An hour at Horsted Keynes Signalbox

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2 ай бұрын

With the thanks of the Bluebell Railway and volunteers Charles Melton and signalman Mile Clark we get to see a busy morning start at the intermediate station Signalbox on the railway.
Apart from the permanent way going up and down the lineside in their Wickham motorised trolley there is also a driver experience freight moving around the station on all the lines possible and that’s all before the first train even arrives.

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@Beatlefan67 Ай бұрын

Wonderful - thankyou.

@dieseldavetrains8988 Ай бұрын

Old time Safe Working covered in excellent detail, the old signal box, the heart of yard operations, now consigned to history in Australia, nice to see a preserved one in the UK. Great box Horsted Keynes, clean, tidy and well preserved. Thanks for the memories!

@Super_Chief Ай бұрын

I could’ve really watched this for an hour - great video!

@irseminorrailwayssection9491 Ай бұрын

Thankyou , much appreciated that, they’re l be more soon

@MichaelSlipper-ik2ru Ай бұрын

Superb restoration of the "box".

@MichaelSlipper-ik2ru Ай бұрын

A fine and very interesting video.

@rwhb1 Ай бұрын

Imagine what it would have been like without track circuits!

@irseminorrailwayssection9491 Ай бұрын

Guesswork and binoculars 😎

@samuelhowell1783 2 ай бұрын

Lovely Video as always! You should pop up to Hereford Box if you ever get the chance, plenty to see there.

@irseminorrailwayssection9491 2 ай бұрын

Actually trying to arrange some Visits the lines boxes , just waiting emails bacon🫡

@samuelhowell1783 2 ай бұрын

I’m resident at Hereford, if permissions are given, you’re more than welcome when I’m on.

@Test-hw5fn 2 ай бұрын

Nice video. Thanks.

@irseminorrailwayssection9491 Ай бұрын

It should say back on this but obviously the AI read my hungry mind 🤫

@B-and-O-Operator-Fairmont 2 ай бұрын

This seems as good a time as any to ask this question: why do signalmen use a hand cloth when operating levers? American "operators" and "levermen" never used those - even on levers with chrome finishes. It is a nice touch of class. Today, there are no manual pipe-connected interlockings left in the United States, and probably less than twenty electric and electro-pneumatic towers.

@mattlander9119 Ай бұрын

I beleive the main reason cloths are used is to help prevent rust forming on the polished handles. Stand to be corrected wrong.

@irseminorrailwayssection9491 Ай бұрын

Quite correct, plus hands usually with grease , mild acids and such cause the handles to dull over time, in the midlands we clean our handles traditionally so cloths weren’t always used, different areas had different ways of doing things, there were levers with white shrunk handles too but over time they become brittle.