Runaway Train On The Tube
On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 12:15:39PM -0700, Mizter T wrote:
On Aug 23, 11:51=A0pm, Roland Perry wrote:
Almost every EMT train I get to St Pancras seem to have a red hexagonal
"not to be moved" sign attached above the driver's door as soon as it
arrives.
A regular feature of intercity trains at London terminals (and at the
other ends as well I think), the meaning of which I've idly pondered
many a time but never definitively deciphered.
I would assume it means that the honey wagon is attached or that staff
are busy re-stocking the buffet etc and would rather not get hauled off
to the sidings or, even worse, the north.
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