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Arrow Signalbox - 09-11-2008, 11:28

i have seen a few posts about disused railway signalboxes well for a change heres afully working active box that i get to visit every day enjoy !

start up stairs with the operating floor complete lever frame .
lever colours are
white spare
yellow distant or repeater signal
red stopsignal
blue/black motor points

along the block shelf we see the reset button for the axle counters in disley tunnel .
the phone consentrator
illuminated track diagramme
block bells to hazelgrove & chinley
acceptance indicator for chinley
block instruments for newmills central
and lastly the signal bulb failure panel

train arrived buzzers for up main & romily lines

a welwyn release for the newmills central block instruments

signal and points indicators plus redundant point heater switches

leverframe from opposite end

and signal wire adjusters

now we move underneath to some of the more grubby bits



leverframe with elcrical locks


signalwire links from levers to the wire adjusters

angle cranks for now disconected point rodding

now some externals

an empty stone train for tunstead passes a ferry wagon train bound for warrington

two stone trains pass on the junction of the romiley and hazel grove lines

and lastley sunset over the swizzels sweet factory would love to "visit " here .


"all for one and phuq the rest "!

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