Christmas 2024 Signal Block Messages

[pokemonsuper9]

I can see we already have a MERY XMAS at Horsley, any others?
I can find a decent number of closed messages (T3, SHUT, etc), but not any other Christmas ones just yet.

 

[Peter A]

There's a Merry Xmas in P11 at York

 

[14xxDave]

Also at Newcastle but I can't figure out how to attach a diagram.(I saw it on Railcam) Ps sort of found out! Image shows signal births at Newcastle Central Station with a Merry Xmas message.

 

[sibbahz]

The Marston Vale line has a hppy Xmas from MVSC message

 

[aftv]

This is showing at Three Bridges. Alt text: A screenshot of a signalling diagram of the Three Bridges area showing the words "MERY" and "XMAS"

 

[DaveHarries]

The OpenTrainTimes livemap for Exeter has one showing at Exeter St. David's. It can be found at https://www.opentraintimes.com/maps/signalling/exeter#LINK_3 but here is the screendump anyway in case it vanishes before you see it.

Merry Christmas all.

Dave

 

[Peter0124]

Merry Christmas!

 

[SteveElbows]

Wembley yards etc:

 

[nw-sparks]

Edge Hill (Manchester ROC)


Sorry, my diagram is the other way up.

 

[pokemonsuper9]

Edge Hill (Manchester ROC)
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Sorry, my diagram is the other way up.

Checked both OTT and Traksy and both of them are also the "wrong" way up (all putting P1 at the top of the screen).
Are any of them the (presumably) same way round as the signallers'?

 

[Class15]

Checked both OTT and Traksy and both of them are also the "wrong" way up (all putting P1 at the top of the screen).
Are any of them the (presumably) same way round as the signallers'?

Same issue on Railcam. Would it not be easier to have them all the same way up as the signallers?

 

[nw-sparks]

Same issue on Railcam. Would it not be easier to have them all the same way up as the signallers?

The people who draw those diagrams work hard enough already, I wouldn't want to give them another constraint. Also, what would happen when resignalling changes the orientation of the diagram? Or when consecutive boxes are the "other way up"?

 

[Sirius]

Airdrie platform 2.

Also Helensburgh Central platforms 1 and 3.

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[Louisj30]

Came across these

 

[ollyrogers]

Victoria has theirs up

 

[cin88]

I was supposed to be on nights on christmas eve as the last of 6 shifts but got swapped to day turn in the same location due to sickness. I was considering putting "FINA LLY- -A-- DAY- OFF-" followed by my initials across the berths at the location I was covering as an in joke about the sheer amount of rest days i've worked this year.

 

[takno]

Same issue on Railcam. Would it not be easier to have them all the same way up as the signallers?

The trouble is that the signalling area isn't very big, and the next area along may well be the other way up. If you're going to avoid the need to change map every 5 signals then some of them will inevitably be the "wrong" way up. On Traksy we also try to have west on the left, so a Liverpool to Manchester map is always going to have Edge Hill upside down.

 

[Trainfan2019]

I've found one at Plymouth as seen on Traksy below. Text says MERY XMAS FROM PLYM PANEL.

 

[Melancholia]

Bristol Temple Meads and Bristol Parkway both have "MERY XMAS FROM TVSC"