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Interesting to know where else around the country BR procedures called for a goods train to be divided so a Signalman could get past it, and how often it was done in practice. Perhaps they should try it on the SVR one day! | Interesting to know where else around the country BR procedures called for a goods train to be divided so a Signalman could get past it, and how often it was done in practice. Perhaps they should try it on the SVR one day! | ||
| + | : Off the top of my head, I can't think of any other BR instruction like this, but maybe they did exist. Still, it seems very considerate of them... There is one case where a similar-ish rule exists on the SVR, where trains in the No. 1 Siding at Bewdley must divide to keep the barrow crossing clear, but that benefits quite a few more people than the signalman! --[[User:Danny252|Danny252]] ([[User talk:Danny252|talk]]) 09:09, 19 November 2015 (UTC) | ||
| + | : I've posed this question to the experts at Signalbox.org: [http://forum.signalbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=7367 link]. --[[User:Danny252|Danny252]] ([[User talk:Danny252|talk]]) 20:02, 19 November 2015 (UTC) | ||
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Interesting to know where else around the country BRBritish Rail or British Railways procedures called for a goods train to be divided so a Signalman could get past it, and how often it was done in practice. Perhaps they should try it on the SVRSevern Valley Railway one day!
- Off the top of my head, I can't think of any other BRBritish Rail or British Railways instruction like this, but maybe they did exist. Still, it seems very considerate of them... There is one case where a similar-ish rule exists on the SVRSevern Valley Railway, where trains in the No. 1 Siding at Bewdley must divide to keep the barrow crossing clear, but that benefits quite a few more people than the signalman! --Danny252 (talk) 09:09, 19 November 2015 (UTC)
- I've posed this question to the experts at Signalbox.org: link. --Danny252 (talk) 20:02, 19 November 2015 (UTC)
