Anyone au fait with BR SR headcodes?

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Mike Smith - 30 Mar 2009 00:38 GMT

Got an e-mail from a bod in Florida, modelling Sir Winston Churchil on
Bournemouth Belle duties. He has a pic showing a two disc code, left hand
end of buffer beam, right of smokebox door, and one of the disks is marked
35, which I assumed was the SR code for that service. Had a look myself and
found one with the number 385, but I thought three digit codes were GWR???

Can anyone confirm the meaning of these numbers, I thought it was two digit
rout indicator, now I am not so sure.

Baffled of Altrincham

Mike

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Tim Illingworth - 30 Mar 2009 01:30 GMT

>Got an e-mail from a bod in Florida, modelling Sir Winston Churchil on
>Bournemouth Belle duties. He has a pic showing a two disc code, left hand
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>Can anyone confirm the meaning of these numbers, I thought it was two digit
>rout indicator, now I am not so sure.

I /believe/ that a number on a headcode disc is the shed's duty number
which included that service.

I welcome correction.

Tim

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Mike Smith - 30 Mar 2009 02:22 GMT

>>Got an e-mail from a bod in Florida, modelling Sir Winston Churchil on
>>Bournemouth Belle duties. He has a pic showing a two disc code, left hand
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>
> Tim

Thanks - That does fit - Just found another pic of one with a different
three digit number on it.

Regards

Mike

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Mike Smith - 30 Mar 2009 20:01 GMT

>>>Got an e-mail from a bod in Florida, modelling Sir Winston Churchil on
>>>Bournemouth Belle duties. He has a pic showing a two disc code, left hand
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>
> Mike

I asked what scale - quote: The scale of my loco 1:32 - an Aster live steam
model. I went to college in Bournemouth many years ago hence my interest in
the Belle.
Unquote

Damn - Drool all over the keyboard again.

Mike

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simon - 30 Mar 2009 21:35 GMT

> I asked what scale - quote: The scale of my loco 1:32 - an Aster live
> steam model. I went to college in Bournemouth many years ago hence my
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>
> Mike

Went to college in Bournemouth and can remember a train - he needs sympathy

:-)

Cheers,
Simon

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Anyone au fait with BR SR headcodes?