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Post by q8 on Aug 9, 2005 18:25:06 GMT
 In my time there used to be, at the lineside, white diamonds on poles that denoted coasting points. You were meant to give full handle until the diamond was reached and then shut off and roll the rest of the way to the next stop. They were on the Central, Northern, and the District on the BR sections of the line. Any still left?
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Post by Admin Team on Aug 9, 2005 19:23:37 GMT
Not on the DR so far as I can recall.
Presumably they were considered superfluous when the D Stock came in with the Coasting and Weak Field Controls?
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Post by trainopd78 on Aug 11, 2005 9:03:09 GMT
Not on the DR so far as I can recall. Presumably they were considered superfluous when the D Stock came in with the Coasting and Weak Field Controls? Northern still has them. There is one on the DR, when on the Wimbledon road going on the down line after leaving East Putney tunnel. |
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Post by Admin Team on Aug 11, 2005 20:26:58 GMT
On a tip off from Solidbond, I had a look at the Wimbledon road today.
I noticed one such sign - it's just beyond Putney tunnel on the 'down' road, though is well graffitied and seems to be in a fairly advanced state of disrepair!
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Post by Colin on Aug 11, 2005 22:21:58 GMT
I wondered what that was for, now I know!! How about the handmade signs in the Ealing Common area, most notably on the Eastbound approaching the station - IIRC one has a white dot and the other has a white square, both on black backgrounds.  |
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Post by trainopd78 on Aug 12, 2005 9:46:17 GMT
I wondered what that was for, now I know!! How about the handmade signs in the Ealing Common area, most notably on the Eastbound approaching the station - IIRC one has a white dot and the other has a white square, both on black backgrounds. I've been led to believe they are. That's what I was told when I was being road trained anyway. |
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Post by q8 on Aug 12, 2005 9:48:57 GMT
I've been led to believe they are. .........Well, WHAT are they then??  |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 12, 2005 9:52:57 GMT
I noticed one such sign - it's just beyond Putney tunnel on the 'down' road, though is well graffitied and seems to be in a fairly advanced state of disrepair! ah LOL! That one way to put it! ;D ;D |
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Post by trainopd78 on Aug 13, 2005 14:49:30 GMT
I've been led to believe they are. .........Well, WHAT are they then?? Sorry, those black square boards with a white circle on (ancient boards they are too) i've was told were coasting boards. The only thing that confuses me is that some have white squares on in place of the circle. Why? |
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Post by Colin on Aug 14, 2005 1:09:05 GMT
That's what I was wondering!! ;D ;D
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Post by Deleted on Aug 14, 2005 1:19:01 GMT
How about the handmade signs in the Ealing Common area, most notably on the Eastbound approaching the station - IIRC one has a white dot and the other has a white square, both on black backgrounds. Those were the experimental train clear (Exclamation) markers, before the days of the countdown markers when leaving stations, they are also located at South Ken on the east, they were put there for visibility tests. |
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Post by Colin on Aug 14, 2005 1:53:48 GMT
I think you're talking about a different sign to the ones i'm thinking of. But thats another question answered !! |
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In my time there used to be, at the lineside, white diamonds on poles that denoted coasting points. You were meant to give full handle until the diamond was reached and then shut off and roll the rest of the way to the next stop.
