You've done an excellent job of explaining the signal systems. I started my railroad career as a tower man at Dover, NJ and finished as a conductor 43 years later for NJT. Centralized dispatching rendered towers obsolete. We in the USA referred the mechanical interlock towers as arm strong. One needed a strong arm and back to operate the systems.
TVM 430 is fixed block, the block is defined from lineside block marker to block marker. The lineside block marker is a blue square with a yellow triangle pointing right in it. It does have cab signalling, but this does not make it moving block.
Can we get a tour round the Alton relay room and an explanation of how the relay interlockings are connected? Also HS1 uses the French TVM-430 in-cab signalling system which is still based on fixed block, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transmission_Voie-Machine
You've done an excellent job of explaining the signal systems. I started my railroad career as a tower man at Dover, NJ and finished as a conductor 43 years later for NJT. Centralized dispatching rendered towers obsolete. We in the USA referred the mechanical interlock towers as arm strong. One needed a strong arm and back to operate the systems.
Excellent series, keep it up, really informative, thanks!
Lovely , I remember Woking box and Aldershot box from the years I worked on the p way .
Most enjoyable...I'm learning lots but old type levers and semaphores still rock my boat!
Well done, thoroughly enjoyed the series, well narrated and presented, I look forward to coming episodes
Well done! Love these videos and love the out-takes too.
Loved both videos on signals. Wish we could had more videos on this specially on what all those old signals means.
What a great couple of videos - a really good primer where there is a lack of decent signalling on TH-cam.
Nice to meet you at Didcot yesterday. Love the videos. Keep up the informative work.
TVM 430 is fixed block, the block is defined from lineside block marker to block marker. The lineside block marker is a blue square with a yellow triangle pointing right in it.
It does have cab signalling, but this does not make it moving block.
Mid Hants Railway 'The Signals & Signalmen Part 2 - 'Alton & Beyond LOVE LOUIS SHIRLEY
Well done sir. Only thing I’d like to see/hear are dates between the different technologies 👍
Is there a part 3?
Think you
Can we get a tour round the Alton relay room and an explanation of how the relay interlockings are connected? Also HS1 uses the French TVM-430 in-cab signalling system which is still based on fixed block, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transmission_Voie-Machine
NX Panels are and were the best way forward, IECC & operating centres nope
Moving block. I think I’m the US it’s the same as cab signals. 👍
chris sawyer just released a gmae. Everyone wads tstruggling./