APT-P Training manual

APT-P Training manual

Here are some scans from the 1981 Scottish Region APT-P Class 370 training manual. The drawings are by David Gibbons who used to illustrate the informative centre spreads of the staff newspaper Rail News and had several books of his drawings published. From memory these drawings convey an accurate impression of the vehicles and interiors.

All scans from author's collection

The cover of the part relating to Tilt systems

Inside the cab

Another angle in the cab

and another

The power car

The driving trailer car

The intermediate trailer car

The van trailer car

The guard's compartment

The door controls

The nose ends showing the emergency coupling arrangements

Here are the three formations in which P train might have run - if it had survived
Author's Collection

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	The cover of the part relating to Tilt systems		Inside the cab
	Another angle in the cab		and another
	The power car		The driving trailer car
	The intermediate trailer car		The van trailer car
	The guard's compartment		The door controls
	The nose ends showing the emergency coupling arrangements		Here are the three formations in which P train might have run - if it had survived Author's Collection