Lovely film, although rather sad to watch knowing this was your last shift there. Only a few levers in the box, I reckon that even I could master working there.
I really enjoyed this video, nice to see one that has actually been “filmed” rather than set up and left to record. That looks a lovely cosy little box!
Sure miss the days when I worked at my own signal box. Not many left now. My picture you see on the left is of the inside of my very first one I worked with.
Good evening, it is not yet entirely clear to me whether those old electric block systems (Absolute block system, if I am not mistaken) with a wooden case were or were not influenced by the passage of trains for the purpose of occupying and freeing the section (block) towards to which and from which the train was respectively headed or from which the train came. Furthermore, it is not clear whether there is an electrical connection between the lever that controls the opening (switching from Danger to Clear) of the starting signal and the apparatus with wooden case. In other words, was it possible to pull the lever that activated the starting signal towards you without first having received electrical consent from the next station? However, it is common ground that where there is a token block it is possible to activate the lever that opens the starting signal even before having handed over the token to the driver, unless there is an error on my part. Thank you very much for your availability and collaboration
How were these railway gates actually locked? In India, where such gates still exist in some places they had a locking mechanism. One key (usually hanging on a chain from the gate frame) was used to lock the gate. This releases another key on the lock. So after closing and locking both gates, there would be two keys in the hands of the gate keeper. These had to be locked onto some devices in the signal cabin, in order to clear the signal (semaphore signals, but later even the Colour light signal). The reverse happens for unlocking. Signals have to be turned at ON, then the two keys taken out of the device and used to open the gates.
+Sachin Perinthalakkat A metal bar would be pushed into the gate post, and back up in the box one of the brown levers would be operated which would then lock the bar in the post, until again released by the lever.
Lovely film, although rather sad to watch knowing this was your last shift there.
Only a few levers in the box, I reckon that even I could master working there.
I really enjoyed this video, nice to see one that has actually been “filmed” rather than set up and left to record. That looks a lovely cosy little box!
Sure miss the days when I worked at my own signal box. Not many left now. My picture you see on the left is of the inside of my very first one I worked with.
which box was it?
Good evening, it is not yet entirely clear to me whether those old electric block systems (Absolute block system, if I am not mistaken) with a wooden case were or were not influenced by the passage of trains for the purpose of occupying and freeing the section (block) towards to which and from which the train was respectively headed or from which the train came. Furthermore, it is not clear whether there is an electrical connection between the lever that controls the opening (switching from Danger to Clear) of the starting signal and the apparatus with wooden case. In other words, was it possible to pull the lever that activated the starting signal towards you without first having received electrical consent from the next station? However, it is common ground that where there is a token block it is possible to activate the lever that opens the starting signal even before having handed over the token to the driver, unless there is an error on my part. Thank you very much for your availability and collaboration
Kept you well fit (and wet I guess). Thanks for insight.
Interesting place. Bet you got some grief from the pesky impatient road traffic though.
Very rare type of crossing in the UK now. Automatic half barriers have replaced most of them. Semaphores are also rare.
Between Bootle and Millom there's 3 of them. :)
How were these railway gates actually locked? In India, where such gates still exist in some places they had a locking mechanism. One key (usually hanging on a chain from the gate frame) was used to lock the gate. This releases another key on the lock. So after closing and locking both gates, there would be two keys in the hands of the gate keeper. These had to be locked onto some devices in the signal cabin, in order to clear the signal (semaphore signals, but later even the Colour light signal). The reverse happens for unlocking. Signals have to be turned at ON, then the two keys taken out of the device and used to open the gates.
+Sachin Perinthalakkat A metal bar would be pushed into the gate post, and back up in the box one of the brown levers would be operated which would then lock the bar in the post, until again released by the lever.
Sachin Perinthalakkat ;
Where did you move to?
Dreadful mate