On 25 Sep, 00:09, wrote:
On Sep 23, 6:54 pm, wrote:

That's odd; Rails Through The Clay suggested it was installed as an
afterthought when someone forgot to lower the pantograph and ended up
causing a bit of damage.

There from the start - it was referred to in the first working
instructions given to drivers prior to the start of BR services.

It would seem like the author took an apocryphal story at face value
and included it as fact. T'is the way transport history myths are made.