Settle and Carlisle and Settle Junction –Carnforth Lines Resignalling?

[Chrius56000]

. . .Does anyone know what, or when these two lines are likely to be resignalled?

. . .I'm aware that piecemeal replacement of semaphores for colour–lights has gone on from time to time together with replacement colour–light I.B.S. allowing some of the more remote boxes to go, but from the end of the Carlisle PSB control area at Howe and Co.'s siding the S & C is still A.B.!

. . Carnforth – Settle Junction has been a very long "block section" since Wennington S.B. was abolished - is it cheaper to run the line that way rather than signal it?

. . .A book I once read in Morecambe Library said that a replacement signalling strategy for the S & C could be "widely–spaced three aspects" supervised from Carlisle or Leeds, or even "two–aspect continuous TCB" but that seems to have died a death now!

Chris Williams

 

[Backroom_boy]

. . .A book I once read in Morecambe Library said that a replacement signalling strategy for the S & C could be "widely–spaced three aspects" supervised from Carlisle or Leeds, or even "two–aspect continuous TCB" but that seems to have died a death now!

Chris Williams

Leeds has all gone to York ROC hasn't it?

 

[The Planner]

. . .Does anyone know what, or when these two lines are likely to be resignalled?

. . .I'm aware that piecemeal replacement of semaphores for colour–lights has gone on from time to time together with replacement colour–light I.B.S. allowing some of the more remote boxes to go, but from the end of the Carlisle PSB control area at Howe and Co.'s siding the S & C is still A.B.!

. . Carnforth – Settle Junction has been a very long "block section" since Wennington S.B. was abolished - is it cheaper to run the line that way rather than signal it?

. . .A book I once read in Morecambe Library said that a replacement signalling strategy for the S & C could be "widely–spaced three aspects" supervised from Carlisle or Leeds, or even "two–aspect continuous TCB" but that seems to have died a death now!

Chris Williams

Not in the short or medium term I expect. There are other schemes infront of it.

 

[Meerkat]

I assume the Settle-Carnforth has no marginal operational cost nor staffing issues that could be saved by doing anything to its signalling, as it has none of its own signal boxes. Also no level crossings to need updating. And an IBS would be nice but nowhere a priority.
What could drive a S&C resignalling, isn’t it a bit over spec now the coal traffic has gone? What what would be the gains in resignalling - are the boxes hard to staff (or a desirable gig)?

 

[The Planner]

What could drive a S&C resignalling, isn’t it a bit over spec now the coal traffic has gone? What what would be the gains in resignalling - are the boxes hard to staff (or a desirable gig)?

Operational cost would reduce, and it would be easier to timetable/release capacity if you made block sections shorter or more regular.