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Post by Harsig on Mar 23, 2005 15:08:52 GMT
Following on from the thread on the signalling Diagram for Turnham Green I thought the following diagram might be of interest as well Cromwell Road (1.6MB) I should warn you it is a very big file but it covers the area from west of Earls Court to High St Kensington and east of South Kensington as it was in 1957. Paragraph 1 of the associated supplement to Traffic Circular says |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 23, 2005 15:45:52 GMT
SNAPS! Geocities gave up and died  |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 23, 2005 16:19:42 GMT
A superb map, Harsig, Thank you!
Incredible how much has changed since then!
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Post by Admin Team on Mar 24, 2005 8:06:47 GMT
AAARRRGGGHHH....
All I'm getting is a 'Page Unavailable' Message!!!
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Post by solidbond on Mar 24, 2005 10:01:29 GMT
You need to cut and paste the link, and then it should work |
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Post by Admin Team on Mar 24, 2005 10:32:07 GMT
You need to cut and paste the link, and then it should work Ah yes, so it does  |
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Post by Harsig on Mar 24, 2005 10:34:36 GMT
Alternatively you might try Cromwell Road Alternate (1.6MB) Every time I click on the link in my original post I get diverted to this one so perhaps its your firewall that is preventing you from accessing the file. |
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Post by Dmitri on Mar 24, 2005 12:14:27 GMT
I've downloaded it using GetRight (a download manager) - works like a charm (a hint to those who are on the slow or unreliable connections  . |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2005 12:52:27 GMT
I managed to get it too. It's certainly quite a different layout than now, although the extra crossovers east of Earls Court on the east side of the w/b island would be a godsend to have on the rougher days of disruption |
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Post by Harsig on Mar 24, 2005 14:42:13 GMT
although the extra crossovers east of Earls Court on the east side of the w/b island would be a godsend to have on the rougher days of disruption Unless of course it was the failure of these crossovers which caused the disruption |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2005 15:15:21 GMT
I managed to get it too. It's certainly quite a different layout than now, although the extra crossovers east of Earls Court on the east side of the w/b island would be a godsend to have on the rougher days of disruption Anyone know what year the Xover at the east of the station was removed? Obviously we can still go into platform 4 coming from the city, but not to platform 3 from HSK! The reason I ask is because I noticed the other day that signal REC36 ab (on the wall of triangle as you drop down the dip) still has a route indicator showing the move from that line to platform 3! |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2005 15:33:39 GMT
Unless of course it was the failure of these crossovers which caused the disruption Well, that can be said of any complex layout. |
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Post by Admin Team on Mar 24, 2005 15:40:44 GMT
The reason I ask is because I noticed the other day that signal REC36 ab (on the wall of triangle as you drop down the dip) still has a route indicator showing the move from that line to platform 3! There is???  |
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Post by Harsig on Mar 24, 2005 15:49:21 GMT
Anyone know what year the Xover at the east of the station was removed? Obviously we can still go into platform 4 coming from the city, but not to platform 3 from HSK! The reason I ask is because I noticed the other day that signal REC36 ab (on the wall of triangle as you drop down the dip) still has a route indicator showing the move from that line to platform 3! Not an exact answer but Traffic Circular 14/66, in operation for the week commencing Saturday 16th April 1966, says so it seems the answer is early 1966. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2005 15:57:27 GMT
Why was the crossover removed? Surely there is sense in retaining the ability to run the entire service from either side of the w/b island, or to provide a place to path trains in case of a breakdown in the platform road.
Then again, if the existing IMR at EC was in place in 1966, perhaps it won't be so had to restore the crossover...
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Post by Harsig on Mar 24, 2005 16:33:37 GMT
Why was the crossover removed? Surely there is sense in retaining the ability to run the entire service from either side of the w/b island, or to provide a place to path trains in case of a breakdown in the platform road. Then again, if the existing IMR at EC was in place in 1966, perhaps it won't be so had to restore the crossover... Unfortunately the 1966 alterations were in connection with the commissioning of the current IMR. You'll notice that the other crossover mentioned in the traffic circular extract as having been removed was the one which gave access from the Wimbledon Branch to the outside of the eastbound island platform. I had heard a rumour that the simplification of the track layout was connected with the introduction of programme machine control. |
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Post by Tom on Mar 24, 2005 20:22:00 GMT
I had heard a rumour that the simplification of the track layout was connected with the introduction of programme machine control. This rumour is correct, programme machines are simple beasts so track layouts have to be simplified, reducing flexibility, to aid modernisation. Is this progress? |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2005 0:20:15 GMT
This rumour is correct, programme machines are simple beasts so track layouts have to be simplified, reducing flexibility, to aid modernisation. Is this progress? Apparently so! Considering that in the 60s, LT wasn't high on the priorities list of the Minister of Transport, I'm surprised that the amount of flexibility is still relatively good! Too bad that resignalling the site now as part of the District closures would be completely impossible to do  |
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Post by Colin on Mar 25, 2005 2:18:08 GMT
I had heard a rumour recently (you hear at least 2 every day working on LUL!), that the crossovers removed both East and Westbound are to be restored at some point in the distant future. If they ever are - you read it here first !! |
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Post by Admin Team on Mar 25, 2005 8:47:23 GMT
I had heard a rumour recently (you hear at least 2 every day working on LUL!), that the crossovers removed both East and Westbound are to be restored at some point in the distant future. If they ever are - you read it here first !! Yup, I've heard that too - and I believe it does fall in with the SSL upgrade plans. Personally I think it will happen - we need more flexibility round Earls Court and this must help. I'm sure that with the benefit of hindsight it's accepted that the removal of the crossovers to both the east and west of the station was a mistake. |
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Post by q8 on Apr 7, 2005 18:38:23 GMT
The only reason those crossovers were removed was to eliminate the diamond flat crossings or so I was once told. This was called rationalisation at the time of the programme machine installation. That was also the excuse given when Acton Town was re-signalled. "To confine conflicting moves to the bare minimum"
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Post by uzairjubilee on Jul 17, 2008 15:40:01 GMT
So where exactly will the crossovers be put back?
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Post by Dstock7080 on Jul 17, 2008 15:49:27 GMT
So where exactly will the crossovers be put back? As i understand- from WB line ex-HSt KENSINGTON into platform3 from EB line ex-WEST BROMPTON into platform1 |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2008 7:58:01 GMT
I wonder if modern computer based interlockings are noticeably slower when controlling complicated areas as opposed to simple areas?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2008 15:00:01 GMT
So where exactly will the crossovers be put back? As i understand- from WB line ex-HSt KENSINGTON into platform3 from EB line ex-WEST BROMPTON into platform1 Is that definitely going ahead, and if so, when? |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2008 16:41:12 GMT
i wouldnt hold your breath at the earliest when the district line gets resignalled and that aint gonna happen till at least 2012 even though we heard at work its not gonna be to 2016 now but who knows earls court is a complex site and tom is right programme machines are simple in there principles but the design of the circuits is something else as im sure theres a few people on here will agree with me, the only saving grace with them is that only a few signal ops know how the sites should work properly so we only get a few nasty jobs on them
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