Mansfield Station South -1892 -PC conjecture
Peter Churchman has taken a good look at this diagram, and has added suggested lever numbers to the blanks, most, he believes with reasonable likelihood – hence the bracketed figures. Unfortunately without locking figures he can’t be sure.
There were a few apparent anomalies:
1. He's pulled back Up Slow home (3), as this must have protected the Up Siding connection (5) – as later.
2. Levers 2 & 8 were logically spare (as per 2 at Mansfield Station North), allowing for (intended / not provided) slots/call-ons on Station North Up homes.
3. He's added a Down set-back slot (15), as he's pretty certain this must have been an original feature, locking Dock points (14) both ways. (Would be interesting to see what the equivalent dated Mansfield Station North sketch shows??)
4. He had wondered whether the Level Crossing gates shown ought to be bolt-locked, but the road under-bridge was already in place by 1870s, so it beggars the question as to how there was even room to fit in a LC as well as the bridge, also as to its purpose. So maybe it was just a foot crossing – but if so, to where? He would like to see what was written in the MT6 file to see if any further useful info is there.
5. It seems odd that although there is a main signal Down to Up (16), there is no disc shown towards the Down Siding, as per later diagrams. (21 would fit)
Mansfield Station South -1892 -PC conjecture
Peter Churchman has taken a good look at this diagram, and has added suggested lever numbers to the blanks, most, he believes with reasonable likelihood – hence the bracketed figures. Unfortunately without locking figures he can’t be sure.
There were a few apparent anomalies:
1. He's pulled back Up Slow home (3), as this must have protected the Up Siding connection (5) – as later.
2. Levers 2 & 8 were logically spare (as per 2 at Mansfield Station North), allowing for (intended / not provided) slots/call-ons on Station North Up homes.
3. He's added a Down set-back slot (15), as he's pretty certain this must have been an original feature, locking Dock points (14) both ways. (Would be interesting to see what the equivalent dated Mansfield Station North sketch shows??)
4. He had wondered whether the Level Crossing gates shown ought to be bolt-locked, but the road under-bridge was already in place by 1870s, so it beggars the question as to how there was even room to fit in a LC as well as the bridge, also as to its purpose. So maybe it was just a foot crossing – but if so, to where? He would like to see what was written in the MT6 file to see if any further useful info is there.
5. It seems odd that although there is a main signal Down to Up (16), there is no disc shown towards the Down Siding, as per later diagrams. (21 would fit)