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Green and Yellow lights with acceptor panel

 

A close-up study of the acceptor panel in the depot. It was a vital component to the running of what was an incredibly busy environment. It was the fail-safe method for admitting trains into the depot and back onto the system. A hand twisted a special castle-cut key which then triggered the appropriate train movements.

 

Image ©Bradley Photography, Northumberland.

 

Part of a selection of images on show at The British Postal Museum & Archive, London, as part of "Mail Rail: A Photographic Exhibition".

 

www.postalheritage.org.uk/mail-rail-exhibition

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Uploaded on July 19, 2013