Recent content by Rational Man

Ah, yes, makes sense now:). I was aware of splitting distant signals but got confused by the third post. Thanks.

Hi, I was looking at a very old book about railways in the north west when I cam across an image of Chinley East Junction. This image showed a gantry with three signal posts protecting the junction coming from Sheffield. You can see the gantry in this image...

I find this interesting as I have just been reading about the use of battery powered trains in Germany. They started to appear in general use in the 1950's (although there were earlier examples) and were used up until the 1990's. Some of them did not recharge the batteries but instead used fork...

The Nene Valley Railway website has no links to a bookshop and the URL http://nenevalley-railwaybooks.co.uk/ goes to a health and fitness blog :o. There is a post on RMWeb in 2010 saying that they were selling everything off at 90% discount. So looks like it is no longer in business. I...

Thanks for the information. I do not seem to be able to buy the book "An Entry in the Train Register" by J D Francis". I will have to use my local library to see if they can get a copy. Thanks again.

Tomnick, thanks. I was looking at plans for large stations in the 1950's and I realised I did not know how the trains were managed through them. Many stations appear to have had distinct ends (sets of sidings, loops etc.) with only the platform lines connecting the ends (certainly there...

Hi, I wonder if anyone can tell me how multiple signal boxes managed traffic at large stations (say in the 1950's). On a normal block section a signalman in one box would offer a train to the next box and that signalman would accept it (and so on.....). Did the same thing happen between...