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Post by markextube on Sept 27, 2005 21:13:30 GMT
Hi all could anybody tell me what the lunar white single signal is on the westbound road approaching Ealing Broadway. It's about cab height, same design as a siding buffer stop light but luner white...?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 27, 2005 21:39:15 GMT
It's a tripcock testing lamp. It's connected to the tripcock tester just before EAB A2056, the shunt signal for the OOS trailing connection between the Ealing Broadway Sdgs and the Central Line.
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Post by markextube on Sept 27, 2005 21:42:37 GMT
I see thought it could be but wasn't sure as the central is auto. But yes it makes sense with connection from the district.
Thank you
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Post by Tom on Sept 27, 2005 21:54:41 GMT
EAB 2056 - no 'A' prefix on our controlled signals please!
There's another one at A2057 on the EB.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2005 9:30:25 GMT
EAB 2056 - no 'A' prefix on our controlled signals please! Heh, whoops - I suck at the typing  There's another one at A2057 on the EB. Indeed. This is something that has been bugging me for a while. I can fully understand the need for a tripcock tester behind EAB 2056, but why would you need one at EAB A2057, when you already have the fixed trainstop ramp? |
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Post by Tom on Sept 28, 2005 20:56:05 GMT
To test what will be the front trip upon transferring to the district line and departing Ealing Bdy EB.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2005 21:42:03 GMT
Ahhhhhh - I didn't know you could test the rear tripcock of a train in that fashion; I thought you would end up tripping it by testing it backwards...
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Post by Tom on Sept 28, 2005 21:51:10 GMT
You can't - it would most likely back trip.
The idea (I guess) is the train enters P5, reverses and has the front trip tested approaching A2057. It then draws up to EAB2056 and gets the other tripcock tested.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 30, 2005 11:49:04 GMT
EAB 2056 - no 'A' prefix on our controlled signals please! *saucer of milk for Tom* We all, like you Tom, started somewhere. |
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Post by Tom on Sept 30, 2005 13:36:50 GMT
EAB 2056 - no 'A' prefix on our controlled signals please! *saucer of milk for Tom* We all, like you Tom, started somewhere. It was light hearted... |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 30, 2005 14:53:14 GMT
*saucer of milk for Tom* We all, like you Tom, started somewhere. It was light hearted... I can image you saying it, but the famous old thing of words do not have expressions. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 30, 2005 15:05:09 GMT
*saucer of milk for Tom* We all, like you Tom, started somewhere. It was light hearted... I know - says me who mistook EAB2056 and EAB A2057 for a stupidly long time  |
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