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A few long term rail contacts on Flickr will know that for many years my dad has been looking for an image of this signal box. It was the first place he worked and no matter where he looked or who I spoke with we couldn't find a photo of the box. Everything changed this week. Not just one picture but two came to light. This one was purchased by dad and shows the box and an unknown entourage at some point prior to the Great War.
The box was built by the Great Northern Railway in 1893 and closed by British Railways in 1970. I will let dad supply a few additional notes.
Signalmen were: Clifford Dickinson, Arthur Burton and Bill Humphreys, working three shifts in turn, 6.0 am to 2.0 pm, 2.0 pm to 10.0 pm and 10.0 pm to 6.0 am, days, afternoons and nights, Monday to Saturday, starting a new shift every Monday. The branch line to Castleford and Methley did not operate on Sunday. Train register lads: John Firth and Keith Matthews, working days and afternoon shift alternate weeks.
The box controlled the up and down main and goods lines to and from London to Leeds, the branch line to and from Methley, the East and West line to Robin Hood, the Lofthouse colliery sidings lines and the goods yard at Outwood. Quite busy at times.
I have a recollection of a then, circa 1954, experimental diesel unit testing on the Methley to Leeds line, it deliberately stopped on the steepest part of the 1 in 49 uphill gradient near the junction with the main line, then set off again with no problems. Steam engines often needed a ‘banker’ engine at the rear to assist them up the incline. My signalman friend remarked, “Well John that’s thefuture, we won’t need steam engines when these take over”.
Train register lads duties were: recording, the exact time of all bell contacts relating to the passage of each train in the registers, (eight entries per train). There were different bell codes for each type of train, a light engine was 2-3 rings, an express passenger train 4 bells, etc. Other duties were receiving and transmitting Morse code telegraph messages, telephoning Leeds Central Control with times of VIP trains, etc. Non clerical duties included keeping the box clean and levers polished, washing the many windows, emptying the chemical toilet and burying it behind the box. Plus the unofficial task of operating the box whilst the signalman had his breakfast or tea. Happy days.
In the late stages of evening twilight, 60100 working the 6D03 Tinsley - Immingham loaded steel train passes Barnetby East signal box.
With the raining falling steadily, PKP Class Ol49 2-6-2 No.Ol49-59 leaves Włoszakowice station with the 77544 11:48 Wolsztyn-Leszno train.
An eastbound Conrail TV rolls by the signals at the east end of Hudson interlocking on the Cleveland Line in 1994.
Robe Obelisk
South Australia
The tip of Cape Dombey at Robe is a petrified forest of rock and stone. At its end sits the Obelisk which used to guide ships into the shelter of Guichen Bay. With time, the erosion will bring the obelisk down into the ocean but for now, it stands as its namesake. Sunset on friday night was absolutely incredible to witness !
Class 40 40154 makes a splendid sight as it passes under signals on it,s way into Chester station with the 13:44 Llandudno to York service. 40,s seen that Saturday were 40179 Crewe. Chester 40025/28/80 40122/135/137/144/153/169/195. 30/06/1979.
image Kevin Connolly - All rights reserved so please do no use this without my explicit permission
It was a gloomy day at Kings Norton station as we waited for our party of walkers to arrive from Birmingham New Street. As their train approaches, signal SY 41 is protecting the line from conflicting traffic.
The soon to be replaced class 323 is working 9R18 the 09.46 Four Oaks to Redditch service.
Copyright Geoff Dowling: All rights reserved
Opened 04/07/1914 (Replaced Older Box)
Closed 29/03/1985 When Exeter Panel to over control
VT 3 Bar Frame 4" Centres
Denver & Rio Grande Western mountain main line turnout location, with block signals, which is not very far from the East Portal of the Moffat Tunnel in Colorado, Summer 1980. Either a branch line, a second main line or a double ended siding joins the single track main line at this location called Rollins.
66622 rolls slowly towards signal 862 hauling 6V18, the 11:20 Allington - Whatley empties at Fore Bridge foot crossing near Little Bedwyn
It was following a Bedwyn stopping service and had to await its move into the reversing siding. The signal cleared just as I took the shot
A creek near Signal Mountain. Chattanooga, Tennessee is located in the eastern part of the state on the Cumberland Plateau. The city is surrounded by gorges, mountains and beautiful countryside. It has been experiencing a revitalization lately.
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Traffic signals both annoy and fascinate me. On the day-to-day basis, I absolutely hate them. My car seems to employ a hidden device that causes all signals to suddenly turn red right in front of me. People that drive with me have even commented on this. I almost never catch a green light. Some signals are especially troublesome; I can easily go 0-20 or more at some intersections, far worse than you might get with a coin toss. But I'm able to put all of that aside when I'm out walking. At that point the signals no longer dictate my movement and become more of a curiosity. I'm really taken with a childlike fascination watching the color lights, particularly when contrasted against the evening sky. I found myself standing under this signal the other night. This is the type that simply blinks on and off rather than go through a green, yellow, red cycle. A quiet summer evening with almost zero traffic afforded me the opportunity to stand in the road looking up at this sentinel light, flashing red in my direction, amber in the opposite. I could see the color cast down on the street in front of me, monotonously on and off, on and off. I could hear the corresponding click of a relay in an electrical cabinet on an adjacent pole, keeping time with the lights (actually controlling the lights but that's not as fun of a thought). Part of the fascination is seeing the cycle repeat endlessly, even though no vehicles are present. Don't know why this attracts me; it just does. I live not too far from a regular traffic light, the three-color changer, the only one in the entire village. When the trees are bare in winter, I can see it from my bedroom window even though it is some distance away. Sometimes I watch it at night, ever changing, yet somehow soothing. So odd to think that the next morning I will go right back to cursing the damn things. Love-hate.
Bad Signal Saturday on the West Point Route continued on the first day of February, with M210 following L844 and still having to run on restrictings from Loachapoka to Auburn. They're passing the intermediate in downtown with auto racks bound for the Kia plant at West Point, Georgia.
canon AE1P
canon fd 200mm f2.8
multi image & color filters
kodak 5218 500T expired
home crew diy ECN2
v600 scan
History begins today.... Tomorrow night these signals will be swept away.
29/10/2017 (Sun) 1720 Blackpool North 150134 + 150114 2N82 1547 Liverpool Lime Street - Blackpool North
(Samyang 85mm AS IF UMC F1.4)
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