ryan125hst
Established Member
I have a couple of questions about the signalling at Loughborough Central on the Great Central Railway.
Firstly, the signal box is located at the locomotive shed end of the station and therefore the signalman can't see the rear of trains entering the platforms or the down loop. Therefore, he can't confirm that the train has arrived complete by checking the tail lamp. Is a train arrived complete plunger provided on these platforms and in the down loop, or does the guard have to ring the signalman once the train has arrived?
My other question is regarding shunting. Looking at the signal box diagram (photos attached from when I went in the box during an IET visit back in 2015), the down main has a signalled route into platforms 1 and 2 and into the down loop (signals 47, 48 and 46 respectively) as well as a subsidiary signal allowing access into the down loop (signal 31). However, it appears that the only subsidiary route into the platforms is from the subsidary signals on the up main. Am I correct in saying that all locos that need to be dropped onto a set of coaches will have to move out to this signal to shunt back into the platform? It also appears that permissive working in the platforms isn't possible from the down main as a result?
Firstly, the signal box is located at the locomotive shed end of the station and therefore the signalman can't see the rear of trains entering the platforms or the down loop. Therefore, he can't confirm that the train has arrived complete by checking the tail lamp. Is a train arrived complete plunger provided on these platforms and in the down loop, or does the guard have to ring the signalman once the train has arrived?
My other question is regarding shunting. Looking at the signal box diagram (photos attached from when I went in the box during an IET visit back in 2015), the down main has a signalled route into platforms 1 and 2 and into the down loop (signals 47, 48 and 46 respectively) as well as a subsidiary signal allowing access into the down loop (signal 31). However, it appears that the only subsidiary route into the platforms is from the subsidary signals on the up main. Am I correct in saying that all locos that need to be dropped onto a set of coaches will have to move out to this signal to shunt back into the platform? It also appears that permissive working in the platforms isn't possible from the down main as a result?