View out over the lawn
Taken from a hidey hole (that beforehand I didn't know about) at Quorn and Woodhouse station. Class 'A1' Pacific no. 60163 'Tornado' whistles as she approaches with a train for Leicester North.
This view neatly shows some of the signalling that makes the Great Central Railway special. On the left is the Quorn Down starter and beyond that the Down section signal (both at danger). In the distance the Loughborough auto-distant signal looks like it's showing two yellows. 'Tornado' has just passed Quorn's Up home signal, the post of which also carries the distant arm for the Quorn Up starter. In the 'six foot' between the Up and Down lines are three ground signals (or 'dollies') that control reverse movements from the Down line into, from L to R, the Down platform, the Up platform and Quorn yard.
In front of the Down starting signal, the low grey box with the striped cover contains a 'signal post telephone' that goes direct to Quorn signal box. The line in rear of the signal is not track-circuited (shown by no 'diamond' or 'lozenge' on the signal post) which means that in theory the signalman could forget about a train standing there. Hence the need to remind the 'bobby' by phone immediately if one's train is detained there by the signal at red.
View out over the lawn
Taken from a hidey hole (that beforehand I didn't know about) at Quorn and Woodhouse station. Class 'A1' Pacific no. 60163 'Tornado' whistles as she approaches with a train for Leicester North.
This view neatly shows some of the signalling that makes the Great Central Railway special. On the left is the Quorn Down starter and beyond that the Down section signal (both at danger). In the distance the Loughborough auto-distant signal looks like it's showing two yellows. 'Tornado' has just passed Quorn's Up home signal, the post of which also carries the distant arm for the Quorn Up starter. In the 'six foot' between the Up and Down lines are three ground signals (or 'dollies') that control reverse movements from the Down line into, from L to R, the Down platform, the Up platform and Quorn yard.
In front of the Down starting signal, the low grey box with the striped cover contains a 'signal post telephone' that goes direct to Quorn signal box. The line in rear of the signal is not track-circuited (shown by no 'diamond' or 'lozenge' on the signal post) which means that in theory the signalman could forget about a train standing there. Hence the need to remind the 'bobby' by phone immediately if one's train is detained there by the signal at red.