Glenfinnan Station Signal Box Track Diagram
I visited this box on 27 July 1967. I visited 6 boxes that day, see my "boxes visited" log.
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Two more diagrams, drawn by Robert Dey and used with his kind permission, can be seen here:
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Claim to fame: The box had exactly the same signalling layout as opened through to when closed!
The note about stretcher bars only having one hole is unusual to see on a Signal Box Diagram and lets the signalman know that points can only be locked one way, which is set only for correct side of the loop. There should actually be no chance of the signalman putting it to the test and trying to bend the rodding as the actual frame interlocking should prevent it anyway.
The box closed on 6 December 1987 when Radio Electronic Token Block (RETB) signalling system was introduced at Banavie North workstation.
More information on RETB is here www.scot-rail.co.uk/page/RETB
The box still exists and is part of the station museum at Glenfinnan, see here glenfinnanstationmuseum.co.uk/facilities/signal-box/#:~:t....
An additional link about this box can be seen here www.railscot.co.uk/locations/G/Glenfinnan/
My external photo of the box is here www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51872279403/in/album-...
and one I took from the station platform during our stop on "The Jacobite" on 28 June 2018 www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51921482203/in/datepo...
The Sectional Appendix page is here
www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51605418707/in/album-...
The quite accurate location of the box was 189913 (Easting) 780956 (Northing), seen here on the NLS maps maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=14&lat=56....
Glenfinnan Station Signal Box Track Diagram
I visited this box on 27 July 1967. I visited 6 boxes that day, see my "boxes visited" log.
www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51601553262/in/album-...
Two more diagrams, drawn by Robert Dey and used with his kind permission, can be seen here:
www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51887598277/in/album-...
www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51892429653/in/album-...
Claim to fame: The box had exactly the same signalling layout as opened through to when closed!
The note about stretcher bars only having one hole is unusual to see on a Signal Box Diagram and lets the signalman know that points can only be locked one way, which is set only for correct side of the loop. There should actually be no chance of the signalman putting it to the test and trying to bend the rodding as the actual frame interlocking should prevent it anyway.
The box closed on 6 December 1987 when Radio Electronic Token Block (RETB) signalling system was introduced at Banavie North workstation.
More information on RETB is here www.scot-rail.co.uk/page/RETB
The box still exists and is part of the station museum at Glenfinnan, see here glenfinnanstationmuseum.co.uk/facilities/signal-box/#:~:t....
An additional link about this box can be seen here www.railscot.co.uk/locations/G/Glenfinnan/
My external photo of the box is here www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51872279403/in/album-...
and one I took from the station platform during our stop on "The Jacobite" on 28 June 2018 www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51921482203/in/datepo...
The Sectional Appendix page is here
www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51605418707/in/album-...
The quite accurate location of the box was 189913 (Easting) 780956 (Northing), seen here on the NLS maps maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=14&lat=56....