Working On It - Signalman
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- Опубліковано 22 чер 2023
- It’s time for the next episode in our brand new series ‘Working On It’! This week it’s the turn of our cameraman Rich to step into the limelight as he becomes a signalman’s apprentice for the day!
Being Irish myself and living in the U.K. (Manchester) 23 years, my late grandfather on my Dad’s side was an engineer on the Irish CIE Railway Works in Inchicore near Dublin Hueston and lived alongside the main Dublin Connolly-Sligo line between Coolemine Level Crossing and Clonsilla Station near Dublin - I really believe that these historical, heritage and vintage railways here in the U.K. must be preserved and maintained for future generations, especially in these days of climate change - when travelling home to Ireland myself, as an alternative to flying and air travel, I use SailRail between Manchester Piccadilly, Chester and Holyhead in North Wales to Dublin - and I am delighted to see that so many historical railways in Wales are being lovingly preserved and maintained - I hear also that there are plans to reopen many previously closed Irish railways, such as the Mullingar to Athlone railway or the Kingscourt to Drogheda railway via Navan, as well as the Dublin to Navan railway
As a retired Network Rail signaller having worked similar size and larger boxes in and around Horsham between 2002 and 2014 I like to see good videos made of the operation of similar ones on preserved lines as they NR ones gradually disappear. I enjoyed this video, it was beautifully shot with good explanation for the uninitiated. For the geeks&nerds now: when I first started in 2002/3, like Adrian, we just sent 2-1 for Train Out Of Section quite happily for a year or so until someone found out and we were instructed to follow the Rule Book and send Call Attention (one bell, repeated back) first. We all got shirty and our union rep told the management that it was Southern Region custom and practice to omit the Call Attention as it was quicker and less confusing when grouping a series of bell codes together. That was all to no avail and the heavy hand of the National Signalling Dept came down upon us... You WILL send Call Attention before sending TOS! I had to smile quietly to myself when Adrian, in a Southern Railway / Region box, just banged in 2-1 without thinking about it - hurrah!
Richard did a stellar presentation! I especially liked the quote from the late Jerry Springer.
Every video you produce is excellent! The complexity of signaling and switching is an amazing-part of the unseen workings of the railway people don't see. I would enjoy a video on the intricacies of maintaining it.
Funny enough my uncle has not long ago retired from network rail up in Cumbria,from a life long service as a single man.. seeing many famous trains go past his signal box over the years such as the flying scotsman ,nigel gresley , and the mallard , i’ve got some fond memories of visiting him in his signal box and having a cup of tea whilst enjoying the warmth from the lovely coal fire and then watching some rail stock thunder by waving at the driver as they thundered past on there way up to Whitehaven and etc lovely memories
Adrian is the The SIGNALMAN.
Wonderful....thank you one and all..
Great video, as usual. Very informative and entertaining.
Excellent video, really informative and interesting!
Great stuff. I recently retired as a Guard from Sydney Trains NSW, i like how your assessments are done on a 2 year cycle, we were assessed in job competency every 12 months plus we had "Compliance Officers " who would carry out random checks of knowledge , if we carried the full load of equipment and use of the equipment, forms etc.
Brilliant! If I was ever to volunteer, signalman would definitely be my end goal
I’m so enjoying these videos, the ‘working on it series’, is inspired! Very well done indeed ❗️👍🏻😀
In the past wagons very much second class objects on perserved railways,indeed for a time they were apositive eyesores rotting and looking terrible . This group was formed and the transformation they have been responsible for has been remarkable. Everyone involved should be proud how the wagons have become such a. Important part of the railway!
Thoroughly enjoyed this 👍 thanks
Excellent work👏👏There's so much more fascinating work to running a railroad than what goes on around the footplate, really enjoy you featuring it in depth.
A fantastic video!
Excellent video.
Lovely video!
Aah, the levers of power 😊
What a great video and Adrian was fantastic 👏🏻