As I researched for stuff to put in the Fowler cab I stumbled over some images of things I found in the cab of a preserved Danish 785 mm gauge locomotive. A testemony that these locomotives were living places where men worked and noted down loads and trains as the working day progressed.
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| Loco D 5 once used to transport concrete blocks for costal protection. Now it is preserved at the Hedeland vintage railway in Denmark. |
During shunting some years back I noticed a few things on the shelf behind the driver's seat in the cab. apart from a wooden box numbered '6' or '9', a measuring stick and a cab heater, two notebooks caught my attention.
After drying I could carefully open the notebook and the notes in one of them looks very much like a report over transported loads. The notes in the book are dated between 1968 and 1978 with one of the last entries being made 28. to 30. March 1978 - see image below.
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| The shelf behind the driver's seat with general clutter and notebooks. |
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| This entry from 28 - 30 March 1978 is one of the last in the book and it is most likely an account of the number of concrete blocks carried. Possibly of two weight classes: 1.5 t and 4 t. It seems reasonable to assume that each train had a capacity of 26-30 1.5 t blocks or 15-16 4 t blocks. I interpret the notes to show 5 trains per working day. |
Apart from wooden blocks used to rerail the locomotive and oil cans I will now have to make a small notebook for the cab interior and a place for it to go. Reality always challenges modelling!
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