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Waiting Loc(ation) Cabinet to be fixed, from what others have said on here.
 

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Today it seems that Arnold Schwarzenegger is in residence in Exeter Central. Appropriate I guess as the phrase came from The terminator.
 

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They have found somewhere to have their breakfast baps now!

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Food-related theme continues at Exeter Central. Platform 1 now reads "SIDS CAFE" in reference to St Sidwell's Cafe which is round the corner from the station.

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I’m expecting “FOR.” “RENT” to appear. Then any 8 letters can be interposed there for a donation to a charity of Exeter PSB’s choice?

If the bay is still out of use at the end of August, I’d put in a bid to record my wife’s birthday…
 

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Taunton this morning. Any idea what the issue is?
Here you go:




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The S&T were noted tinkering about at Exeter Central this afternoon. Hence the berth saying FINA LLY-
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Followed by a polite request at Taunton,HERE NEXT PLS-
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'NotOPEn' perhaps to form 'NOPE' ('You can't go that way today')
Not everything has to be an acronym or abbreviation!

When I went through Northampton yesterday there was a wagon up on Jacks with a team looking at it, I'd hazard a guess for rerailing or wheel skate, and that will have required the Up & Down Slow to be blocked to create a safe working area as it's that side they're looking at. As the UDS is often used for shunting ECS units and recessing freight, the 'Nope' is just as likely to be a straightforward reminder as any clever contraction.
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Here's one I haven't seen before.

Given it's just below a signal marked G70 and the box is marked G70 Route I'm guessing Dn is Down and DC is whichever route is DC and it's what the points are set for at Standish junction?

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Here's one I haven't seen before.

Given it's just below a signal marked G70 and the box is marked G70 Route I'm guessing Dn is Down and DC is whichever route is DC and it's what the points are set for at Standish junction?

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Most likely DnDC means Down direction route on the Down Charfield line (towards Bristol, the down line to Westerleigh Junction is known as the Down Charfield line). Yes, the Dn is a bit redundant, but this format is typical for this area. As in other areas there may be reversible routes available.

This "berth" is indicating that the TD (Train Describer) has received an input from the signalling system telling it which route has been selected by the signaller for G70 signal. With no route set, the "berth" will be blank.

This facility is only shown for this signal because the data needs to be sent to the TD system for the adjacent signal box (TVSC controlling the Bristol area).

Elsewhere, no route data is shown.
 
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Most likely DnDC means Down direction route on the Down Charfield line (towards Bristol, the down line to Westerleigh Junction is known as the Down Charfield line). Yes, the Dn is a bit redundant, but this format is typical for this area. As in other areas there may be reversible routes available.

This "berth" is indicating that the TD (Train Describer) has received an input from the signalling system telling it which route has been selected by the signaller for G70 signal. With no route set, the "berth" will be blank.

This facility is only shown for this signal because the data needs to be sent to the TD system for the adjacent signal box (TVSC controlling the Bristol area).

Elsewhere, no route data is shown.
Thank you; makes sense. :)
 

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