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| Network Rail cut backs mean cold signal boxes! 20/09/2011 at 23:36 #21153 | |
Quizman
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ooooooooo nasty. Believe this was produced to show the workings of a signal box. Quite neat really when you consider Photoshop wasn't around in them days.  
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| Re: Network Rail cut backs mean cold signal boxes! 21/09/2011 at 02:30 #21155 | |
northroad
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This must have been the start of 'Open Plan' buildings was it...he..he....
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| Re: Network Rail cut backs mean cold signal boxes! 21/09/2011 at 08:21 #21157 | |
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kbarber
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Sorry to pour cold water... I believe this was the so-called "hole-in-the-wall" box at Victoria. During that early era it was quite common to find levers & such out of doors and, Victoria having an overall roof, I imagine the company thought they didn't need to spend money on an additional shelter.
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| Re: Network Rail cut backs mean cold signal boxes! 21/09/2011 at 09:37 #21158 | |
GeoffM
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" said:Sorry to pour cold water... I believe this was the so-called "hole-in-the-wall" box at Victoria. During that early era it was quite common to find levers & such out of doors and, Victoria having an overall roof, I imagine the company thought they didn't need to spend money on an additional shelter.Agreed - we have a picture at work taken from the direction of the tracks with the "box" on the right. There is indeed an overall roof in the picture. I am told that it was indeed Victoria and the "hole in the wall". SimSig Boss Log in to reply |
| Re: Network Rail cut backs mean cold signal boxes! 21/09/2011 at 09:41 #21159 | |
andyb0607
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Elf N'Safety would have a field day these days!
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| Re: Network Rail cut backs mean cold signal boxes! 21/09/2011 at 18:18 #21170 | |
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Quizman
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" said:" said:Both Ken and Geoff are correct (aren't they always :whistle: ). Should have done further research before posting. It was at Victoria and replaced in 1920 by a Westinghouse system named Victoria Eastern. Some good diagrams available on the WBS site at http://www.wbsframe.mste.co.uk/public/index.htmSorry to pour cold water... I believe this was the so-called "hole-in-the-wall" box at Victoria. During that early era it was quite common to find levers & such out of doors and, Victoria having an overall roof, I imagine the company thought they didn't need to spend money on an additional shelter.Agreed - we have a picture at work taken from the direction of the tracks with the "box" on the right. There is indeed an overall roof in the picture. I am told that it was indeed Victoria and the "hole in the wall". Log in to reply |
| Re: Network Rail cut backs mean cold signal boxes! 22/09/2011 at 08:28 #21176 | |
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kbarber
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" said:Victoria Eastern wasn't a Westinghouse installation. It was a draw-slide frame with alternate "levers" pointin up & down, which allowed them to be placed at even closer centres than a miniature lever frame; AFAIK Westinghouse never built such an object but stuck to levers. I believe I'm right in saying the Vic Eastern frame was imported from the US (possibly General Railway Signal?) and was, in fact, the second attempt as the first was lost at sea (torpedo). Vic Central was Westinghouse though, their electrically interlocked Style L, which the SR and BR(S) adopted as standard after 1929. Log in to reply |