Recent content by exsignalman

On the down Chat Moss at Astley (AY2)(AY3) signals

Pretty much, although the bit between Crow Nest Jct & Lostock Jct was not unsignalled as such but AB (Absolute Block), but I know what you mean. The distances between Crow Nest Junction & Lostock Junction boxes was 3miles 1113 yds. There was also an intermediate ground frame at Westhoughton to...

Rather him than me, I don't fancy catching leptospirosis (I must be getting soft in my old age). Land Rover did an official photo shoot/promotional video down there a few years ago & showed a Range Rover driving in the Wapping tunnel & in particular through the flooded section. NR must have let...

It worked ok for me, I don't know why it didn't for you Ashley. Incidentally the video is still there & available on You Tube right now, it is 42 minutes 41 seconds in duration. It was done by a history buff/film maker & urban explorer who's username is 'Martin Zero'. He has many videos on YT...

Another bit that I find interesting is when the 'link' line (Merseyrail Northern Line) was being constructed in the 1970s a lot of the actual tunnel formation south of Liverpool Central had to be reworked/lowered etc & in doing so the contractors as they lowered the trackbed actually intercepted...

I know, I just mentioned the carriage sidings at Ordsall Lane with a view to the future & later company of the LMS (Sorry for going a bit off topic), I just thought that I'd mention it with a view to show the overall provision of carriage sidings on the Western side of the city if you see what I...

I understand that there was limited carriage sidings space (two roads I think) located immediately between the fast & slow lines between Deal Street & Manchester Victoria West Junction signal boxes at 'Irwell Bridge. There was also along with these two carriage siding 'roads' a turntable was...

I just wondered if anyone had any information regarding a station that I understand was planned by the L&Y as far back as the 1880s but never opened. This was at Hart Common, between Crow Nest Junction & Dobb Brow Junction on the 'Atherton Line'. When the quadruple line from Windsor Bridge to...

I do have the actual dates & notes written down somewhere but I'll just off the top of my head approximate for now, these are the one's that I can think of in the North West area.. Connecting lines from Brindle Heath Junction to Agecroft Junction (closed May 1987) Curve lines from Ashton Moss...

Deep Pit Footbridge (AKA Hindley Ironbridge) was scheduled to be removed but was made a grade 2 listed structure, so it will survive albeit with some modifications.. to be jacked up & raised by 1mtr etc. It would appear though that NR are looking to completely remove the original south lattice...

Sorry for the duplicate posting.

West coast to operate loco hauled shuttle service in the Lake District this Easter. :D Locomotive hauled trains this Easter as West Coast Railway Company return to the Windermere Branch

Pacer sweets were good,mmmmmmmmmm they were like a spearmint starburst/shape/size. Although I should call starburst Opal Fruits in my case as I'm an old B,stard.

No mate, I left the railways altogether to work as an investigator in the civil service. Back when I worked Deansgate it was double manned..well kind of, because although there was two actual signalmen on duty, only one was actual rostered as 'Signalman in charge' to work the panel. The other...

I used to work Deansgate Junction years ago. Interesting box to work with a 6 minute service on the Metrolink side you are in effect dealing with a tram/train movement every 90 seconds. Fitted with a Westinghouse Signalling Systems M5 NX panel utilising SSI (Solid State Interlocking)