Mechanical Banners

[Ashwick]

Are there any mechanical banner repeaters used on Network Rail??

 

[GW43125]

Is the one at Carlisle still there? The ones at Perth and Haslemere were only removed relatively recently.

 

[driver9000]

Is the one at Carlisle still there? The ones at Perth and Haslemere were only removed relatively recently.

The one at Carlisle succumbed to progress in August 2023.

 

[AMD]

The mechanical banner repeater is still in use at Perth, here it is this morning!

 

[bluegoblin7]

Granted not Network Rail, but there are still two (electro-)mechanical banner repeaters on the Metropolitan line approaching Rickmansworth on the southbound. These are unique on LUL, their raison d'être being for mainline trains.

 

[Belperpete]

The mechanical banner repeater is still in use at Perth, here it is this morning!
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Is that mechanical, or electro-mechanical?

 

[MadMac]

Is that mechanical, or electro-mechanical?

Electro-mechanical, dating from the 1962 Perth resignalling. On a semi-related note, the one at Fort Matilda was banjoed by the contractors during the Newton Street Tunnel repairs (1994 or thereabouts). Even back then, there wasn’t a direct replacement available so they ended up on the hook for the design work to convert it to fibre optic.

 

[montyburns56]

I don't know if it still exists, but didn't there used to be one on the approach to Macclesfield?