Photo - LER Standard Stock Motor Car, 1927
1926 Standard Stock "B" end
driving motor (DM) car at Golders Green in its original condition. Jumpers are now
coupled at floor level. The covers for the jumper boxes can be seen just above the
headstock. This car has two, one for control, nearest the camera and one for
auxiliary. There is no jumper box for brake as this is before electro-pneumatic
brakes were fitted. Hoses are coupled at waist level. The train line hose on
the far side has a switch box next to it which was used to indicate the end of the train
for the door closed indication (pilot light) circuit. Note also the side
chains. Next to the chain nearest the camera is the shed receptacle box (tucked away
under the headstock), where power was plugged in while the train was inside a shed without
current rails.
Another point to note on these cars is that
there is no emergency lighting jumper socket at roof level. They were originally
provided on all car ends of the 1923-5 Stocks but they were not required on the cab ends
of motor cars at the time because trains were no longer than 6-cars and DMs did not couple
at the cab ends. This factor was allowed for in the absence of emergency lighting
jumpers on this batch of cars. Emergency lighting jumpers also used to carry the
original train communication circuit, but only appeared on DM cab ends again when 7-car
trains were introduced and DMs had to be marshalled in the middle of train formations.
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