purbeck railway circle. “signalling the link”. by mike walshaw, swanage railway signal &...
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PURBECK RAILWAY CIRCLE
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“Signalling the Link”.
ByMike Walshaw,
Swanage Railway Signal & Telegraph Dept.
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“Project Wareham” will see the Swanage Railway linked with
the Main Line at Worgret Junction under a
Swanage Railway –
Network Rail Partnership.
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Show No.5:
The work carried out by
Swanage Railway Staff to install the
Token System between
Norden and Wareham
.
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Mike Walshaw wires up the relays in the depths of Corfe Castle Signal Box.
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And in Norden Relay Room.
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Mike Southey installs the NSKT Token Instrument in Norden Gates Cabin for the
Corfe Section.
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And contemplates the new Diagram in Corfe Castle Signal Box.
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S&T Manager Tony North puzzles over the back of the Diagram.
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And completes wiring up the Token System Controls.
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Mike Carnaby wires up the Wareham Token Instrument Circuit Board, now set up in
Norden Gates Cabin.
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Robin Sowter and Nick Gosden, the ‘Verifying Team’, get busy in Norden Gates Cabin with
the Token System Test Rig.
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And now in Norden Relay Room.
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Mike Southey dealing
Mike Southey deals with the Corfe NSKT System in Norden Relay Room.
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Tony Udall assists with the testing of the Token System in Corfe Castle Signal Box.
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It is now time to install the Token Instruments at Wareham.
Mike Southey gets busy on the Down Platform.
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And now on the Up Platform, while Tony North looks on.
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Tony North hopes we will not close the door on him!
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At last it is time to install our equipment in the middle of the
remote River Frome Flood Plain.
It is a 2-km walk from the nearest access point.
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So, accompanied by a COSS and a Lookout Man, we load up our trolley at Creech Bottom
Crossing.
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We arrive on site. Tony North opens up the Swanage Railway Cabinet while Mike Walshaw
finds the right wiring diagram.
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Here we are, out in the wilds near the River Frome Viaduct.
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We fix up a Magic Marker Board on our way home.
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Photo credits:Andrew P.M. Wright,
and
Mike Walshaw
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Show No.6 will highlight the Testing of the new
Token Block Signalling System between Norden and Wareham
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