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Platform 3 is used for stabling trains overnight. Platform 7 at Norwood Junction is an unused siding with most of the signalling for signed out of use. Platforms 1&2 at Purley are used most days for stoping services. Platforms 1&2 at Purley Oaks are used during weekend engineering works or...

believe me platform 1 at Preston Park is very much needed and used for passenger services. 1631548533 They get used when there is weekend engineering work (usually on Sunday’s) when the slow lines are closed.

I lost a Sunday but they chucked in a buckshee rest day without me asking so I was happy as it was two weeks away from the panels. For those that can claim court expenses (which I couldn’t as we are still paid by NR), travel or car parking they are not worth much and as an old safe guarded ex...

Having worked TBW many times and ESW very recently for the first time, I much prefer the less convoluted ESW over TBW any day to getting the job up running and passengers moving.

We are lucky enough to have a separate 16 week training roster at our location which gives all trainees early, late and nights as well as weekend work whether they move on to the 8hr or 12hr link, so they can do or see most things they need to put into proactive after leaving signalling school.

Knuckle couplers and no buffers would seem to help when it comes to US railroad practices.

Only the remaining central panels (VC) and maybe Panel 5 (VS) from the eastern side.

LCV is part of the T3 procedure if the area has axle counters with EPRs with the vehicle management forms. Where the PICOP keeps the master record of every engineers train, machine or OTP that has entered and left the possession with all the signallers and ESs keeping their own local copy. If...

Don’t forget that the Selhurst to Eastbourne ECS for the Marshlink service runs down the BML just after 04:00 in the morning.

I’m not too sure, but there used to be something to do with the amount of pedestrians using a set of AHBs that once it passed a certain threshold then they had to be converted to full barriers, that my or may not be the case!

I presume it is as one of my colleagues was enquiring about it.

I’ve got a colleague at work who maybe interested in the Dundee relief job and was enquiring as to what boxes it covers?

Just a correction to this bullet point. Enabling work for the upgrade of Parsonage Road level crossing to a full barrier CCTV crossing to improve safety, and recontrol of Littlehaven signal box to the Three Bridges Rail Operating Centre (ROC) in June 2022 In that Parsonage Road when it...

There is absolutely no chance of anything from TBASC transferring to TBROC anytime soon, especially with the new ARS on its way, not unless someone finds a big pot of gold to give to NR.

Personally I much prefer the 8hr roster that I’m on than the opposite 12hr roster that our signalling centre has, I haven’t suffered any fatigue or had any problems rotating off nights since our current roster came into effect January 2018. Then you look at the tired faces of the 12hr crew where...

BK41 as was BK39 both automatic signals with replacement switches. When BK15 the Down Distant was a semaphore under and AB regs for working during fog and falling snow you were not allowed to let a train leave Glynde until the train had been accepted by Polegate Crossing Box (double block...

I wouldn’t expect any newbie to be ask such questions especially for signalling vacancies in any large control/signalling centres. I was merely trying to demonstrate the futility of asking questions that Rubble originally asked for such a large area is simply not feasible to get a short simple...

This question is far too broad for a signalling control centre that controls a huge sway of the West Midlands and beyond. With fringing to Abby Foregate SB (Shrewsbury), Penkridge (Rugby ROC), Rugeley Town (Stoke on Trent SCC), Aston exclusive Aston SCC, Tamworth HL (EMCC Derby), Arley Tunnel...

It is very rarely referred to as VTB even by us that work on it.

That would be totally correct, only the new fully bi directional signalling between Copyhold Junction and Balcombe Tunnel Junction hold the wrong direction signals including the distant signals at red until the bi directional signalling is used.