Signal Box
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Hi everyoneAm modelling a signal box to sit at the throat of our main station. Imagine multiple tracks joining in a "Y" configuration and coming into the platforms with the box sited between the arms of the "Y".
The box itself is OK -taking too long to build of course but that relates more to the construction worker speed than anything else. The question I have actually relates to the ground that it sits on.
I want to raise the ground level where the signal box sits. Perhaps a scale metre.
The question.
Were signal boxes ever mounted on a mound or rise rather than at track level with a "tower" or plinth of brick or timber?
Does anyone have a photograph or image of such an arrangement that they could share?
My g$$gle searches have so far come up empty.
Thanks
Andrew
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The boxes I've seen are either mounted at track level or on a platform with the point rodding coming out at track level.
Even when mounted on an embankment, the boxes were extended at the front down to track level for the point rodding
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Looked through a dozen books, all signal boxes were on wood, stone or brick plinths, even those build into hills or on a slope down. The space underneath was not wasted, lots of levers and rods and the interlocking mechanisms. Lots of thought went into the location (maximum length of rodding, site lines, etc….). The one at Kingham South was 3 stories high (higher than the adjacent road bridge which it had to see over) just to get good sight lines. Perfectly good slope to the side of the tracks but that would have meant a lot of complicated rodding crossing lines.
Worthwhile using a small digital camera where the cabin is going just to make sure all the signals will be visible from the windows.
Nigel
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I thought leaving the rise would give a better visual look but it appears the prototype would instead opt for retaining walls on the three sides around the box.
Food for thought.
Thanks for the assist.
Andrew
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It is possible, though somewhat fussy, to have signal wires changing levels but to arrange point rodding likewise would be tricky indeed. The easier option was always taken.
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