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« Reply #30 on: December 19, 2017, 12:04:56 » |
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« Reply #31 on: December 19, 2017, 12:17:25 » |
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From 1979 to 1982 this was part of my S&T▸ faulting area...
I think deep down I must have known that someone was paid to go round creating signalling faults, but it is nice to have it confirmed  |
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Things take longer to happen than you think they will, and then they happen faster than you thought they could.
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« Reply #32 on: December 19, 2017, 12:26:42 » |
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From 1979 to 1982 this was part of my S&T▸ faulting area...
I think deep down I must have known that someone was paid to go round creating signalling faults, but it is nice to have it confirmed Definitely one of those weird railway terms. "Faultfinding" almost anywhere else I guess... Paul |
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« Reply #33 on: December 19, 2017, 13:33:48 » |
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No. 4 Possibly Maidenhead looking West. With new signal box put in to control branch when Slough Panel opened. Otherwise there's another station it might be.
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« Reply #34 on: December 19, 2017, 13:46:40 » |
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Chippenham. looking east.
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« Reply #35 on: December 19, 2017, 13:48:49 » |
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Castle Cary looking west.
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« Reply #36 on: December 19, 2017, 14:03:39 » |
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No.4 - I thought of Castle Cary as well but PW▸ beat me too it.
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« Reply #37 on: December 19, 2017, 20:49:10 » |
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Castle Cary looking west.
No.4 - Correct. Photograph taken in 1970. Castle Cary looking West from the Up Platform (it only had two platforms then). The signalbox in the background was a GWR▸ ARP design and was built during the second world war, the previous box having been bombed in a German air raid. The signal shown is called a 'Backing Signal' and is identified so to drivers by the two holes in the arm. The device below it is a mechanical route indicator. Castle Cary signalbox closed on 01 February 1985. Note the existence of gas lighting on the platform (even at this late date). |
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« Reply #38 on: December 19, 2017, 20:49:57 » |
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No.5  Image (c)2017 SandTEngineer |
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« Reply #39 on: December 19, 2017, 20:51:44 » |
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From 1979 to 1982 this was part of my S&T▸ faulting area...
I think deep down I must have known that someone was paid to go round creating signalling faults, but it is nice to have it confirmed Cheeky  The S&T teams were always known as 'Faulting and Maintenance Team(s)'. It was a BR▸ thing.....  |
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« Reply #40 on: December 19, 2017, 21:41:36 » |
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Has anyone else noticed that all of SandTEngineer's pictures seem to include some unusual / obscure / unique feature of railway signalling or telegraph equipment in them?   Just give me a straightforward Taunton to get wrong!  |
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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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« Reply #41 on: December 19, 2017, 21:48:59 » |
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Has anyone else noticed that all of SandTEngineer's pictures seem to include some unusual / obscure / unique feature of railway signalling or telegraph equipment in them? Just give me a straightforward Taunton to get wrong! Err ... he was the source of the Taunton picture in my Advent quiz - big formal credit and "thank you" to SandTEngineer. I think there were signals on the Taunton one  |
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« Reply #42 on: December 21, 2017, 06:45:57 » |
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Eggesford looking towards Barnstaple?
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Bring back BR▸
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« Reply #43 on: December 21, 2017, 09:15:19 » |
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Bi would concur with Eggesford, similar photo on Cornwall Railways website. SR‡ use of bullhead rails for signal post.
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« Reply #44 on: December 21, 2017, 13:27:36 » |
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Eggesford looking towards Barnstaple?
No.5 - Correct. Photograph taken in September 1970. Eggesford station looking West towards Barnstaple and Ilfracombe. The signal is called a 'Banner Repeater' and these are provided where there is insufficient sighting distance of the main signal it repeats. This one is an upper quadrant version mounted on a typical Southern Railway rail built post. Here is a photograph taken at the same time looking in the other direction. The signalbox seen on the right hand side is of the BR▸ -WR 'Plywood Wonder' type. I hasten to add that this is a nickname for this style of box although they were a bit feeble in construction.... They were assembled from a kit of standard parts. The signal that the banner repeater repeats is at the end of the platform. Eggesford level crossing can be seen in the distance. Eggesford signalbox closed on 01 November 1987.  Image (c)2017 SandTEngineer |
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