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156464 slows to a stand at Midge Hall on 4th October 2022 with 2F47 1326 Preston to Ormskirk. The driver will collect the token as authority to proceed to Rufford where it will be surrendered to the signaller there and the train will continue to Ormskirk on the single line under One Train Working rules, again with another token.
It would be very unusual if a driver stopped or even slightly slowed for a token exchange in the days when I was at Rufford, and the act of giving and receiving the tokens for the two single lines was done at some speed!
This was something I saw taken to the extremes when travelling behind 37s on the West Highland Line in the early eighties, when some of the token handovers made our West Lancashire ones look positively pedestrian....
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Which is the most meaningful "token of love" on Valentines Day ... a carefully selected and presented dandelion or an expensive bunch of red roses?
"By all these lovely tokens September days are here, With summer's best of weather And autumn's best of cheer."
Helen Hunt Jackson
A recently completed scheme at the junction of the Buckingham Road and the Upper Shoreham Road. The main element is a much needed extra pedestrian crossing on the USR, which will be well used by kids and parents heading to and from the local schools. There's also this short strip of bike lane. I will use it most days, but on its own it has minimal impact. It does put-off parents on the school run from parking on the yellow/double yellow lines that were here, partially blocking the junction. A proper cycle lane along the USR would be good, but the well has been poisoned by the awful temporary one that got put in and taken out over the pandemic.
First Great Westerns 180 105 leaves the Cotswold Line at Norton Junction while working the 11:52 London Paddington to Hereford service. The signalman is receiving the token via a pouch held up to the cab window using a pole.
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Wikipedia: "In railway signalling, 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. The token is clearly endorsed with the names of the section to which it belongs. A token system is more commonly used for single lines because of the greater risk of collision in the event of a mistake being made by a signaller or traincrew than on double lines."
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An opportunity was almost missed on Wednesday due to a non updated T.O.P.S list.
At 7.30am 37401 & 37409 were showing "Under Genius Control" as they were the previous day.
I was at my father-in-law's during the morning and there's no mobile phone reception at his gaff and so it wasn't until lunchtime that I discovered, through gen' sites, that 37402 had replaced 409 on the first southbound out of Carlisle that morning.
This meant that for the first time since inception both Cumbrian coast loco-hauled diagrams were sporting a large logo Tractor.
A plan was immediately formulated to attempt a shot of the two passing at St. Bees.
The 14.37 BIF - CAR was first to arrive and here the driver of its loco, 37402, is seen handing the token for the Sellafield single line section to the St. Bees signalwoman.
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The signalman and footplate crew prepare to exchange tokens as Raven NER 'Q6' 0-8-0 No 63395 drifts into Goathland with a passenger service for Grosmont.
NYMR.
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.
37037 exchanges tokens with the signalman at Arrochar & Tarbet on 2nd August 1982.
The train was the 1634 Glasgow Queen Street to Mallaig which was taken to Rannoch for 37014 back to Glasgow.
I saw a few of these token exchanges on the WHL and they were carried out at some speed! The rules of course now instruct drivers to stop and obtain the token. Tokens became a thing of the past in March 1988 when the new signalling centre at Banavie took control with radio signalling.
The loco was renumbered to 37321 in 1986 and then again back to its original number 37037 in 1989.
It spent a year in France from 1999-2000 and was stored at Wigan upon its return before being purchased for preservation in 2004.
On Sunday I had the pleasure of shooting at my first Flickr friend's wedding. It was supposed to rain, but we were blessed with partly cloudy conditions for the outdoor service.
Congrats again Jeff and Meghan!
The crews of Port Erin and Douglas-bound services prepare to exchange the single-line tokens at Ballasalla station on a wet 24th October 2014. The manned station at Ballasalla was the usual crossing point for trains. However, this scene would within days pass into the history books for, from the start of the 2015 season's timetable, service trains would thereafter cross at Castletown. Ballasalla station's up loop was locked out of use except for use by maintenance trains, and from the end of the 2015 timetable the station became unmanned by a permanent paid staff member.
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Visiting Harry Needle Railroad Company Ltd and DRS English Electric Type One Class 20s 20096 and 20901 diesel-electric locomotives roll down the bank at Keighley station with a Oxenhope to Keighley passenger service during the 2003 diesel gala weekend on the preserved Keighley & Worth Valley heritage railway line.
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I was flattered when reception staff at my swimming pool found this token and saved it for me !
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.
Remember the iconic scene of Eddie Murphy cruising down Rodeo Drive in "Beverly Hills Cop?" Well, here is my Hawaii perspective of that famous scene. Enjoy!
92212 Receiving the token at Ropley on the Watercress line.
In railway signalling, a token is a physical object which a locomotive driver is required to have or see before entering onto a particular section of single track. The token is clearly endorsed with the name of the section it belongs to. A token system is used for single lines because of the very much greater risk of serious collision in the event of irregular working by signalmen or traincrews, than on double lines.
Or so it seems. I watched a pair of BC Nigh Herons perched in one of the trees on the Suncoast Seabird Sanctuary grounds - he kept offering the stick to the female, who kept turning her back on him. I think she wanted a better stick, perhaps. There are probably 20 pairs of wild BCNH nesting on the sanctuary grounds right now.
The driver of Eastfield's Class 37/0, 37013 prepares to surrender the token at Dunragit box as his train, the 1S40 05:13 parcels from London Euston nears its destination at Stranraer.
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The Gotherington signalman is offering the token for the Gotherington-Cheltenham section, while preparing to accept the Winchcombe-Gotherington one from the crew of BR 'Standard Class 2' (visiting from the Great Central Railway and blowing off excess steam).
Photographed from a Cheltenham-Broadway train standing in Gotherington Loop.
The Driver and the Bobby exchange a few words whilst the driver hands back the token at Rainford Junction. 22nd November 2019
The signaller heads down the stairs in the afternoon autumnal sun to collect the token as 170204 approaches the 1884 built Tondu signal box with 2L54 1315 Maesteg to Cardiff box on Friday 18th November 2022.
What a great place this must have been 40 or so years ago when 4 wheeled mineral wagons were the mainstay of the traffic hauled by Canton 37s.
8.6.2024.
The fireman of Beyer Peacock Garratt 0-4-4-0T 'K1' (Wks No 5292 of 1909) exchanges the token with the signalman at Cogan Halt.
Statfold Barn 'Summer Spectacle of Steam'.
The signalman at Dunragit offers up the token to the driver of Class 47/4 47471 'Norman Tunna G.C.' as he heads away from Stranraer at the controls of the 11:00 Inter-City departure to London Euston.
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In railway signaling, a token is a physical object that a train driver must have or see before entering a specific section of track. The token is usually marked with the name of the section it belongs to
Having deposited its 9 wagons for scrap from Tinsley , 60059 waits in the entrance to Booths for a path back to Doncaster Belmont with good friend and fellow flickerite Jonathan Lawton at the controls .
144008 heads down the Holmes Chord to Rotherham Central with a service for Adwick .
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7F 53808 runs into Ropley and is about to receive the token for Alresford giving up the token from Medstead in return. This was the substitute loco for the failed schools and had raised steam by 12.00 to take up the duty
Signalman and railway author Adrian Vaughan is seen exchanging tokens with the crew of BR standard class 4 loco, 76084, at Weybourne on the North Norfolk Railway. Although the light was pretty rotten on my visit, I had enjoyable few hours chatting to Adrian and drinking his tea.
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Hand-built 6x7 rangefinder camera/ 100mm f3.5 Mamiya press lens.
1/500th sec @f8
Ilford Delta 400
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The token is passed to a westbound train at Bewdley, UK. The token allows movement of this train to the next signal box.
A scene captured on a Saturday morning in June 1986 at Westbury, Shropshire as the token exchange is completed. Class 128 Gloucester RC&W DMPMV parcels unit 55994 was working the 5J02 06:35 Aberystwyth to Shrewsbury.
Westbury railway station was opened in 1862 and closed in in September 1960. The passing loop and signal box remained in use, the latter controlling the gated level crossing on the B4387. The introduction of Radio Electronic Token Block signalling on the route saw all manual signal boxes closed in 1988 with control passing to the signalling centre at Machynlleth.
The former station building visible on the right is now a private residence.