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Passing the token to the signalman from the moving train...
what was being passed looked like a wooden clipboard with a pink handwritten note attached... so, whether this is a 'token' or not I have no idea.
The token system was developed in Britain in the 19th century, to enable safe working of single-line railways. If a branch line is a dead end with a simple shuttle train service, then a single token is sufficient. The driver of any train entering the branch line (or occupying any part of it) must be in possession of the token, and no collision with another train is possible.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Token_(railway_signalling).
One Train Only token used by Indian Railways
For convenience in passing it from hand to hand, the token was often in the form of a staff, typically 800 mm (31 in) long and 40 mm (1.6 in) diameter, and is referred to as a train staff.[3] Such a staff is usually literally a wooden staff with a brass plate stating the two signal boxes between which it is valid.
In UK terminology, this method of working on simple branch lines was originally referred to as One Engine in Steam (OES), and later One-Train Working (OTW).[1] However the system was used on long through lines as well; R H Dutton, Chairman of the London and South Western Railway explained in 1876 the slow journey time between Exeter and Plymouth by saying, "the cause of the delay is the stopping at every station on the staff system. That really does cause a great delay because if the staff is not there, the train must stop while a man is sent on a horse to get it [from the other end of the section]"; quoted in Williams.[4]
26.9.2026.
The signalman prepares to hand over the token as LMS Stanier Class 5MT 4-6-0 No 44806 pulls away from Grosmont.
The platforms are packed and I imagine that it was a good gala for the NYMR.
Certainly one of the best I've been to at the Railway.
NYMR Steam Gala.
Trams/trains travelling from a to b along a single line track.
A ‘Token’, the name given to an object that is passed from the signalman (a), to the tram/train driver on a single line track used for two way traffic. The driver is then allowed to proceed along the single track; he then passes the ‘Token’ to a signalman (b), at the other end. If there are two trams/trains to go in the same direction (a to b), the ‘Token’ is shown by the signalman (a), to the first driver, and then given to the second driver, who then hands it to the signalman (b), at the other end of the single section of track. Signalman (b), now has control of the said section of track. Further trams/trains following in the same direction (a to b) are halted until the signalman (a), has control of the track once again by having the ‘Token’; which has been returned to him by the driver of a tram/train travelling in the opposite direction (b to a). The ‘Token’ can then be passed to the driver of the halted tram/train for him to proceed. This method ensures there is only one tram/train on that section of track at any one time. If there was a collision of two trams/trains on this section of track then the driver without the ‘Token’ is at fault.
This temporary track is in Mosley Street, Manchester as part of the Second City Crossing construction, leading to the new St. Peter's Square tram station.
I hope this isn't too confusing!
6960 was out-shopped from Swindon in March 1944 as the second member of Lot 350. The locomotive initially operated without cab side windows as part of wartime blackout regulations. In June 1947 it received the name Raveningham Hall after a stately home in East Anglia.[1]. The locomotive worked out of London’s Old Oak Common in the 1940s, Reading in the 1950s and latterly Oxford until being withdrawn from service by BR in June 1964.
Between driver & signalman. A token is a physical object which a train driver is required to have or see before entering onto a particular section of single track.
A dying form of train control, the token system. The once popular system started out in England and eventually found its way to many British colonies like India. The system is very labor intensive and is quickly being replaced by automatic signalling even in India. I spent a day photographing the token exchange at Nandol Dahegam in Gujrat with the assistance of the station staff, check the link below for a full report and further explanation on the inner workings of this signalling system.
I am delighted to share with you a pretty rose bouquet created for my lovely wife that I dearly cherish, and love. The roses are from cuttings that I collected from various gardens in our area.
Taken on the Keighley Worth Valley railway at Damems signalbox. I didn't notice the driver looking my direction nor that his head within the handle of the token ring!
Following my previous photo, today, I’ll give another clue. For now, I show you a fully functional ‘Token booth'.
*I don’t know if ‘Token booth' is the correct designation :p
More LEGO shots here.
Token got a new face-up! :D
He looks even more girly now... But isn't he pretty??? I especially love the eyes! °3°
Also, he finally got a decent wig in the right colour and eyes that don't gap like hell! Now, after a whole year (this month was his "bday"), he's finally complete! Weee~ \^0^/
Face-up is by the wonderful Smaug on DoA.
It's been a pretty sad week for Aussies, losing a number of our young diggers. Lest we forget their sacrifice and service to our nation and the world.
Great Blue Herons, Wakodahatchee Wetlands in Courting behavior
Camera Canon EOS 7D
Exposure 0.004 sec (1/250)
Aperture f/5.6
Focal Length 500 mm
ISO Speed 800
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Single line tokens are exchanged at Tondu on the Bridgend – Maesteg line for 3S62, the Margam to Margam circuit RHTT on 26th October 2022. The loco is 66121.
Despite a promising start by the time 66736 had meandered a mile or so up the coast to Freemans Crossing box, the weather had definitely taken a dull turn. I've never taken a shot of the box from the oft used the A189 over-bridge, having looked at it a few times and rejected it for more interesting beach-side fare in better weather conditions.
Freemans box is the most modern still in operation on the B&T. Built in the British Rail era around 1956 it was installed to to control the lines to the power station, coal staithes and Cambois depot, that diverged to the right of the train (behind the box in this shot).
The driver and signaller prepare to exchange the token as 6S45 comes off the single track section between Freemans and North Blyth.
28th December 2019.
Beyer Garratt 6029 simmers away at Thirlmere waiting for the staff to be delivered to the driver before the train is permitted to travel the single line section between Thirlmere and Picton.
Staff and Ticket safeworking is all but extinct in New South Wales, having been used extensively across the world for over 140 years
Rainford junction signal box looking west in the summer of 2016. An eastbound train has just come off the single track section from Kirkby with a train for Blackburn.
the fireman hands the single line token to the bewdley signalman as royal scot 4-6-0 46100 royal scot rolls in with a train for kidderminster--photo by my wife
20th February 2018. Passing Church Lane Crossing Signal Box on the Peak Rail heritage railway. BR WD Austerity 0-6-0ST No.72 takes a Rowsley South to Matlock service as the signal man concentrates on handing over the token.
WD Austerity No.72 was built in1945 at the Vulcan Foundry in Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire. When new it went straight into store at Longmoor as WD5319 later WD75319. After the Second World War it was sold to the National Coal Board [NCB] and became No.72 based at Easington Colliery in County Durham. In the photograph No.72 is its NCB livery.
A view captured at Dingwall in July 1987, where Class 37/0 37114 'Dunrobin Castle' had stopped for the issue of the RETB [Radio Electronic Token Block] authority for the driver to continue the journey with a loaded ballast train from Inverness to Strathcarron.
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