) just switching off for 10 minutes meant that we had to restart and run for 5 minutes before the brakes would come off.....so we left them running!They did indeed, as did some of the old "ball-cab" Commers and Karriers (called a TS3 engine on account of them having 3 cylinders). One customer we worked for used various independent hauliers who turned up every day to move products - some of the independents like Bassett's of Titensor used to have Fodens with garish cabs (loads of brightwork on the front and that stylish Foden logotype. I seem to recall the independants were all fiercely loyal to small (mainly north-west based) manufacturers such as the Foden breakaway ERF, Atkinson (with the circle-A logo), Seddon and even a few Scammells with those weird fibreglass cabs - with nary a Leyland or AEC to be seen. The only people I can recall using "exotic" trucks like Violvo were the likes of KP-Smiths (crisps). Other than that it was almost all British makes. There was a lot more variety on the roads in the 1960s and 70s
newer classes off railway deisels will auto shutdown after say 5 mins if not needed for operational reasons
