance) :
1V70 (10:00 Penzance to Leeds) : 1E21
Mick Bryan
"Steve Whelan" <steve...@freeuk.com> wrote in message
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>
> As to how other regions of BR used the 4 figure system, I can only
guess
> that it would have been fairly similar to the WR usage. But I
wouldn't bank
> on it!
>
Other regions used (still use!) the system in the same way
> As for the first digit... I think the first digit codes used
regularly are
> as below...
> 0 - Light Locomotives
> 1 - Mainline services
Express Passenger and breakdown train running to the scene
> 2 - Local services
> 3 - B.R.U.T.E
Freightliner
> 4 - Parcels
and other "fast" freights
> 5 - Empty Coaching Stock
> 6 - Milk
The freight classification has changed considerably, with Class 6,7 & 8
denoting the speed of service.
> 7 - Freight
> 8 - Freight
Class 9 are Eurostar, usually operating as 9Xxx on the ECML
T is usually used for local trip and engineers trains. L is often used
for extra passenger trains that are staying within the originating
region.
Another list of headcodes, with a Scottish flavour can be found at
www.lexcie.zetnet.co.uk/headcode.htm
HTH,
Mick
Steve Whelan
the switch to TOPS and before withdrawal of this clss of loco. The whole
number identified the loco from a distance.
As you may have guessed, my "period" is the 70's and 80's
S
"Mick Bryan" <mi...@bryan20.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
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Paul Boyd
That was much more information than I was expecting - very gratefully
received and digested (!)
Paul
Will Salt
> Class 9 are Eurostar, usually operating as 9Xxx on the ECML
I was under the impression that Eurostars operating on the ECML run as
Class 1, because several of the signal boxes along that route
(Doncaster, for example) still automatically assume that Class 9 means
Unfitted Freight and keep several sections clear behind Class 9 trains
on rising gradients.
Eurostars travelling to and from Paris and Brussels have headcodes of
the form 9Oxx and 9Ixx, which translates directly to the trains' UIC
numbers (of the form 90xx and 91xx).
--
Will Salt
Mick Bryan
"Will Salt" <wps...@btinternet.com> wrote in message
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That was it - I had read about the use of class 9 for E*. In which case
they are 1Xxx on the ECML (I think!).
Cheers,
Mick