Recent content by Stellwerker

Hello Barnsley, yes, it is! A good place to rest :-) If you are around the area and would like to see some old semaphores, I believe you might be able to find them north of Limburg on the Westerwaldbahn, e.g. in Hadamar or Niederzeuzheim. Best regards Robert

Hello, yes, it is disused now and listed, so it is kept in place, I'm not sure about the box, but might be fully equipped as well. For my part, our holidays ends today, and it has been an amazing trip. Thanks to your suggestings I had plenty stops to make, and seeing so many semaphore signals...

Good morning Barnsley, yes, the upper Lahn might have been fully redone by now. The lower line, as from Limburg to Oberlahnstein, where Balduinstein is located, has been resignalled nearly ten years ago. Fortunately, the box houses now a small café and can be visited ;-) Best regards Robert

Good morning, learning about the banjo is very fascinating, I'm always amazed what kind of ingenious solutions our ancestors put up to their daily problems... in Germany we have some nearly extinct dwarf arm signals who fit in tight spits, check out the links below: Balduinstein Goslar...

Good morning! Thanks for all the advice! We will be around the south coast for two weeks, so there is a lot of time to get around 8-) I'm definitly going to visit one or two heritage railways, there has always been a chance to see their signal boxes. Do you have any suggestions: I would love...

Good morning, I'm a young signalman from Germany interested in all things with old railway infrastructure, e.g. old signal boxes and arm signals, and right on the way for the next holiday in the UK, this time south and west of London, the parts of the kingdom where I have not been yet...

Good morning, during my last holiday in Wales I fell in love with Transport for Wales' Marks 4s and got myself a train of five by Hornby. It's quite a nice rake, however pushing it with the DVT in front makes it derail in almost every curve. I already tried some different NEM couplings having...

Good morning, I would love to take a break from my Interrail trip by using the Ffestiniog Railway from Blaenau Ffestiniog all the way down to Porthmadog. However, I'm unable to find any departure information from Blaenau, only like pre-booked round trips I cannot use. Can anyone please provide...

Good morning, I will be back in the UK in one week, aned maybe there ist some free time to check out another one or two old level crossings! Last time I was able to see at least one operated manually and one by the "steering wheel" from the nearby signal box, but now I'm intested in seeing...

So, thanks for all your great tips! I was visiting Nunthorpe and later the Harrogate line today, it was quite impressive! Thank you so much, I wouldn't have been able to find these places without your help :)

Hello, thanks for your replys! I'm especially interested in the wheel configuration. In Germany such crossings are usually operated by a manivelle. Many thanks!

Hello, I would love to see an old british lever crossing with manually operated gates by myself. Right now I'm travelling around eastern England in between Newcastle and London. Can anyone provide me with one or two locations in round about that area, please! I'm especially looking for gates...

Okey, thanks!

Well, I'm quite interested in that line, that sounds awesome, and I'd like to ask you more about it, but I'm sorry that I don't how to write you a PM...

Germany has over 700 (!) working mechanic (without the electro-mechanic!) still in service, in every place you can find one, exspecially on branch lines. The Saxonian heritage lines own some old "Schlüsselwerke" (might be translateable to "key interlocking"), but I don't know if a standard gauge...