Signal Post Telephones-Still Used?

[cin88]

Now then folks, how many of you have been standing near an SPT and heard it ring, and realised the signaller was calling you? Other than any S&T folks testing stuff, having the signaller call you at the SPT seems to be something of a rare privilege!

Does the "hotline" to my local box situated in my office count?

 

[Chris Hamilton]

They are still mandated in the Group Standards for heavy rail, and as such are still provided and maintained, even here in Motherwell where we are in the midst of a resignalling. In fact, it is still considered to be a Wrong Side Failure if one packs in, even where CSR and GSM-R are available.

I’d be sad if they were removed, my history is as a Telecoms Engineer before redundancy elsewhere led me to Network Rail S&T. Now, while it is only a tiny fraction of my workload on any given day, maintaining and faulting SPTs is the only Telecoms related thing I do, and even that is at its most basic level.

 

[Raul_Duke]

I know of a driver who managed to lock himself out of the cab whilst changing ends in a quite isolated siding on an ECS move. (He said his T-Key sheared off.)

Had to pull an egress handle to pop a door and use the SPT on the signal controlling the exit.

 

[tsr]

Does the "hotline" to my local box situated in my office count?

Not unless your office has a signal in it!