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« Reply #75 on: April 14, 2015, 15:27:08 »

What is the thinking behind the signal identification scheme?

Those around Paddington stayed as SN when they moved from Slough New to Didcot.  Some around Reading are T and others are TR after the panel there closed, SB (Signal Box) still survives around Didcot and the Kemble line controlled from Didcot has SW. 

Anyone know what the signals around Swindon will be prefixed when the panel closes there - SW or T or TS?

At Reading at least, all new signals were labelled T and existing ones stayed TR until replaced. I can't see any TR ones left now, at least not in the RSAR area.
Yes, the only remaining TR signals are those beyond Newbury on the Berks & Hants line.  To renumber these would require a huge amount of re-labelling of the circuitry in the relay rooms at Woodborough, Bedwyn and Hungerford.
The Swindon signals are going to be prefixed SW.  Then when Bristol migrates to TVSC» (Thames Valley Signalling Centre - about), its signals will be BL.
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« Reply #76 on: April 14, 2015, 15:54:05 »

So this one at Bedwyn survives in its current form for a while....

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« Reply #77 on: April 14, 2015, 17:01:06 »

.....well as long as the post remains upright..... Roll Eyes Tongue
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« Reply #78 on: April 14, 2015, 17:10:47 »

.....well as long as the post remains upright..... Roll Eyes Tongue

Such a lack of confidence   Grin  Grin

 
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« Reply #79 on: April 14, 2015, 17:21:12 »

.....well as long as the post remains upright..... Roll Eyes Tongue

Such a lack of confidence   Grin  Grin

 

Well justified given the penchant for signals (or a signal to be exact) in the Newbury area to fall over
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« Reply #80 on: April 14, 2015, 18:08:58 »

It does.  Also part of the line from Oxford to Didcot and the Gloucester line from near Swindon Station to Kemble.

Can't remember how many workstations are involved.

Ten.  Paddington, Acton, Hayes, Maidenhead, Twyford, Reading, Reading West Jn, B&H (Berks and Hants - railway line from Reading to Taunton via Westbury), Didcot, Swindon(*).

(*) Swindon workstation currently just controls the Kemble line.  It will (when the Swindon panel finally gets decommissioned) fringe with Didcot at its eastern end, so TVSC» (Thames Valley Signalling Centre - about) will be continuous from the Paddington bufferstops to Hullavington and Thingley.

Slight correction there, its Slough not Maidenhead.
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« Reply #81 on: March 11, 2016, 18:03:29 »

http://m.sloughobserver.co.uk/news/14337660.Lucky_escape_for_passengers_on_smokelogged_train/..........anyone else heard about this?
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« Reply #82 on: March 11, 2016, 18:31:34 »

It was in an assumingly new circular route

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« Reply #83 on: March 11, 2016, 20:18:36 »

Not wishing to underplay the seriousness of the incident I am, however, pleased to see that the line at Maidenhead is now electrified...... Roll Eyes
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« Reply #84 on: March 11, 2016, 23:02:18 »

Quality journalism.  Roll Eyes
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« Reply #85 on: March 11, 2016, 23:03:15 »

Maybe if this was the type of electrification used through Slough they wouldn't be years behind...
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« Reply #86 on: March 11, 2016, 23:10:30 »

Maybe if this was the type of electrification used through Slough they wouldn't be years behind...
They would be years behind the times though!
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« Reply #87 on: March 12, 2016, 09:06:41 »

The photo they used is of an unknown third rail electric location. Rather different from Slough !
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« Reply #88 on: March 12, 2016, 09:12:15 »

Whilst I appreciate that the good folk of the Slough Observer are unlikely to trouble the Pulitzer prize judges, I was more interested in the background to the incident rather than a critique of grammar, geography and/or technical detail.................never mind!  Roll Eyes
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« Reply #89 on: March 12, 2016, 10:04:59 »

Whilst I appreciate that the good folk of the Slough Observer are unlikely to trouble the Pulitzer prize judges, I was more interested in the background to the incident rather than a critique of grammar, geography and/or technical detail.................never mind!  Roll Eyes

Me too. However, there is no date on the article and I cannot see any abnormal activity on RTT» (Real Time Trains - website) at that time in the morning in the last seven days so difficult to comment really. 
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