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| Swindon Panel Visit Pictures 16/09/2013 at 16:11 #49408 | |
Temple Meads
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On Saturday 14th September the Swindon Panel Preservation Society hosted their first meeting, this included a visit to the box itself, starting with a tour with the relay room we then went upstairs to the operating floor. Various pictures from the visit can be seen below: The box itself:  Relay Room:  Overview of the panel from the western end:  Danny Scroggins giving a helpful talk and demonstration about the operation of the panel:  Route set for 0V13 out of the Down Goods and into Platform 1:  Swindon Station area:  VDU Train Describer Screen:  Wootton Bassett panel:  Plenty more pictures here: https://www.facebook.com/tim.squires.9/media_set?set=a.472666786164815.1073741832.100002644927209&type=1 Thanks to everyone involved in arranging this tour, easily the best day out I've had this year! Post has attachments. Log in to view them. Username TIM in multiplayer Last edited: 16/09/2013 at 16:12 by Temple Meads Log in to reply The following users said thank you: John, Steamer, AndyG, Guts, andyb0607, UKTrainMan |
| Swindon Panel Visit Pictures 16/09/2013 at 19:04 #49416 | |
pedroathome
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Just a few photo's which I took from the relay room - I think Tim has nicely summed up the panel it's self 1 - Flasher Relay  2 - Critical Relays (Fail Safe Relays)  3 - Some more relays (Can't remember which these are)  4 - Bank of Non Critical Relays 
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| Swindon Panel Visit Pictures 16/09/2013 at 19:54 #49417 | |
Firefly
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Quote:3 - Some more relays (Can't remember which these are)Reed FDM or Frequency Divisional Multiplex Log in to reply The following user said thank you: pedroathome |
| Swindon Panel Visit Pictures 16/09/2013 at 20:32 #49419 | |
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Sam Tugwell
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Ah relays. By the end of my Work Experience with NR I'd had quite enough of them! 
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| Swindon Panel Visit Pictures 16/09/2013 at 22:08 #49421 | |
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pedroathome
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Thanks for that Firefly. I will update that shortly Secondly, I have uploaded the remainder of the photo's to my website, and are available from here. I know there are some photo's currently the wrong way around, and I shall be correcting that shortly Once again, a thankyou to everyone involved with Saturdays visit James Last edited: 16/09/2013 at 22:09 by pedroathome Reason: Sort out broken link Log in to reply |