Signal berth codes?

[Ashley Hill]

The Up Slow at Stafford Trent Valley Jnc. is showing 'HEAT' 'IS' 'ON'

An old Glenn Frey song from the 80s, The Heat Is On.

 

[saismee]

What are all these "2003" codes across Stratford? They're everywhere on the blocked lines.

 

[Surreytraveller]

What are all these "2003" codes across Stratford? They're everywhere on the blocked lines.

What time were the lines blocked?

 

[saismee]

What time were the lines blocked?

Yesterday and the blocks have changed a few times since.

 

[Sunset route]

What are all these "2003" codes across Stratford? They're everywhere on the blocked lines.

At a guess the WON (weekly operating notice) item number.

After seeing the news it might be a WON supplement item number instead.

 

[Supercoss]

May be the Electrical Control Room message time reference for the time a targeted or emergency switch off was granted and the area affected.

 

[Torfaen]

The down main line just east of Newport has been out of use for the last couple of days with berth code 1OVR. Any idea what that means?

 

[pokemonsuper9]

Whatever's going on at Norwich must be really funny

 

[Flange Squeal]

Looks like it’s best not to route trains into platform 5 (the usual Reading bay platform) or the adjacent siding at Basingstoke today, as shown on this screenshot from Open Train Times.

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Something appears to have broken down this morning?

 

[apinnard]

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Whatever's going on at Norwich must be really funny

"LO L" is the signaller signifying a train that's headed for, or in the low level sigings at Norwich. @dk1 might be able to shed some light on why they're called low level. Sometimes you get "JUB" or "JUBB" which is a train going to Jubilee sidings, or as they used to call it down there "the back road."

 

[saismee]

What does CTOC mean? It appeared at Felixstowe South while a freight train was blocking the junction.

 

[Bigfoot]

What does CTOC mean? It appeared at Felixstowe South while a freight train was blocking the junction.

It means whatever the signaller wants it to mean. It is their reminder.

 

[Trainguy34]

Something appears to have broken down this morning?

Might not be, that's the old Eurostar curve from when they used to use Waterloo. Hasn't been used probably since 2009 so might just mean something's been disconnected(?).

 

[saismee]

It means whatever the signaller wants it to mean. It is their reminder.

I am well aware of that. I was curious if anyone had a clue as to what it could've meant... which is the whole point of this thread.

 

[zwk500]

Might not be, that's the old Eurostar curve from when they used to use Waterloo. Hasn't been used probably since 2009 so might just mean something's been disconnected(?).

If it was disconnected it'd normally have 'OOU-' or (RT)'3178' or similar, for something properly taken out of use.

'FAIL' suggests to me just that - a Track Circuit, Axle Counter or Points failure, in this case quite possibly caused or exacerbated by lack of use.

What does CTOC mean? It appeared at Felixstowe South while a freight train was blocking the junction.

A completely random guess would be something is occupied (OC) that beings with CT, so Container Terminal or Central Terminal are possibilities, but could be a particular siding or location in the South terminal (Creek something?)

Or it could be something else completely unrelated, there's quite a lot of possibilities.

 

[GB]

I am well aware of that. I was curious if anyone had a clue as to what it could've meant... which is the whole point of this thread.

It will likely mean “creek to creek” or “creek to creek with crossing”. It is a regularly requested shunt move at the South terminal.

 

[Mattplans]

Something appears to have broken down this morning?

Might not be, that's the old Eurostar curve from when they used to use Waterloo. Hasn't been used probably since 2009 so might just mean something's been disconnected(?).

There has been a track circuit failure at Linford Street Junction for quite a while now. Obviously they are under no pressure to fix it. Not sure the curve has been used since 707s moved from Waterloo to Gillingham (Kent). The berth originally had 'TCF' but it's been changed to 'FAIL'.

 

[saismee]

It will likely mean “creek to creek” or “creek to creek with crossing”. It is a regularly requested shunt move at the South terminal.

That sounds very plausible. It was signalled into one of the sidings and then the late freight was sent behind it into another.

 

[Peter Mugridge]

There has been a track circuit failure at Linford Street Junction for quite a while now. Obviously they are under no pressure to fix it. Not sure the curve has been used since 707s moved from Waterloo to Gillingham (Kent). The berth originally had 'TCF' but it's been changed to 'FAIL'.

I saw the Hastings unit on it a couple of weeks ago, so if there's a failed track circuit they must be talking any movements across it signal by signal.