A Good website for mechanical boxes

[Tomnick]

Its a fail-safe design. If a bulb blows we have to assume a train is there. What do you have?

All the boxes I sign - and, as far as I'm aware, it's standard on all non-LU lines! - have exactly the opposite. There's usually a pair of lamps (or more) per track circuit (rather than the track itself lighting up!) - so two would have to blow before a train would 'disappear'. I assume (though I can't be totally sure) that the interlocking's fail safe though - even if the lamps did fail to light, the locking would still prevent us pulling off for one.

 

[John]

Glad you like it

JHT

http://tillyweb.biz

 

[DavyCrocket]

Its not standard in LUL Boxes, though I can only think of Rayners.

All the new signalling and control centres work in the "normal" (BR) way

 

[John]

Uploaded some more pix - see http://www.tillyweb.biz/gallery/odyframe.htm

 

[John]

Priv tkt, good weather, folding bike..................the manky ones are
through train windows coz the silly b*ggers built SBs where no one can
get close!

http://www.tillyweb.biz/gallery/odyframe.htm

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[Snapper]

Nice to see people interested in signalling and signalboxes. It's something I've always been fascinated by too.

I've a gallery dedicated to signalling on my website, which features many boxes which have sadly disappered:

http://paulbigland.fotopic.net/c132219.html

 

[The Gricer]

Another good site for anyone interested in signal boxes and signalling equipment, both past and present, is John Hinson's "The Signal Box".



Frank

 

[John]

Some new pix added including the unique Port of Boston octagonal box

http://www.tillyweb.biz/gallery/odyframe.htm

JHT