Thank for this tour of this box. It's been most interesting. As a matter of fact It's listed status should include not just the building but all of the equipment Inside as this is part of history as well.
@@NigelCrisp-b9v it’s odd to think black tiles and black grout as being listed but it does have that Cold War feel to it, plus the very large fire doors
@@paged76 I quite like the relative solitude of any box plus the ability to look out a window, it’s a big modal shift working in a Roc, watching folks move about desk to desk using ARS or the Trust to tell you where everything goes, modernisation
Alan Wilson and I were the first signallers to work the first shift in The Dome after Coventry had moved in. It was strange, just the two of us with the whole building to ourselves... Now its full of people!
I went up there in 2018 as part of my senior conductor training. See how the other half live type thing. I was like a kid in a sweet shop in awe of it having being playing simsig for years
In the early 90s I worked at New Street and went into the box on a regular basis. I recall that the first time I wnet in and watched the signallers going about their business I was amazed at how they appeared to press a button here and anothed there setting up routes without ever seeming to refer to any documentation. To say I was impressed was an understatement.
My son and daughter worked in New St PSB as Trust Clerks, and they both loved it. John saying that they didn't shunt anymore as it was all units, as a young secondman in the late 70's, early 80's, we were constantly shunting with light engine moves and we had to know EVERY shunt move before we could sign the road as Passed Men.... Happy Days
I remember working on those MK1 Westpac units. They weight a ton and so so easy to damage when moving about. Those pins where a pain. What is missing is the old Westronic system to the outer relay rooms. Replaced by Vaughan's systems.
Hopefully some of the MK1 equipment will be saved being all there is left of that system. It is a shame the panel will most likely be scrapped as well.
I was one of the original S&T when the box was came into use, I think I am the only one left, good days in the box and Westpac Mk1 was good apart from when they ot a fault in them and had to be changed
Thank for this tour of this box. It's been most interesting. As a matter of fact It's listed status should include not just the building but all of the equipment Inside as this is part of history as well.
@@NigelCrisp-b9v it’s odd to think black tiles and black grout as being listed but it does have that Cold War feel to it, plus the very large fire doors
Best place I have ever worked. I’m now working in Birmingham ROC but still covering the New St workstations. It’s just not the same.
@@paged76 I quite like the relative solitude of any box plus the ability to look out a window, it’s a big modal shift working in a Roc, watching folks move about desk to desk using ARS or the Trust to tell you where everything goes, modernisation
Alan Wilson and I were the first signallers to work the first shift in The Dome after Coventry had moved in. It was strange, just the two of us with the whole building to ourselves... Now its full of people!
I went up there in 2018 as part of my senior conductor training. See how the other half live type thing. I was like a kid in a sweet shop in awe of it having being playing simsig for years
In the early 90s I worked at New Street and went into the box on a regular basis. I recall that the first time I wnet in and watched the signallers going about their business I was amazed at how they appeared to press a button here and anothed there setting up routes without ever seeming to refer to any documentation. To say I was impressed was an understatement.
My son and daughter worked in New St PSB as Trust Clerks, and they both loved it. John saying that they didn't shunt anymore as it was all units, as a young secondman in the late 70's, early 80's, we were constantly shunting with light engine moves and we had to know EVERY shunt move before we could sign the road as Passed Men.... Happy Days
I applied for that open day and didn't win. Glad you got a camera inside so we could all see.
@@rbrwr yes I did too, as you say it’s on camera for posterity 🫡
The panel should be preserved
I remember working on those MK1 Westpac units. They weight a ton and so so easy to damage when moving about. Those pins where a pain. What is missing is the old Westronic system to the outer relay rooms. Replaced by Vaughan's systems.
Hopefully some of the MK1 equipment will be saved being all there is left of that system. It is a shame the panel will most likely be scrapped as well.
I was one of the original S&T when the box was came into use, I think I am the only one left, good days in the box and Westpac Mk1 was good apart from when they ot a fault in them and had to be changed
@@Allan-bp3gj legendary status there sir , bet you’ve got some memories of the w years on h t e job 🤗
Love these videos, but please make sure people hide their ID badges when you are filming them :) thanks for the videos!
@@nkpanathan we already thought of that John was happy to be recorded , I’d already asked about that