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| I have three TIMs for conductors.
N271 is from Manchester Corporation. It is in £sd
with the older telephone dial and a leather strap. |
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| From Salford City Transport
Department, 281 is almost identical. |
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| Number 60 is from Southampton
Citybus (formerly Southampton City Transport). It
is in decimal and prices are selected with a lever. |
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| Here are three motorised TIMs,
all with lever ticket selection. In £sd, 101
is from Birmigham City Transport Department. |
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| A decimalised TIM, 102 comes
from Accrington Corporation. |
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| Also in decimal, 0134 is from
Hyndburn Borough. |
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| TIM 101 is fitted to an older
style motor, like the ones used on Southampton's
Atlanteans. |
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| 0134 is on the later style
of motor. |
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| These are my TIM (Ticket Issuing
Machines) machines. When I joined Southampton City
Transport, machines similar to these were being
used by drivers on the one-man buses. By then they
had been converted to decimal money for fares in
5p steps from 5p to 60p. They got a second life,
and a handle, on Southampton Citybus's Routemasters
when conductors were briefly reintroduced during
the struggle with Solent Blue Line. |
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| TIMs were often used by municipal
undertakings requiring a greater range than that
provided by the Ultimate |
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| When re-inking a TIM, do not
use a water-based ink. I haven't recently been able
to find a suitable ink for re-inking a TIM. |
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