ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF CENTRIFUGAL PUMP

British Railways Swindon Works class 120 Cross-Country three car diesel-mechanical multiple unit M51581, M59587 and M51585 of Newton Heath TMD passes Lostock Junction signal box 1 signal (Down Main Distant) at Dean Church Clough in Bolton forming the 14:15 (SO) Manchester Victoria to Blackpool North (2P50). Saturday 25th January 1986

Lostock Junction signal box was located by the Up Slow line on the Bolton side of Lostock Junction station, and was a Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Standard design fitted with a 90 lever Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Tappet frame that opened in 1899 in connection with the widening to four ilines between Bolton and Lostock Junction and replaced an earlier box. Closure came on 21st January 1990 when signalling passed to Manchester Piccadilly Signalling Centre

Lostock Junction signal box 1 signal is carried on a London Midland and Scottish Railway designed two doll right hand bracket with an all-welded stem. The bracket originally carried Dean Clough signal box (which was located approximately just above the last coach) Down Fast and Down Slow line starting signals until the box closed on 26th September 1965 and the absolute block section was extended to between Bullfield West and Lostock Junction signal boxes. Lostock Junction signal box's Down splitting distant signals, four of them, were carried on a gantry spanning the down lines by the pump house and water tank for Lostock water troughs

Croal spinning mill, built in 1908 for the Croal Spinning Company Limited dominates the skyline. It was closed as cotton mill in 1967 but still stands, being a Grade II listed building

This is where the driver sat. The steering wheel was massive. The driver also had to control the spark advance, gear shift, clutch and brake.

The red lever on the left looks like a parking brake, but I don't know the purpose of the one beside it. How could anybody exit through that door?

I still haven't spotted the gear shift. I see a small hand pump on the steering column, with a line running down to the floor. Could this be a hand pump used to increase hydralic pressure to the brakes? Maybe it pumps up fuel pressure for quicker starts.

The speedometer seems to be operated by a shaft, but I don't know the function of that shiny wheel next to the speedometer.

Is that a hooded light in the center of the instrument cluster?

The gas, brake, and clutch pedal look conventional. I am assuming that there is a 3-speed manual transmission, but maybe it's a two-speed like a model T and one of those pedals is the back up pedal. Just guessing.
Is it possible that the red lever on the right is the service brake?