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« Reply #60 on: December 08, 2015, 12:54:00 » |
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« Reply #61 on: December 08, 2015, 13:08:20 » |
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Ground Frames are not normally manned and are operated by station staff or train crew dependent on location. I think the name may come from the fact that the lever frame is located at ground level rather than being elevated in a signalbox.
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« Reply #62 on: December 08, 2015, 13:13:42 » |
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No.8 Flitwick. Class 317/1 Bedpan unit entering Up Slow platform. Mid to late 1980s.
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« Reply #63 on: December 08, 2015, 14:04:44 » |
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The other noticeable feature of course is that these buildings are at ground level which means that they don't have interlocking underneath them.
And presumably that's the origin of the name. If a modern signalling centre was built at ground level (i.e. was a bungallow) with all the electronics in a room alongside rather than below, it could (presumably) be called a ground frame too. Yes, except a modern centre wouldn't be a "frame" which I assume means the thing that holds a load of levers |
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« Reply #64 on: December 08, 2015, 14:06:56 » |
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How unkind!
I never said there was anything wrong with "playing trains". Basically, I am jealous. |
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« Reply #65 on: December 08, 2015, 20:59:10 » |
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8th looks a little bit like Bedminster, but isn't!
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Waiting at Pilning for the midnight sleeper to Prague.
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« Reply #66 on: December 09, 2015, 16:13:52 » |
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« Reply #67 on: December 09, 2015, 17:01:05 » |
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No.9 - Shrewsbury station Up Side at London End. Class 52 (Western Diesel Hydraulic) loco standing on the Up Main line. Probably late 1960s/early 1970s. Severn Bridge Junction Up Main Home signals to the right of the loco: Signal No.5/6 on the left hand doll and Signal No.14/15 on the right hand doll. Showing changing responsibility for maintenance etc. over the years as the signal dolls and arms are GWR▸ /WR construction but the main post and bracket are LNWR▸ construction. Brute parcels trolley on the platform. Bay Platform No.6 track in the foreground. No, thats not me in the anorak and gricing (for the youngsters on the forum thats number taking)  I'll get my hat and coat.......  |
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« Reply #68 on: December 09, 2015, 18:44:54 » |
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Early 1970s as the western in the picture has had the D removed or blacked out from the Cabside No plate.
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« Reply #69 on: December 09, 2015, 20:02:32 » |
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I feel the photo is deserving of a caption competition. How about "In the light of recent terrorist threats, Network Rail trials its latest security measures"
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« Reply #70 on: December 09, 2015, 20:05:13 » |
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8th looks a little bit like Bedminster, but isn't!
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"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner." Discuss.
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« Reply #71 on: December 09, 2015, 20:23:31 » |
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Agreed. The lineside is far too tidy for it to be Bedminster.
Which should perhaps be renamed Buddleiaminster.
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« Reply #72 on: December 10, 2015, 10:01:47 » |
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Uxbridge English dictionary:
Buddlia: Network Rail's favourite shrub.
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« Reply #73 on: December 10, 2015, 20:43:56 » |
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« Reply #74 on: December 10, 2015, 23:25:07 » |
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William Huskisson MP▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: stop, look, listen.
"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner." Discuss.
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