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Description |
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Headlamp Code |
| Express passenger train, breakdown van train going to clear the line, 'light engine' going to assist disabled train, empty coaching stock timed at express passenger train speed |
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Group 1 |
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| Ordinary passenger train, 'mixed' train, breakdown van train not going to clear the line, branch passenger train, rail motor train or railcar |
Group 2 |
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| Express freight, or ballast train authorised to run at a maximum speed of 35 m.p.h., Empty coaching-stock train not carrying headlamps for 'group 1' |
Group 3 |
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| Parcels, newspaper, fish, meat, fruit, milk, horsebox, cattle or perishable train composed entirely of vacuum-fitted stock with the vacuum pipe connected to the engine. Express freight, livestock, perishable or ballast train partly vacuum fitted with not less than one-third vacuum braked vehicles connected by vacuum pipe to the engine |
Group 4 |
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| Freight, mineral or ballast train. Train of empties carrying a through load to destination |
Group 5 |
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| Express freight, fish, meat, fruit or cattle train. Ballast train not running under groups 3 or 4 headlamps. Special train conveying 36-ton breakdown crane but not proceeding to an accident |
Group 6 |
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| Through fast train not running under groups 3, 4 or 5 headlamps and carrying a through load |
Group 7 |
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| Light engine or light engines coupled together or engine and brake van |
Group 8 |
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| Freight, mineral or ballast train stopping at intermediate stations |
Group 9 |
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| Ballast train, freight train or inspection train requiring to stop in between signal boxes (in the section). Branch freight train |
Group 10 |
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Taken from 'British Railways Standard Locomotive Headlamp Codes, 1961'
These codes were subject to alteration and minor variations on the different regions of British Railways |
