The 'Most pointless railway paraphernalia you can photograph' thread

[GB]

Dont be a muppet.

The position of the signal and the call on signal is not indicative of the usual placement of such signals. Signals are supposed to be placed so that the most restrictive aspect (in this case red) is as close to the drivers eyeline as possible. This is clearly not the case in this picture so this topic on it is warranted

The signal in question is situated to the right of the platform which could possibly be obscured from the signage and lighting poles that run down the middle of the platform. Further more, as trains are driven from the left hand side, this will make it alot harder to see the aspect, which is why IF it is for the left hand line (and it may well be), it IS in a very odd position.

I suggest if you have nothing constructive to add and this thread is "utter nonsense" as you put, you make no further participation.

 

[Old Timer]

Dont be a muppet.

The position of the signal and the call on signal is not indicative of the usual placement of such signals. Signals are supposed to be placed so that the most restrictive aspect (in this case red) is as close to the drivers eyeline as possible. This is clearly not the case in this picture so this topic on it is warranted

The signal in question is situated to the right of the platform which could possibly be obscured from the signage and lighting poles that run down the middle of the platform. Further more, as trains are driven from the left hand side, this will make it alot harder to see the aspect, which is why IF it is for the left hand line (and it may well be), it IS in a very odd position.

I suggest if you have nothing constructive to add and this thread is "utter nonsense" as you put, you make no further participation.

Obviously you have not been to Birmingham New St, or Liverpool Lime St or indeed Liverpool St. Looking further afield, there is a banner repeater signal located on the right hand side of the Up Fast line at Water Orton

Signal sighting rules permit a signal to be located on the opposite side of the line, as and when there is an adequate need for it.

There are now restrictions as to how close a signal structure can be placed towards the track when located on a platform.

 

[GB]

Which is why I said "as possible".

 

[Yank 119]

Boy, there sure are some nice people on this forum.

Oops, did I waste bandwidth?

 

[Old Timer]

Which is why I said "as possible".

Yes, but you also said it was in an odd position .....Comment withdrawn
Right handed signals are not as rare as you seem to think, which was what I also pointed out.

Anyone can have an opinion but should not be ridiculed in that manner.

 

[GB]

Yes, but you also said it was in an odd position and then went on to lambast Devon Metro who made a sensible post, in a rather agressive manner which I did not feel was appropriate or correct.

Right handed signals are not as rare as you seem to think, which was what I also pointed out.

Anyone can have an opinion but should not be ridiculed in that manner.

Maybe the muppet part was wrong but I fail to see where the rest of my post was "aggressive"? Particulary compared to devons style of posting that seems to have gone straight over your head...either that or you have choosen to ignore it.

My definition of odd is obviously different to yours. Maybe right handed signals are not as rare as I initially thought. I in no doubt havent been on the railway as long as you nor covered quite an area as you have, so in my field of vision it is not something I come across every day.

 

[asylumxl]

Can I suggest that next time you post such a load of rubbish you know what you are talking about.

Anybody with a basic knowledge of signalling can see that the signal applies to the left hand line, a bay does not have to be signalled for obvious reasons. The shunt signal is also a give away and is a call on operated, as described above. Now please, consider the bandwidth next time as this thread is a load of utter nonsense.

By posting your post you've just wasted more. Not everyone is as "educated" as some people on this forum, and that's fine.

Mistakes are fine to make, that's how people learn.

 

[Darandio]

I am a bit perplexed as well GB although agreed, the Muppet statement was a bit daft.

Not intending to get at anybody, but to be jumped on by Devon Metro like that, especially quoting bandwidth was a bit unnecessary, especially because as far as I can see he has no responsibility for that bandwidth whatsoever so shouldn't really be worrying about it. Then for you Old Timer, a man who I follow your posts with interest, I was a bit disappointed with your reaction as well.

Apart from that, I reckon some people have learned things here. To some, it was obvious what the intention was for the signal, for others it wasn't.

 

[Old Timer]

Maybe the muppet part was wrong but I fail to see where the rest of my post was "aggressive"? Particulary compared to devons style of posting that seems to have gone straight over your head...either that or you have choosen to ignore it.

My definition of odd is obviously different to yours. Maybe right handed signals are not as rare as I initially thought. I in no doubt havent been on the railway as long as you nor covered quite an area as you have, so in my field of vision it is not something I come across every day.

MY apologies. I had missed that post of Devon-Metro.

I withdraw my comments unreservedly.

 

[GB]

No apologies needed...we are all friends here But thankyou

 

[dan_atki]

Thanks for self moderating .

 

[Dai.]

I hate to put a downer on things.. but, can we get some pointless railway things? I was actually looking forward to seeing some funny things.

 

[Bigjop]

Back to the original theme.

Don't know what this is.

It's at Dawlish.

 

[Mojo]

Can't see your pic as it's a bitmap. Would you mind uploading in a web-friendly format please?

 

[JustinStacey.x]

Back to the original theme.

Don't know what this is.

It's at Dawlish.

Presumably it's to shield the electronics from rain.
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I hate to put a downer on things.. but, can we get some pointless railway things? I was actually looking forward to seeing some funny things.

No-one's stopping you

 

[westcoaster]

in regards to the signal in the first post at dalmuir, i do not know the area but looking at maps they show p4 at dalmuir as being di-directional which i thought would be the case as on the thameslink route, we have 5 permanent reds like the one shown in the first picture, and two of these have position lights fitted, and all of these are at the end of platforms where trains come in in the wrong direction.
an example of this is there is a perminent red at the london end of kentish town p2 (down moorgate line) so trains can enter on the down line but in the up direction and turn around.
Another example this time the permanent red has a position light fitted, on selhurst station p2 (up victoria slow) at the east croydoon end of the platform there is a perminent red with a position light fitted (you cross over just before the station), so silmultanious trains can terminate at selhurst in p1 and p2 and then enter selhurst depot using the position light signal.
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Back to the original theme.

Don't know what this is.

It's at Dawlish.

that is an axle counter http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axle_counter .

 

[Old Timer]

I think this thread is going to demonstrate that a lot of people have absolutely no idea what they are talking about.

Rather than posting negatively, surely it would be a much better idea to ask the question "What does this do ?" or similar. ?

 

[westcoaster]

I think this thread is going to demonstrate that a lot of people have absolutely no idea what they are talking about.

Rather than posting negatively, surely it would be a much better idea to ask the question "What does this do ?" or similar. ?

one thing you notice on the forums is that when new members post something and the facts are not always right, and they do this a few times they get jumped on by other more established members, ive seen it countless times, in the end the new member almost certainly will say "thats it im leaving", but they dont and with time they get to learn more and get knowledge, being a member of a forum is about shearing and learning new things as well as to chat with each other, thats just my view point.

 

[Old Timer]

Yes, I would agree with that.

I think it would be a lot easier if people posted questions, and let the experts give the answer, that way everyone learns.

 

[JustinStacey.x]

Lol, 'experts'. Funny how that went down in the PC/Linux thread.

 

[Mojo]

I think it may be best if this thread was started again in the NR General Discussion forum, perhaps laughing at silly signs or asking what something else means.