Those were the days which have nearly gone. Thank goodness for preserved railways and heritage Sites.

miss thos old signalling times. good old times are ket in some locations thank you

Good evening, it is not yet entirely clear to me whether those old electric block systems (Absolute block system, if I am not mistaken) with a wooden case were or were not influenced by the passage of trains for the purpose of occupying and freeing the section (block) towards to which and from which the train was respectively headed or from which the train came. Furthermore, it is not clear whether there is an electrical connection between the lever that controls the opening of the starting signal and the apparatus with wooden case. In other words, was it possible to pull the lever that activated the starting signal towards you without first having received electrical consent from the next station? However, it is common ground that where there is a token block it is possible to activate the lever that opens the starting signal even before having handed over the token to the driver, unless there is an error on my part. Thank you very much for your availability and collaboration

VSC Clapham junction opened in stages 1980, it was a Disaster! Contractors installed cheap substandard relays which kept failing, constant points track circuit failures. ASE was 'Wrong man for the job'had to be paid off, replacement narcissistic told by Chairman BR Board that he was to be sacked with Chief signal engineers in 6 months unless failure rate dropped, sent questionnaire, I made lots of recommendations.2 were carried out, 4 men on each mtc faulting shift, top grade didn't want to do outside work, told ASE that had to have all 4 men out on track, which is what they did. 2nd recommendation can't say, but improved railway operations considerably. Bought in Man from Swanley led a task force team, found lots of equipment faults, reduced failure rate.