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John Webb's latest activity
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JJohn Webb replied to the thread Yellow hatching at stations - what does it indicate?.I've only been to Carlisle once, but recall, as shown in Yorkie's picture, that there is a curve on the platforms. Is the idea to give a...
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JJohn Webb replied to the thread Strange signal near St John's on BBC report.It was indeed nearer to the latter station, but it was in the Lewisham area which was easier to identify during the ensuing news...
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JJohn Webb replied to the thread Signalling question.A single lever painted both Red and Yellow is installed to operate what's known as an 'Intermediate Block signal' (IBS). These were...
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JJohn Webb replied to the thread Strange signal near St John's on BBC report.The signal in the photo is a junction signal. It is at the top of the ramp down to Lewisham station so that if at Red, trains were not...
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JJohn Webb replied to the thread Heritage line with steepest gradient..Around 1:50/1:53 - mentioned in post #11 above.
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JJohn Webb replied to the thread Former railway stations on closed beeching lines moved and rebuilt on current preserved heritage lines..The over-track canopy at Wallingford station on the preserved Cholsey-Wallingford Railway came from Maidenhead station when the GW...
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JJohn Webb replied to the thread Heritage line with steepest gradient..Are you wishing to be on a train on the gradient, or watching the train from somewhere near the line? For being on a train the North...
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JJohn Webb replied to the thread Former railway stations on closed beeching lines moved and rebuilt on current preserved heritage lines..The Castle Headingham station on the Colne Valley Railway is the original Sible and Castle Headingham station moved from the original...
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JJohn Webb replied to the thread Trivia: Where tracks from traditional UK tramways still exist.Interesting. After I left home my parents moved away to Lee in a 'down-size' so there was little reason to return to Woolwich. So I...
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JJohn Webb replied to the thread Two railway programmes from my youth - trying to identify.There was a 1990 series "Steam Days" by Miles Kington on BBC TV. One episode was about the A1 and A4 Pacifics and entitled "A Tale of...
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JJohn Webb replied to the thread What is Control (not a philosophical discussion!).I was brought up in the BR Southern Region and most EMU trains had a public-facing route code number. Do services in that area still...
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JJohn Webb replied to the thread How does a fibre optic signal work?.My brother-in-law used to work on such signs and tells me that most signs have been converted to LED ones for greater reliability and...
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JJohn Webb replied to the thread What has happened to the no longer used railway lines?.It was the old tunnels originally, but as soon as the Woodhead line closed completely in 1981, the CEGB rerouted the cables through the...
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JJohn Webb replied to the thread Trivia: Where tracks from traditional UK tramways still exist.This photo from 1959 shows tram tracks in Beresford Square, Woolwich, seven years after the last tram ran: Woolwich Market 1959 ©...
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JJohn Webb replied to the thread How does a fibre optic signal work?.There are separate lamp units - our 'CD/RA' unit has two, one for each indication, but I don't appear to have any photos of that one's...