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| New Searchligh signals 10/07/2013 at 11:32 #46889 | |
Simdmuk
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Hi all With the impending demise of Trent PSB I have noticed some new "searchlight" style signals being installed in some locations like this one:  However most of the new signalling is the more usual LED style with the big maintenance cages and ladders as seen here :  The searchlight versions have no cages or ladders ! I've seen a load of these between Ely and Norwich and there's one at the end of Platform 4 at Peterborough which has indicators and feathers. Why question is why are two very different designs of signal being installed at the same time in certain locations in the Nottingham area ? EG All the signals bar one around the Lenton Junction area are "Nornal" type.However the exit signal of what is now going to be the single line Lenton Curve to the main lines is a "searchlight" type. Post has attachments. Log in to view them. Last edited: 10/07/2013 at 11:36 by Simdmuk Log in to reply |
| New Searchligh signals 10/07/2013 at 11:42 #46891 | |
jc92
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the searchlights look like invensys/siemens/whatever they choose to call themselves now's modular signals which "plug in" to a base, hence they can be taken down for maintenance rather than requiring a ladder. are the conventional signals actually new, or have they simply been refitted with LED lamps? "We don't stop camborne wednesdays" Log in to reply The following user said thank you: Simdmuk |
| New Searchligh signals 10/07/2013 at 11:49 #46893 | |
headshot119
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" said:the searchlights look like invensys/siemens/whatever they choose to call themselves now's modular signals which "plug in" to a base, hence they can be taken down for maintenance rather than requiring a ladder.They are also a lot easier to install apparently, "plug & Play" as it was described to me once the base is installed. "Passengers for New Lane, should be seated in the rear coach of the train " - Opinions are my own and not those of my employer Log in to reply The following user said thank you: Simdmuk |
| New Searchligh signals 10/07/2013 at 11:56 #46894 | |
UKTrainMan
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" said:" said:Sounds like / reminds me of a Minecraft torch!the searchlights look like invensys/siemens/whatever they choose to call themselves now's modular signals which "plug in" to a base, hence they can be taken down for maintenance rather than requiring a ladder.They are also a lot easier to install apparently, "plug & Play" as it was described to me once the base is installed. 
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| New Searchligh signals 10/07/2013 at 12:04 #46895 | |
postal
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Lot of stuff about the new signals in July Modern Railways as part of their coverage of the Ely - Norwich re-signalling
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| New Searchligh signals 10/07/2013 at 13:41 #46902 | |
outofsection
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" said:" said:Shouldn't that read "Plug & Pray?)the searchlights look like invensys/siemens/whatever they choose to call themselves now's modular signals which "plug in" to a base, hence they can be taken down for maintenance rather than requiring a ladder.They are also a lot easier to install apparently, "plug & Play" as it was described to me once the base is installed. 
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| New Searchligh signals 10/07/2013 at 16:38 #46920 | |
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Simdmuk
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" said:Everything else is conventional but new. A few of these bases appear on the Trowell line but all the other signals in the Lenton/Mansfield Junction area are new conventional types with new bases/ladders heads etc.So it seems odd that they place an odd one in that location when everything else of the other type. Again looking at new (to be commissioned) signals between Netherfield Jn and towards Attenborough,99% are of the conventional type but I have spied a couple of these "plug & Play" bases along what is at present the Up Goods. Edit: Having now got an idea of what these things are from the replies and googled a few things, it seems that NR are aiming to install these on secondary lines so hence the mix.Found another pic on Tyneside here : 
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| New Searchligh signals 10/07/2013 at 19:04 #46927 | |
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Ron_J
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Those are the version of LED lightweight signals made by VMS, which also fold down for maintenance access. See here or here for further examples.
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| New Searchligh signals 11/07/2013 at 07:07 #46974 | |
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sorabain
72 posts |
seems ironic that in the last decade or so that the model railway ready-made signalling equipment available has improved in quality with many fine details to stop looking toy-like, but now in the real world signals are starting to lose those details and look like toys!
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| New Searchligh signals 11/07/2013 at 12:16 #46990 | |
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Stephen Fulcher
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Whilst they might be easier to maintain in some ways such as not having to go up a ladder, they are a pain in others. For example to clean the lenses on a conventional signal one simply climbs the ladder with the glass cleaner and rag, cleans lens and then comes down again. With these, a line blockage is required as the signal is effectively removed whilst it is lowered.
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| New Searchligh signals 16/07/2013 at 17:48 #47235 | |
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welshdragon
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Or a sponge on a stick?
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