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| Where's your local Box??? what sort of traffic? 26/11/2011 at 13:32 #23664 | |
Pavitt79
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I was just thinking about my local signalbox and was wondering where your local signal box was and what sort of traffic you have going through there.? Maybe an interesting did you know topic??? Mines Lancing and controls from Aldrington in the east to Angmering/Ford Junction in the west. Manly class 377's and 313's use this line with the daily FGW service to Great Malvern. Last edited: 26/11/2011 at 13:34 by Pavitt79 Log in to reply |
| Re: Where's your local Box??? what sort of traffic? 26/11/2011 at 13:38 #23665 | |
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Razzabazza123
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Mines Norton Signal Box, North of Doncaster which controls the level crossings on the askern branch line. The general traffic is 66's carrying coal to drax, eggborough and ferrybridge power station also it gets its coal traffic from Tyne docks. There are 6 class 180's a day doing the Bradford interchange - London Kings Cross grand central route. or you could just say Doncaster psb is the main local one Log in to reply |
| Re: Where's your local Box??? what sort of traffic? 26/11/2011 at 13:41 #23666 | |
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Sam Tugwell
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Paignton OS Panel is the closest to me, controlling 9 signals and Paignton North Level Crossing. Not really that busy with one local per hour, but the occaisional Paignton - Paddington together with the Manchester XC services (not forgetting the 12:34 HST to Glasgow) makes for an interesting place to spend some time.
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| Re: Where's your local Box??? what sort of traffic? 26/11/2011 at 13:44 #23667 | |
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Poshfc
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I have two. When i'm at university it, it's Wolverhampton. Busy within reason with the normal movements, as well as some freight. The other one is when i'm back home is Peterborough, busy, freight and east coasts/EMT/cross country services. Log in to reply |
| Re: Where's your local Box??? what sort of traffic? 26/11/2011 at 13:53 #23668 | |
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kbarber
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Barking (LT), officially classified a Reglating Room. London Transport 3-colour pushbutton OCS panel with two regulator's positions. An awful lot of traffic but not a whole lot of variety.
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| Re: Where's your local Box??? what sort of traffic? 26/11/2011 at 14:54 #23670 | |
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birchy74
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Closest box to me is Pasture Street, Grimsby, the only traffice we get here is the hourly class 185/170 TPX to/from Manchester Airport and the 2 hourly Barton upon Humber class 153 Northern Trains service, We do get 1 or 2 railtours a year
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| Re: Where's your local Box??? what sort of traffic? 26/11/2011 at 15:02 #23671 | |
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Tristan
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I suppose its Crediton, 1 person operation of a small OS panel controlling the line to Barnstaple and Meldon Quarry, I deals with 1 pacer an hour in each direction, and on very rare occasion a freight to the quarry.
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| Re: Where's your local Box??? what sort of traffic? 26/11/2011 at 15:21 #23672 | |
Splodge
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Northenden Junction - hourly trains in each direction between Manchester and Chester (Usually 142, but 150 and 156 on occasion), plus the odd freight workings to the waste terminal and stone terminal in Sharston.
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| Re: Where's your local Box??? what sort of traffic? 26/11/2011 at 15:22 #23673 | |
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320322
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My local signalling centre is Yoker IECC. Plenty of local emu traffic formed of classes 318/320/334's and a few 156's for the west highland line along with the sleeper train from Fort William to Edinburgh. Few freights , 66 hauled. Bounded by Banavie (west highland RETB) at helensburgh upper , bridgeton/dalmarnock on the argyle line (fringe with cowlairs south (possible) panel. Also boundries with cowlairs (north panel?) at maryhill and around airdrie where the new line runs to bathgate. Not sure what box.
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| Re: Where's your local Box??? what sort of traffic? 26/11/2011 at 15:34 #23674 | |
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nickjames1983
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Mine is Colchester PSb got all the mainline traffic from norwich and liverpool street with class 321 360 and 90 with all the freight going parkeston and felixstowe. Ipswich panel is very busy one of the busiest in the country i have been told. Colchester panel, East Gates and Thorpe has been computerised now but Ipswich and Norwich panels still NX. ARS will be coming to the computerised panels in 2014
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| Re: Where's your local Box??? what sort of traffic? 26/11/2011 at 15:34 #23675 | |
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Forest Pines
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My current local box is Bristol ASC, about two miles from here. For the types of traffic it gets, see the sim! The Bristol & South Wales Union line goes past my window, with quite a lot of different traffic: FGW 143s, 150s, 158s and HSTs, Cross Country HSTs, 220s and 221s, EWS class 66s and Freightliner 66s and 70s. We used to get loco-hauled passenger services with 67s on, or occasionally other locos, but I haven't seen any for a while. And this morning, while I was in bed, I heard a steam loco getting a good run-up for Filton Bank; didn't get to the window quick enough to see the engine though. Before I moved to Bristol, my local box was either Pasture St or Marsh Jn - I'm not sure which was nearest as the crow flies - and I worked just round the corner from Pyewipe Rd box. In fact, I think that until I reached the age of 4, you could see Marsh Jn box from my bedroom window. Log in to reply |
| Re: Where's your local Box??? what sort of traffic? 26/11/2011 at 15:38 #23677 | |
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Lardybiker
771 posts |
Fort Wayne Norfolk Southern dispatch Center. All freight and nearly all going to or from the freight yard at New Haven. Incidentally, the nearest passenger station is an hour and a half drive away north..... When I was in England.....It changed over the years. Currently, it would be Leicester I think (but for how much longer one wonders). Midland Mainline DMU's and the odd HST. Also there are the Birmingham to various locations in east Anglia services too. There was some freight but don't ask me what as It was a while ago I was there! Log in to reply |
| Re: Where's your local Box??? what sort of traffic? 26/11/2011 at 15:51 #23678 | |
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TomOF
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You must have grown up very close to me then. Marsh Jn/Littlefield lane where my closest, and I used to be able to see Immingham Locoshed coaling tower, some 7 miles away from mine. My local is now Westbury PSB Log in to reply |
| Re: Where's your local Box??? what sort of traffic? 26/11/2011 at 15:59 #23679 | |
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Forest Pines
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" said:It sounds like it! We lived on Salamander Close, off Boulevard Ave. I can remember watching trains passing Marsh Jn from my window, and my mum taking me to Cleveland Bridge to watch the yard being shunted; but not very much else. We moved to Waltham when I was 4, so I'm not sure which of the local boxes would have been nearest to there as the crow flies. Log in to reply |
| Re: Where's your local Box??? what sort of traffic? 26/11/2011 at 17:01 #23684 | |
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birchy74
151 posts |
Looks like there is a few of us from the same area on here then
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| Re: Where's your local Box??? what sort of traffic? 26/11/2011 at 17:43 #23696 | |
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TomOF
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" said:Ah yes, Salamander close, famous for it's visit from Big Breakfast in the mid 90s...... until 1993 your nearest active box would have been Garden Street, before that, the closed Hainton Street until it burnt down. Since, then the nearest box to Waltham is Pasture Street, which happened to be the first active box I ever visited. Log in to reply |
| Re: Where's your local Box??? what sort of traffic? 26/11/2011 at 18:46 #23698 | |
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Forest Pines
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Looking at a map, Wellowgate box would have been marginally nearer to Waltham, as the crow flies, than Garden St. There isn't very much in it though!
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| Re: Where's your local Box??? what sort of traffic? 26/11/2011 at 20:04 #23707 | |
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MikeW
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[quote="Mines Lancing and controls from Aldrington in the east to Angmering/Ford Junction in the west. Manly class 377's and 313's use this line with the daily FGW service to Great Malvern.[/quote] That brings back memories for me. Back in the early 1960s, Lancing was my local box and I have fond memories of standing there as a child watching the ancient 2BILs staggering past and the odd Brighton to Bournemouth steam train. I can still hear the bell codes and the old hand-cranked crossing gates crashing into the closed position! Log in to reply |
| Re: Where's your local Box??? what sort of traffic? 27/11/2011 at 09:14 #23738 | |
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bnsf734
60 posts |
Living about a mile from Nuneaton station on the West Coast Msin Line I would have said Nuneaton but as the box only survives now as a glorified P-way hut I think the nearest operational box would have to be Coventry PSB. Calv Log in to reply |
| Re: Where's your local Box??? what sort of traffic? 27/11/2011 at 09:28 #23741 | |
moonraker
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Nearest to me are Swindon A & B. The usual procession of FGW HST's, 150,153,158 on the Gloucester/Cheltenham, various 66's on DBS/FLHH and I believe the odd GBRF working now. I think both will soon be absorbed by the new Thames Valley Control Centre at Didcot ?
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| Re: Where's your local Box??? what sort of traffic? 27/11/2011 at 14:14 #23772 | |
DaveHarries
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My local box is St. Andrews Junction (Bristol). Controls signals for Hallen Marsh Junction, St. Andrews Station and Avonmouth Station plus the level crossings at St. Andrews station, Avonmouth Station and, located just off the A4 Portway, West Town Lane. Fringes to Bristol. Traffic: passenger trains between Severn Beach, Avonmouth and Bristol Temple Meads plus freight traffic from the coal terminal. Locos would be EWS & Freightliner locos for freight trains while the passenger traffic is a mix of class 143s, 150s and 153s along with the occasional 158. I have to say I find the 158s a better ride on the Severn Beach line: very smooth and less noisy. Dave Log in to reply |
| Re: Where's your local Box??? what sort of traffic? 27/11/2011 at 14:25 #23773 | |
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Underwood
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" said:And this morning, while I was in bed, I heard a steam loco getting a good run-up for Filton Bank; didn't get to the window quick enough to see the engine though.6024 'King Edward I' on Eastleigh to South Wales from Bristol TM My local box is Westbury PSB, so I am one on a SimSig map lol Log in to reply |
| Re: Where's your local Box??? what sort of traffic? 27/11/2011 at 22:13 #23825 | |
58050
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I have 3 boxes that control movements near to me. I live about 2 miles from Clay Cross North Junction. There's Sheffield PSB from the north end of Chesterfield station. Trent PSB to the south of Chesterfield station & the new signalling centre at Derby also controls some of the area. Traffic isn'tquite as varied as it used to be. Virgin X Country 'go-karts' & East Midlands Trains Meridians with Cl.158s on Nott'm - Leeds & Norwich - Liverpool Lime Street. Majority of the freight these days is in the hands of Cl.66s(sheds) & the majority of those are carrying coal & running on 'Q' paths. If we could only go back 20 years, much more interesting then.
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